Dominic Fiacco started playing the organ in 2012. He attends the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York as an organ performance major in the studio of renowned organist Nathan Laube.
His interest in the organ began when he attended a recital at First Presbyterian Church in Utica, New York, after which he was invited to try the instrument. Shortly thereafter, he took up lessons with Stephen Best, organist at First Church and lecturer in music at Hamilton College. Best would continue to mentor him throughout high school.
Fiacco has given many recitals, notably at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City and at the Cadet Chapel at West Point, home to the world’s third largest organ. He attended several summer intensives in Philadelphia, where he performed in Field Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music and on the Wanamaker Organ in Macy’s, the second largest organ in the world. In January 2023, he played the dedicatory recital on Hamilton College’s new organ and later appeared with the Hamilton College Orchestra as organ soloist. He was also named to the 20 under 30 Class of 2023 byThe Diapason, the oldest scholarly journal devoted to the organ in the United States. The highly respected list recognizes “young talents in the fields of organ and harpsichord performance [and building,] carillon, and church music.”
Fiacco began piano lessons at the age of four, currently studying the instrument at Eastman. His prior piano teachers include Sar-Shalom Strong, lecturer in music at Hamilton College, who taught him throughout middle and high school. In addition to winning prizes in several piano competitions, Fiacco has also performed numerous times on the Society for New Music’s Rising Stars programs on both piano and organ. Fiacco intends to become a concert organist.
