Organ Recital Series

Organ Recital - Tom Mueller

YOU ARE INVITED!

The 39th Season of the Second Sunday Evensong/Organ Recital Series at St. Mark’s, Berkeley commences on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

A congregational Evensong will be offered at 4:00pm followed by an all Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707) program performed by Tom Mueller at approximately at 4:40pm.

The program will include:

Praeludium in D minor, BuxWV 140

Fuga in C major, BuxWV 174
Fuga in G major, BuxWV 175
Fuga in B-flat major, BuxWV 176

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76
Contrapunctus I
Evolutio I
Contrapunctus II
Evolutio II
Klag-Lied

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BuxWV 186
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BuxWV 180
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV 184

Praeludium in D major, BuxWV 139

Dr. Tom Mueller is Professor of Church Music and University Organist at Concordia University in Irvine, California.

An award-winning church musician, he serves as the Associate Organist at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, where he accompanies the acclaimed Choir of St. James’ under the direction of James Buonemani. He is an active recitalist, clinician, and composer.

Mueller won first place in the 2014 Schoenstein Competition in Hymn-Playing, held in conjunction with the national convention of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in Boston, Massachusetts, and was honored by The Diapason as a member of the inaugural “20 Under 30” list of influential figures in the world of organ and church music in 2015.

He maintains an active concert schedule, and frequently performs across the United States and Europe. In 2010, he performed the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in a series of seventeen concerts in his native state of Maine. He has received numerous commissions for new choral and liturgical works, and performances of his compositions have been broadcast on national radio and television. As an organist, his recording credits include Scott Perkin’s A New England Requiem and O Beauty Ever Ancient Ever New by the Choir of St. James’, both of which were released on the Gothic label. His works are published by E. C. Schirmer and Concordia Publishing House.

Research interests include the early organ and keyboard works of J. S. Bach, the performance practice of organ continuo playing in the classical-era concerted sacred music of Germany and Austria, and the American reception of the nineteenth-century opera star Jenny Lind. He has presented workshops, masterclass

Mueller earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music. He also holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame (M.S.M. in organ), and the University of Maine at Augusta (B.M. in jazz composition and piano), where he graduated summa cum laude.

A festive reception will follow the program.
Parking is available in the parish lot at 2315 Ellsworth.

Tax-deductible contributions, at the following levels, are most welcome to help support the series. Thank you for your support.

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$75-124 Friend
$125-249 Sponsor
$250-499 Patron
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$1000+ Benefactor
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Mina Marie Jelinek will offer the recital on Sunday, October 13.

For further information, contact George Emblom at GAEmblom@aol.com.