The Christ Church Concert Series continues this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. with the critically acclaimed Peter DuBois, organist and host/producer of the nationally syndicated public radio program, “With Heart and Voice,” heard on over 100 stations across the US. (www.withheartandvoice.org). Eastern Shore residents are privileged to hear the program each Sunday at 7 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. on WSCL 89.5 broadcasting from Salisbury University.
Performing on the magnificent Rodgers 484 Masterpiece organ installed in late 2015, Mr. Dubois will present a robust program featuring the works of J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Helmut Walcha, Jehan Alain, Flor Peeters, Charles-Marie Widor, and Maurice Duruflé.
Peter Dubois has served for twenty-five years as full-time Director of Music/Organist at Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York, where he oversees a large and active music ministry. From 2000 to 2014 he also served as Assistant Professor of Sacred Music (part-time) at the Eastman School of Music, and was Director of the Sacred Music Diploma program there.
He has previously held positions at churches in West Virginia and Michigan, and taught organ at West Virginia Wesleyan College and the University of Charleston. Personally, Dubois holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan where his organ studies were with David Craighead and Robert Glasgow, respectively. He has also studied privately in Paris: improvisation with Philippe Lefebvre, and repertoire with Marie-Claire Alain and Marie-Louise Langlais.
In 1988, Mr. DuBois was Second Place Winner in the National Young Artists Competition of the American Guild of Organists (Houston), and was First Place Winner in the 1987 Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition of the AGO, held in Pittsburgh. Critically acclaimed as a “world class talent,” Peter is often in demand as a recitalist, with many performances around the United States and abroad.
Doors open at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, and early arrival is encouraged for best seating. The public is invited to attend this concert, and a free-will offering will be received. The Christ Church Concert Series partially underwritten by the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils.
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