Larry Allen is Director of Music and Organist of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church.  He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Masters in Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he was a student of Alec Wyton.  He did further study in Paris with Marie-Claire Alain and received the Premier Prix in organ performance from the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmasion.  

Prior to his Pittsburgh move, Larry was for 30 years Director of Music and Organist at Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford, CT.  He was also head of the organ department at the Hartt School of Music from 1992-2004.  His professional vocal ensemble, The Woodland Scholars, sang for several conventions of the ACDA.

In Pittsburgh, Larry has been Dean of the American Guild of Organists and was the Chairperson of the 2015 Regional Convention which brought over 200 organists and church musician together for a week of concerts and courses for self improvement.  He is the organist for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with whom he has performed the Saint-Saens “Organ Symphony” and has recorded the Strauss “Alpine Symphony.”