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URL:https://tacomaago.org/events/kathrine-handford-organ/
SUMMARY:PLU Recital: Kathrine Handford\, organ
DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $15 General Admission\, $10 Senior Citizens and Studen
 ts\,\nFor updated information\, visit our website: www.plu.edu/music\n\nKa
 thrine Handford joined the faculty of Lawrence University’s Conservatory
  of Music in 2004. In addition\, she was appointed Director of Music and O
 rganist at the historic Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul\,
  Minnesota in the spring of 2006 after serving the church in an interim ca
 pacity for nearly a year.  From 2000-2004 she was Director of Music and O
 rganist at  Hamline United Methodist Church in St. Paul\, Minnesota. She 
 holds the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Literature and t
 he highly coveted Performer’s Certificate in Organ from the Eastman Scho
 ol of Music in Rochester\, New York\, where she is currently pursuing a do
 ctorate in organ. Her principal teachers include the late Russell Saunders
 \, David Craighead\, David Higgs\, Jerry Evenrud\, Paul Manz and Grethe Kr
 ogh in Copenhagen\, Denmark.\n\nA musician of wide ranging interests and a
 ccomplishments\, Ms. Handford has appeared in recitals in the United State
 s\, Canada\, England and Scandinavia. She has been a featured artist at th
 e Bergen International Festival in Norway\, the St. Olaf Festival in Trond
 heim\, Norway\, the Lahti International Music Festival in Finland\, and at
  the International Organ Festival in Arona\, Italy. Ms. Handford was the w
 inner of the 35th International J.S. Bach Competition held at the Kennedy 
 Center in Washington D.C. in 1993. In the same year\, she received first p
 rize in the John R. Rodland Scholarship Competition\, sponsored by the New
  Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She has been the recip
 ient of many other grants and awards\, including the National Endowment fo
 r the Arts. She has appeared as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra in Sa
 int-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor and with the Kansas City Chamber Orch
 estra performing Poulenc’s Concerto in g minor at the Association of Lut
 heran Church Musicians National Convention held at The Temple of The Commu
 nity of Christ in Independence\, Missouri. She has performed numerous reci
 tals with the Swedish natural trumpet virtuoso Niklas Eklund. Her interest
  in new music has led to premieres of several new works for organ\, includ
 ing Stephen Paulus’s Toccata for Organ\, Ketil Hvoslef’s Toccata for O
 rgan\, Robert Starer’s Angel Voices\, and David Liptak’s Sonata for Vi
 olin and Organ which was commissioned by Benedictinus 2000 and premiered i
 n Rome during the Jubilee. In the Twin Cities\, Ms. Handford is active as 
 a free-lance musician. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at St. 
 John’s University in Collegeville\, Minnesota\, and has led numerous ses
 sions during the summer Liturgical Music Workshops which draws individuals
  from throughout the United States and Canada.
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CATEGORIES:Organ Recitals
LOCATION:Lagerquist Hall Pacific Lutheran University\, 868 Wheeler St\, Tac
 oma\, WA\, 98444\, Parkland\, United States
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