Albert W. Ahlstrom

Albert Ahlstrom, D.M.A., Organist

Albert Ahlstrom is an internationally acclaimed organist and composer of music for orchestra, chamber groups, voice, and electronics. His primary performing interest is presenting concerts of improvisations. Over the years, he has won several ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) awards. His compositions have been performed in various concerts and aired on radio across the United States and Europe.

Albert holds a doctorate from the Juilliard School, where he studied composition, organ, and improvisation. He continued his studies in France under a Fulbright scholarship. Albert also graduated from Westminster Choir College, where he studied voice and sang in choirs with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the National Symphony under the direction of many notable conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Bruno Walter, and Seji Ozawa.

He has performed at several major music festivals and conventions, including a solo concert and an interview at Radio France, Paris, during the American Music Week. He has also recorded a CD on the Raven label of the music of Horatio Parker on the historic 1895 Muller and Abel organ at St. Joseph’s Church, Yorkville, New York City, where he was the Director of Music.

While working in New York, Albert played concerts and services at many prestigious churches including Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He also became a member of faculty at Queens College of the City University of New York.

In addition to performances and writing original works, Albert is presently the Director of Music at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta.