Biography
Henry Dangerfield, 18, lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He currently studies with Dr. Catherine Rodland, Artist in Residence at St. Olaf College.
In 2023, Henry attended the Curtis Summer Organ Intensive, where he had lessons with Alan Morrison and Peter Conte, and performed on the Wanamaker Organ. Last summer, he attended the Eastman Summer Organ Academy and the Oregon Bach Festival Organ Institute, where he was mentored by David Higgs and Nathan Laube, and Paul Jacobs, respectively. He has played in master classes taught by Chelsea Chen, Alcée Chriss III, Isabelle Demers, Bálint Karosi, Nicole Keller, Jonathan William Moyer, and Jean-Baptiste Robin.
Henry has received prizes in numerous competitions. As one of five finalists in the 2025 Taylor Organ Competition, he was awarded Second Prize and the Audience Prize. In the 2025 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford High School Competition, he received First Prize and the David C. Spicer Hymn Playing Award. Additional honors include first prize in the L. Cameron Johnson Memorial Organ Competition, the David Dubois Organ Competition, and the Greater Columbia AGO Young Organist Competition, where he also received the Hymn Playing Award. Last summer he was named an AGO Rising Star in the 2025 RCYO competition.
Henry has performed recitals at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (MN), the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (WI), Shandon United Methodist Church (SC), and St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (MN). He plays regularly for his congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.