Music

	Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ Dr. Paul Tegels, Director of Organ Studies This popular series brings guest organists to the PLU campus from all over the United States to perform on the Gottfried and Mary Fuch Organ in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Concerts are subject to change.
Organ 2009 / 2010
Date	Event
September 13, 3pm	Aaron David Miller, Guest Organist Prize winner of several prestigious competitions, including the top prize at the AGO National Improvisation Competition, and the Bach and Improvisation prizes at the Calgary International Organ Festival Competition, Aaron David Miller is in constant demand as a recitalist. His repertoire spans all periods but he is particularly noted for his stylish performances of Johann Sebastian Bach and his imaginative and highly original improvisations. His recent recital performances have taken him across the country, from Rhode Island, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Washington DC, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas to Washington State and California. He has been invited to perform at a number of Bach festivals, including the Calgary Bach Festival, the Los Angeles Bach Festival, and the Basically Bach Festival at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City . He has presented recitals and workshops for a number of AGO Chapters, including Atlanta , Central New York, Westchester County , Greater Kansas City, Toledo , Twin Cities and Seattle . He has led Hymn Festivals for Augsburg Fortress across the country. In April 2005 he performed for the dedication of the restored Skinner organ at the Toledo Art Museum with the Toledo Symphony. He has performed for regional and national conventions of the AGO and ALCM. Aaron's first solo compact disc, showcasing his performances of Bach and his improvisatory skills is available on the Dulcian label. He provided organ music on the soundtrack for the ELCA Mosaic's DVD about the life of J. S. Bach, “Glory to God Alone”. Featured prominently at the AGO National Convention in Chicago in 2006, Dr. Miller's new work for organ and orchestra, Sleepy Hollow , was premiered at the opening concert in Symphony Hall. Several of his other compositions were performed and he led a Hymn Festival. Dr. Miller's compositions have won critical acclaim. He has received numerous commissions, including the Donald Sutherland Music Ministries Commission for a new Easter Anthem. The Toledo Symphony commissioned a work, which was performed in celebration of their 60 th anniversary season. The Seattle Symphony presented the west coast premiere of his work, “Advent Fanfare” for brass octet and organ. His Concerto for Two Organists, which was premiered and recorded by the Zurich Symphony, is available on the Ethereal label. Dr. Miller's many solo organ, choral, and orchestra compositions are published by Augsburg Fortress, Paraclete Press, ECS and Kjos Publishing House. Aaron Miller's early organ studies were with Carlene Neihart and David Schrader. His earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied organ performance with David Craighead, Russell Saunders, David Higgs, and Michael Farris, and composition with Samuel Adler and Joseph Schwantner. His graduate studies were taken at the Manhattan School of Music, where he completed his Master's degree and DMA, studying composition and organ performance with McNeil Robinson. Aaron was recently appointed the Director of Music and Organist at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul , Minnesota . He and his wife, Nina, have a five year old son, Zachary. Aaron David Miller is represented by Penny Lorenz Artist Management Tickets: $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumni
October 4, 3pm	Jonathan Young, Visiting University Organist Tickets: $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumni
November 8, 3pm	Christa Rakich, Guest Organist Tickets: $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumni
March 14, 3pm	Jonathan Wohlers, Guest Organist Tickets: $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumni 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 Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumn
April 18, 3pm	Jack Mitchener, Guest Organist Tickets: $15 General Admission, $10 Senior Citizens, $5 PLU Community, Alumni