Organist John Ditto in Concert

John Ditto, an associate professor emeritus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, is music director and organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City. He spent 29 years at the conservatory and is in his 29th year at St. Paul’s. Previously, he was an associate professor of music at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo.

Ditto earned his Bachelor of Music from Drake University, his master’s degree from the University of Michigan, and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. He has served as organist/choirmaster for churches in Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri and New York.

This is the third and final concert of the Orvil and Gloria Franzen 2011-2012 Organ Program Series, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Borg Petersen Memorial Organ in the Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University.

Donations accepted. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit www.callutheran.edu/music.