The Alston Organ

Matthew oversees St. Luke’s music program and is Artistic Director of the Music at St. Luke’s series. He earned degrees in organ performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Eastman School of Music, and also holds the Sacred Music Diploma from Eastman's Institute of Music Leadership. His teachers included Dame Gillian Weir, David Higgs, Jack Mitchener, and Wayne Leupold.

Colleen is the Director of Children and Youth Choirs at St. Luke's. She has served St. Luke’s since 1999, first as a Staff Singer and then as Assistant for Children’s Music beginning in January 2003. Colleen is also a music teacher at Hope-Hill Elementary, part of Atlanta Public Schools. Prior to APS, she taught in the DeKalb and Gwinnett school systems starting in 1997. Colleen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Emory University and a Master of Music from the University of West Georgia. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the Georgia Music educators Association. In addition to singing in the adult choirs at St. Luke’s, Colleen has enjoyed singing in several professional choirs throughout Atlanta, including The Britten Choir and Atlanta Singers. She also performed many years in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the baton of the late Robert Shaw.