Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series: Jonathan Wohlers, Guest Organist

Jonathan Wohlers is a recent graduate of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on a group of pieces in a manuscript of anonymous Southern Netherlands organ music from ca. 1618 that together represent one of the earliest known collections of works, arranged by mode, called fugue. He began his studies at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, TN where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree, Summa Cum Laude. His interest in historically informed organ techniques led him to Boston where he graduated with a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance, and a Master of Music degree in Musicology with honors at the New England Conservatory of Music. Upon completion of his studies at NEC he was awarded the prize of Distinguished Performance and was nominated to the national music honor society, Pi Kappa Lambda. Before moving to Tacoma he was organist on the so-called "Bach Organ" built by Fritz Noack in the style of the 18th century German organ builder Zacharias Hildebrandt at Christ the King Lutheran Church (ELCA), Houston. In addition to solo recitals in the U.S. and abroad, he has also performed with the Houston Bach Society and Ars Lyrica Houston, and has written notes for the Boston Early Music Festival and Loft Recordings. His teachers have included Judy Glass, William Porter, Yuko Hayashi, Christina Edelen, Matthew Dirst, and Robert Bates. Jonathan is currently an instructor at the Music and Arts Institute in University Place, WA, and serves as organist at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Tacoma, and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma.

Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 senior citizen, $5 PLU community, alumni