Organist Jon Runion (b. 2001) is a graduate student of Paul Jacobs at The Juilliard School and Organ Scholar of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, where he performs weekly for liturgies and concerts.

A native of Rochester, NY, Jon received early musical training on the piano with his mother. He also studied trumpet with faculty members of the Eastman School of Music and musicians of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Jon later moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Trumpet Performance at Duquesne University in the studios of Micah Wilkinson and Chad Winkler. At Duquesne, Jon played with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and under the batons of Dr. James Gourlay and Daniel Meyer. During this time, Jon also began studying the organ with Dr. Ann Labounsky and served as organist at venues across Pittsburgh, including Heinz Memorial Chapel and the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. 

 

Upon graduation, Jon was appointed Associate Director of Music at Resurrection Parish in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, where he worked for two years as organist and oversaw the Children’s Music Ministry. Jon also assisted the Luley Organ Company in organ restorations, tunings, and new organ constructions.