Visiting artist Mariko Morita will present an organ recital as part of the 2012-2013 School of Music Organ Recital Series. Mariko Morita is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music - Organ/Accompanist in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) where she accompanies and coaches music students, and performs organ recitals and concerts with the TAMIU Philharmonic Chorale and Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra. The second prize winner of the '99 American Guild of Organist (AGO) Regional Competition in Atlanta, Morita has been actively performing concerts in the U.S. and Japan, and has been invited for several prestigious national competitions. This event is free and open to the public.