January 10, 2021
Cathedral of the Madeleine, at 8:00 PM
Cathedral of the Madeleine, at 8:00 PM
Kenneth Udy
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Kenneth Udy, a native of Salt Lake City, earned his DMA in organ performance from Claremont Graduate University and also studied at the University of Southern California and Utah State University. His organ teachers include Clay Christiansen, James Drake, Cherry Rhodes, and Robert Noehren. A practicing church musician since age 15, he has served since 1991 as Director of Music and Organist at Wasatch Presbyterian Church. He is also organist at Congregation Kol Ami and frequently appears as a guest organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle and with the Utah Symphony. He previously held posts at multiple churches in southern California.
In 2002 Dr. Udy joined the faculty of the University of Utah where he designed curriculum and helped implement the undergraduate and graduate degrees in organ performance. As University Organist he teaches organ majors and all organ coursework. Recently he assisted with the University's acquisition of a new Flentrop practice organ. In addition, he maintains a studio of private organ students. He is active in the Salt Lake City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has served as Chapter Dean, District Convener, Co-Chairman of the Bi-Regional AGO Convention in June 2003, and an ex-officio board member. Dr. Udy is the author of Alexander Schreiner: The California Years, a biography on the early career of Mormon Tabernacle organist Alexander Schreiner, published by Harmonie Park Press of Detroit. He is currently developing an online reference database for organists, choir directors, and church musicians. |
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Program
Kindly hold any applause until the transitions indicated by the asterisks ***
Kindly hold any applause until the transitions indicated by the asterisks ***
Commemorating Utah's Organ Professors
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 55
3. Cathédrales
Darwin Wolford (b. 1936)
Meditation on a Theme by Alexander Schreiner
Alexander Schreiner (1901-1987)
Toccata
Robert Cundick (1926-2016)
Organ Concerto
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro non troppo
Young Artist Chamber Players
Jack Ashton, director
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J. J. Keeler (1913-1996)
Passacaglia
Douglas Bush (1947-2013)
Two Preludes on Sweet Is the Work
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
from Trumpet Sonata, Op. 51
2. Aria
Oliver Judd, trumpeter
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Guy Weitz (1883-1970)
from Symphony No. 1
1. Regina pacis
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 55
3. Cathédrales
Darwin Wolford (b. 1936)
Meditation on a Theme by Alexander Schreiner
Alexander Schreiner (1901-1987)
Toccata
Robert Cundick (1926-2016)
Organ Concerto
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro non troppo
Young Artist Chamber Players
Jack Ashton, director
*** *** ***. *** *** ***. *** *** ***.
J. J. Keeler (1913-1996)
Passacaglia
Douglas Bush (1947-2013)
Two Preludes on Sweet Is the Work
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
from Trumpet Sonata, Op. 51
2. Aria
Oliver Judd, trumpeter
*** *** ***. *** *** ***. *** *** ***.
Guy Weitz (1883-1970)
from Symphony No. 1
1. Regina pacis