Organ Recital by Joseph Arndt

Pre-Recital Talk in the Gallery at 2:00 pm
Guest artists Jennifer Bates (soprano) and Peter Kenote (violist of the NY Philharmonic)
Sacred Songs - Anton Heiller
Four Hymns - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Solo Organ works of Bach, Franck and Guillou; premiere of Spiritual Variations III by Christian Carey

American organist Joe Arndt is the Director of Music at Grace Church, Newark, NJ, one of the prominent Anglo-Catholic parishes in the eastern United States. He took his first church organist position at the age of 12 at St. Peter's-at-the-Light Episcopal Church in Barnegat Light, NJ. Prior to Grace Church, he held positions at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, NJ, Christ Church, United Methodist in New York City, and Lamington Presbyterian Church in Bedminster, NJ.

Subscribe

Arndt is the recipient of numerous honors, including First Place awards at the West Chester University and Joan Lippincott Organ Competitions. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School. He was an Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship recipient at The Juilliard School. Arndt's teachers include Paul Jacobs, Ken Cowan, and Diane Meredith Belcher.