Lunchtime Pipe Organ Series: Patrick Walker

Join us every first Wednesday for a unique program of organ music performed on our Historic Estey pipe organ. Each month we showcase a different talented organist visiting from around the Northeast!

About Patrick Walker:

A native of the Mid-Hudson Valley, Organist and Composer Patrick Walker began playing organ at age 15.  He has recently received commissions from the American Guild of Organist's Boston Chapter and the Juventas New Music Ensemble and his compositions have been performed in Canada, Russia, and across America. His music was awarded the BU Composition Department Prize for Performance with Orchestra in 2019 and the Jean Slater Edson prize for Composition from the Vassar College Music Department in 2015. Patrick recently graduated from Boston University with a MM in Organ Performance and Composition. He also holds a BA in Music from Vassar College and an American Guild of Organists Colleague Certificate.

The musical programme for Wednesday, November 3rd presents works by living American composers:

A Mighty Fortress                      Charles W. Ore (b. 1936)

Fantasy and Toccata                   Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

badnˈäZH                               Patrick Walker (b. 1994)

Aspects of Glory                         Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

           II. My Home in Glory

Suite in F for Organ                    Carson Cooman (b. 1982)