Neil Harmon

Dr. Neil Harmon is Director of Music and Organist at Grace United Methodist Church in Wilmington, Delaware where he directs a distinguished music program including a semi-professional choir and two bell choirs. A graduate (MM, DMA) of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Dr. Harmon worked as a teaching assistant at the Eastman School and served on the faculty of Eastman’s Community Education Division.

A native of Midvale, Utah, Dr. Harmon earned his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, where he was assistant director of the renowned BYU Men’s Chorus, teacher of the Group Organ Class, and organist for the Utah Baroque Ensemble. Since 1991, Dr. Harmon has served as Guest Organist at the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle where he presents half hour recitals on the famous Aeolian-Skinner organ.

Dr. Harmon’s compositions include works for solo organ, mixed choir, and bell choir, and are published by the Lorenz Company, Paraclete Press, and MorningStar Music Publishers. He served two terms as Dean of the Delaware Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), and as the Worship & Music Chair of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Delaware Chapter.

Dr. Harmon served a two-year (1987-1989) volunteer mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Anese, their four boys, and one daughter.

Organ music by Neil Harmon