BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@tacomaago.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160911T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160911T163000 DTSTAMP:20160701T221632Z URL:https://tacomaago.org/events/nathan-laube-organ-2/ SUMMARY:PLU Recital: Nathan Laube\, organ DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $15 General Admission\, $10 Senior Citizens and Studen ts\,\nFor updated information\, visit our website: www.plu.edu/music\n\n\n \n\nA star among young classical musicians\, concert organist Nathan Laube  has quickly earned a place among the organ world's elite performers.  I n addition to his busy performing schedule\, Mr. Laube serves as Assistant Professor of Organ at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester\, New York \, where he teaches with distinguished professors David Higgs and Edoardo Bellotti.\n\nRecent and upcoming performances by Mr. Laube include major v enues spanning four continents. These include the Vienna Konzerthaus (Aust ria)\; the Berlin Philharmonie and the Dortmund Konzerthaus (Germany)\; Aa rhus Cathedral and Copenhagen Cathedral (Denmark)\; the Cankarjev Dom\, Lj ubljana (Slovenia)\; the Sejong Center\, Seoul (Korea)\; in the U.S.A. at Overture Hall\, Madison (WI)\, where he performed with the Madison Symphon y under the direction of Julian Wachner\; The Schermerhorn Symphony Center \, Nashville (TN)\, where he performed and recorded the Stephen Paulus Gra nd Organ Concerto with the Nashville Symphony under the directions of Gian carlo Guerrero\; Washington National Cathedral (DC)\, Walt Disney Concert Hall (CA)\, Verizon Hall (PA)\, The Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall (MO) \, and Spivey Hall (GA). Nathan also frequently presents concert tours in the United Kingdom\, where highlight venues have included York Minster\, C anterbury Cathedral\, Exeter Cathedral\, Ely Cathedral\, and Truro Cathedr al.\n\nHighlights of Mr. Laube’s recent and upcoming festival appearance s around the world include the Naumburg Orgelsommer\, the 300th Anniversar y Festival of the 1714 Silbermann organ in the Freiberg Cathedral (Germany )\, the 2011 Lahti Organ Festival (Finland)\, the 2012 Dresden Music Fes tival (Germany)\, the 2013 Orléans Organ Festival (France)\, the 2013  Lapua Festival (Finland)\, the 2013 Stuttgart Internationaler Orgelsom mer (Germany)\, the 2014 Naumburg Orgelsommer (Germany)\, the 2015 Smarano Organ Academy (Italy)\, the Max Reger Foundation of America's 2015 Max Re ger Festival (U.S.A.)\, the WFMT Bach Project for which he performed the complete Clavierübung III (Chicago\, U.S.A.)\, and for several EROI Festi vals at the Eastman School of Music (U.S.A.).\n\nPerformances for conventi ons and conferences are frequent\, and this year Mr. Laube will be a featu red performer at the 2015 national convention of the Organ Historical Soci ety. He was previously featured at the Society’s conventions in 2009\, 2 011\, and 2012.  For the American Guild of Organists\, Nathan was feature d at their national conventions in 2010 (Washington\, D.C.) and in 2012 (N ashville TN)\, as well as at many regional conventions of the Guild.\n\nMr . Laube has two new CD recordings available: the Stephen Paulus Grand Conc erto on the Naxos label (NAXOS 8.559740) recorded with the Nashville Symph ony\, Giancarlo Guerrero conducting\, and a new solo recital recording on the Ambiente label (AMBIENTE ACD-1062) recorded at the Stadtkirche in Nago ld\, Germany. In addition\, Many of Mr. Laube’s live performances have b een featured on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams.”\n\nMr. Laube h olds a Master’s Degree in Organ from the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart\, Germany\, where he was a student of Ludger Lohmann and recipient of a Germ an DAAD Fellowship Study Scholarship for his studies there.  As a recipie nt of a William Fulbright Grant\, Nathan spent the 2010-2011 academic year studying with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse\, where he earned Prix de Spécialis é with the mention “Très Bien” and “Féliciations du Jury" in addi tion to the Prix François Vidal from the city of Toulouse.\n\nNathan earn ed his Bachelor of Music Degree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philad elphia\, PA\, where he studied organ with Alan Morrison and piano with Sus an Starr. Upon graduating\, he received the Institute’s two highest awar ds\, the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics and the Aldwell Award fo r Excellence in Musical Studies. During his time at the Curtis Institute\, Nathan also served as an Assistant Organist at the Wannamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy’s Department Store in downtown Philadelphia.\n\nAs a chur ch musician\, Nathan most recently served from 2011-2013 as Artist-in-Resi dence at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris\, France.  P reviously\, he served as Organ Scholar at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr\, PA.\n\nNathan is frequently asked to teach master classes and workshops in connection with his concerts and often serves on the faculty for Pipe Organ Encounters in the U.S.A. – clinics presented by The Amer ican Guild of Organists designed to introduce young keyboardists to the pi pe organ and its vast repertoire.  He has also taught at the Oberlin Summ er Organ Academy in Ohio and at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Summer Organ Academy in Philadelphia.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacomaago.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06 /nathan_laube.jpg CATEGORIES:Organ Recitals LOCATION:Lagerquist Hall Pacific Lutheran University\, 868 Wheeler St\, Tac oma\, WA\, 98444\, Parkland\, United States GEO:47.146527;-122.44591200000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=868 Wheeler St\, Tacoma\, W A\, 98444\, Parkland\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Lagerquist Hall Pacific Lutheran University:geo:47.146527,-122.44591200000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR