Theatre Organist: Avery Tunningley

Avery Tunningley

Avery Tunningley has been a professional musician since 1979. A life-long upstate New Yorker, he has played numerous venues as a pianist and an organist throughout New York State. As a pianist he plays cabaret style shows in theatres, libraries and restaurants.

As an organist he is primarily a silent movie accompanist and regularly plays improvised theatre organ underscores for films at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY. He has always held church organist positions; and he currently plays for Union Presbyterian Church in Schenectady, NY. In addition to performing he teaches private piano and organ lessons.