Mr. Eiichi Shimada served as an organist at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Queens, NY for 14 years. In the summer of 2011, Fr. James B. Manning invited him to continue serving at St. Peter?s Episcopal Church in Rosedale, NY.
A native of Yokohama, Japan, Mr. Shimada was trained in Tokyo, Vienna and New York. As a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras, he has performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Donnell Library Center Auditorium in NYC, Mendigorria International Music Festival in Spain, as well as numerous concerts in Austria and Japan.
In September 2013, he became the official organist and choir director at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Rosedale, NY.