The pipe organ is the main target of an upcoming All-Star live performance that can function seven organists and an fascinating program designed to showcase the instrument with virtuosity. The live performance takes place July 8 on the Rosedale Centre, a part of the Rosedale United Church in Toronto.
The stellar lineup of organists consists of: Jeffrey Brillhart, Katelyn Emerson, Aaron James, Kevin Komisaruk, Jonathan Oldengarm, David Simon, and Sarah Svendsen. The musicians shall be acting on an instrument initially put in by Casavant Frères Ltée. In 1914 (Opus 591, 1914), upgraded in 2005 (Opus 591, 2005), with 44 ranks.
The Program
- Sarah Svendsen: Toccata from Symphony No. 1, Op. 36 by Rachel Laurin (1961-2023)
- Katelyn Emerson: Fantasie-Improvisation sur “Ave Maris Stella” by Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
- Aaron James: Allegro Maestoso from Organ Sonata in G, op. 28 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- Jeffrey Brillhart: Improvisation by Jeffrey Brillhart (b.1955)
- David Simon: Orah by Jeanne Landry (1922-2011)
- Jonathan Oldengarm: Finale from Organ Symphony No. 9 (‘Gothique’), op. 70 by Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
- Kevin Komisaruk: Paean by Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
The Artists
A local of Nova Scotia, Sarah Svendsen is predicated in Toronto these days, the place she has a busy profession as a soloist and collaborator in ensemble efficiency, in addition to an educator. She has carried out with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and recorded Apocalypsis by Canadian Composer R. Murray Schaffer in addition to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. She additionally performs as a part of the comedy duo Organized Crime.
Organist, lecturer, and pedagogue Katelyn Emerson’s efficiency schedule takes her from North America to Europe and Asia, with a repertoire that spans the 14th to twenty first centuries. She can be a recording artist, with two releases to her credit score. Primarily based in each the US and UK, she is a PhD candidate on the College of Cambridge’s Centre for Music and Science,
Aaron James is a local of Toronto, and studied organ efficiency on the College of Western Ontario, the place he earned a Bachelor of Music diploma. He subsequently earned a Grasp of Music in Organ Efficiency and Literature, a Physician of Musical Arts in Organ Efficiency and Literature in 2015, and a Physician of Philosophy in musicology on the Eastman College of Music on the College of Rochester. He’s the Director of Music on the Toronto Oratory of St Philip Neri, and a Sessional Lecturer in organ on the College of Toronto. Aaron James is the Director of Music on the Toronto Oratory of St Philip Neri, and a Sessional Lecturer in organ on the College of Toronto.
Jeffrey Brillhart is an American organist, conductor and trainer. He has been the director of music and positive arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church since 1983, and holds the identical place with the Singing Metropolis Choir in Philadelphia. David is a doctoral candidate at Yale College, and a Fellow of the RCCO. His profession as a soloist has taken him all through America, Europe, South Africa, Mexico, and South America.
David Simon is a Physician of Musical Arts in Organ Efficiency (DMA) Candidate at Yale College. After profitable First Prize on the Royal Canadian School of Organists (RCCO) nationwide organ competitors held in Halifax in 2019, he now serves as a member of the RCCO Competitions Committee. He makes a speciality of improvisation, and has carried out in North America, Europe and Russia in live performance, liturgy, and together with silent movies. He beforehand studied at Trinity School on the College of Toronto, and is the organist at Toronto’s St. James Cathedral.
Jonathan Oldengarm is the Music Director of the Metropolitan Church in Toronto, the place he performs on the nation’s largest pipe organ. Previously from Montreal, he’s a recitalist, trainer, and church musician who performs on the harpsichord in addition to the organ. His repertoire consists of the whole lot from early music to twenty first century avant-garde music. He holds levels from Wilfrid Laurier and McGill Universities, and likewise studied on the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, Germany.
Organist and harpsichordist Kevin Komisaruk has been a professor within the efficiency road on the College of Toronto, College of Music since 2003. His analysis seems to be at varied features of efficiency, kinaesthetics and improvisation, and the way they work together with emotional, religious, and bodily well being, and has developed packages for music efficiency in medication. On the performing aspect, his profession has taken him by means of North America and Europe, and he’s additionally a recording artist on the ATMA label.
- The live performance is introduced by the Royal Canadian School of Organists in partnership with the Rosedale Centre with assist from Hugh’s Room Stay. Get tickets and occasion data [HERE].
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