About the Composer
Recent & Upcoming Events
February 18, 6pm - Recital at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Washington, N.C. February 22 - Guest Lecturer, North Carolina School of the Arts
March 2 - Judge, Young Artist Competition in Organ Playing, East Carolina University
March 11, 7:30pm - Recital at University Presbyterian Church, Davidson, N.C.
March 18, 12pm - Recital at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Wheeling, W.V.
May 12, 5:15pm - Recital at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York City, N.Y.
June 30, 5pm - Recital at Westminster Abbey, London, U.K.
2025:
February 20 - Recital at Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, N.J.
February 23 - Recital at St. Philip’s Cathedral, Atlanta, GA.
Organist
Described as playing with “impeccable, flawless, magic technique” by the Classical Voice of North Carolina, David Jernigan has performed solo organ recitals in many of the world’s most famous churches including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, London, Truro and Bristol Cathedrals, UK, Bordeaux Cathedral, France, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Wall St., New York City, St. Philips’ Cathedral, Atlanta, and the National Cathedral, Washington D.C.
He has made several appearances with The North Carolina Symphony, and was their featured guest artist and soloist in the 2020 brass & organ holiday program. David holds degrees in performance from East Carolina and Yale Universities where his primary teachers were Janette Fishell, Colin Andrews, Martin Jean, and Thomas Murray. He has also studied in extended residencies with Ludger Lohmann and Dame Gillian Weir.
Conducting a rehearsal of 16th & 17th Century Italian motets with the Raleigh Bach Soloists, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, and the Washington Cornett & Sackbutt Ensemble.
Conductor
David’s love for music of the Anglican choral tradition has led him to train and conduct choirs involving child/youth choristers, enthusiastic amateurs, and fully professional, degreed musicians who perform on a world stage. He has conducted choral residencies at Westminster Abbey, Gloucester Cathedral, and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. In addition, he has conducted services of choral evensong at St. George’s, Windsor, Ely Cathedral, Christ Church and St. Patrick’s Cathedrals, Dublin, Duke University Chapel, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, as well as Mass Internationale at Notre Dame, Paris.
An active member of the Diocese of North Carolina, David served as music director for the Consecration of Bishop Sam Rodman, as organist for the Consecration of Bishop Anne Hodges Copple,
and has overseen music for Diocesan Convention.
With an increasing interest in conducting, he is founder of multiple professional vocal ensembles, including the Raleigh Bach Soloists, whose frequent performances with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra have included complete period performances of major works by Bach and Handel such as The Christmas Oratorio, the Easter Oratorio, An Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, and, of course, The Messiah.
Composer
David’s love of composition stems from a desire to beautify the liturgy and to connect with music and texts of the past. Each of his compositions is based on some ancient aspect of the church, be it text or tune. Much of his music has been written for one of the three parishes he’s served: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, N.C., St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, New Haven, C.T., and Christ Church on Capitol Square, Raleigh, N.C.
David is published by The Ecclesial Press and Paraclete Press.
Sketches for “A Prayer of St. Francis.”