James Kennerley

As Municipal Organist in Portland, Maine, James performs throughout each season on the Kotzschmar Organ at Merrill Auditorium, please click here for their current schedule. James was appointed as Minister of Music to The Episcopal Church of St. Mary’s in Falmouth, Maine in 2023. James spent time building the St. Paul’s Choir School from 2019-2023. In NYC, he was most recently music director at St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square. James has also been a frequent guest organist and conductor at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, and Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York.

Guest Conductor
Blue Hill Bach
Blue Hill, Maine
July 15-19, 2025
Full Program Available Online.

Sweeney Todd, Opera Maine
The Kotzschmar Organ
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME
July 24 & 27, 2025
More information is available online.

Sonnambula, harpsichord
Florilegium musicum—Musical Flowers of the Renaissance and Baroque
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, Yonkers, NY
Sunday, August 10, 2025, 5 PM
More information available here.

Soundwaves (Season Opening Concert)
The Kotzschmar Organ
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 7 PM
More information available on the FOKO website.

Nature’s Voice
St. Mary Schola, conductor & artistic director
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland, ME
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3 PM
More information is available here.

Spooktacular (Halloween Kids Show)
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 10:30 AM

The Cat and the Canary
(Live Solo Pipe Organ Improv to the Silent Movie)
Saturday, October 25, 2025 7 PM

The Kotzschmar Organ
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME
More information available on the FOKO website.


Methuen Memorial Music Hall
December 2025
More details to be announced soon!

Christmas by Candlelight
St. Mary Schola, conductor & artistic director
December 13 & 14, 2025
More information available here.