Independent Presbyterian Church
Friday, September 10, 2010
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All Saints & November Organ Recital Series
2009 November Organ Recital Series The forty-fifth annual November Organ Recital Series took place in the sanctuary of Independent Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoons at 4:00 o’clock during the month of November 2009. More than 150 artists representing the finest talent from the United States and Europe have performed on the Aeolian-Skinner organ over the past 45 years. Last year was no exception as we brought three recitalists who have distinguished themselves in the field of organ performance. Please note that all the organ recitals are always free and open to the public. Advance tickets are not required. Please contact Barbara Fillmer at 205-933-3700 or bfillmer@ipc-usa.org if you have any questions.
All programs are offered as a gift to the community and are open to the public. This series is partially funded by the generosity of the late Mrs. Myrtle Jones Steele to the greater glory of God and in loving memory of her husband, Mr. William Calvin Steele, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace Jones.
All Saints Service Opens the 45th annual Organ Recital Series Sunday, November 1, 2009,
4:00 p.m.
All Saints' ServiceThe IPC Choir
Dr. Jeff McLelland, Choirmaster
The annual All Saints’ Service will be a Service of Choral Evensong sung by the IPC Choir. This service will feature prayers, hymns, and choral music by composers Herbert Howells, Tarik O’Regan, Kenneth Leighton, and Fred Gramann. The necrology of our saints who have died in the past year will be chanted by the choir in the “Litany of the Saints.”
Independent Presbyterian Church offers the Service of Choral Evensong as an opportunity to experience the Presence of Spirit, in ourselves, in each other, and in all things. We take this time to rest in the Heart of God, to give thanks for our lives and our blessings. The congregation will be asked to join in silently while the music is offered on your behalf. Within this hallowed space you may forget the ceaseless activity of daily life and be still.
Dr. Jeff McLelland will play an extended postlude to conclude the service.
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 4:00 p.m.GREGORY PETERSONLuther College, Decorah, Iowa
Gregory Peterson has been hailed as “an organist with imagination and verve” whose playing is “competent and stylish.” He joined the faculty of his alma mater, Luther College, in September of 2005 as Assistant Professor of Music and College Organist.
A dedicated and professional church musician for more than twenty years, Dr. Peterson served the historic Old South Church on Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts from 1997-2005. Known as a leader in the field of church music, he was elected to two terms as President of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Prior to his appointment in Boston, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and Christ Chapel Organist at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota. He holds the M.M. degree from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and he earned the DMA in organ performance and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. He undertook additional master classes at the Gothenburg International Organ Academy in Sweden. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. A frequent soloist, Gregory Peterson has given recitals in important US venues including the Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts; Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Mission Church), Boston; and, New York City’s famed Riverside Church. European venues include the Berlin Cathedral; St. Augustine’s Church, Cardiff; Helsinki’s Rock Church; St. Anne’s Church, Warsaw; St. Nicholas Church, Prague; St. Thomas Church, Leipzig and the Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden. 
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:00 p.m.DAVID HIGGSEastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
One of America’s leading concert organists, David Higgs is also Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music. He was appointed to the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music upon graduation from that institution, and has been a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music since 1992.
He performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad, and has inaugurated many important new instruments including St. Stephan’s Cathedral, Vienna; the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas; St. Albans Cathedral, England; St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland; and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. His performances with numerous ensembles have included the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Ensemble, Chanticleer, and the Empire Brass. Mr. Higgs performs, teaches, and adjudicates at festivals and competitions throughout the world. A native of New York City, Mr. Higgs held his first position as a church organist at age ten. He earned the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, and the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. In New York City, he was Director of Music and Organist at Park Avenue Christian Church, and later Associate Organist of the Riverside Church, where he also conducted the Riverside Choral Society. After moving to San Francisco in 1986, he became Director of Music and Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, Director of Church Music Studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, and Organist/Choir Director at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 p.m.DAVID GOODEEton College, Eton, England
David Goode is Organist and Head of Keyboard at Eton College, where he presides over a unique collection of historic instruments and teaches some of the UK’s most talented young organists. He combines teaching with a concert career that takes him to all parts of the world.
Born in the UK in 1971, he was a music scholar at Eton College and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge from 1991 until 1994, graduating with a first and the MPhil degree. From 1996 until 2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford and as such toured in Europe, the U. S., Brazil and Japan, and made several recordings. Having won the top prizes awarded at the 1997 St. Alban’s Interpretation Competition, and the Recital Gold Medal at the 1998 Calgary Competition, he concentrated on a free-lance career between 2001 and 2003. In 2003 he moved to Los Angeles, where he combined a busy international schedule with the post of Organist-in-Residence at First Congregational Church, home to the world’s largest church organ. In 2006 he returned to the Proms for a rare solo recital, toured across Europe and Australia, and renewed a fruitful partnership with the BBCNOW in the Poulenc and Copland concerti. He has concertized in the U. S. extensively in the last decade, including several features on the popular “Pipedreams” radio program. Best known for his performances of large-scale Romantic works, he has also played works by a wide range of contemporary composers. Organists Who Have Played at Independent Presbyterian Churchfor the Annual November Organ Recital Series (1965-2009)
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