SUPERSATURDAY 2024

Workshop: “The Great Organs fo Germany and Switzerland”

 

Learn about the great organs of Germany and Switzerland, from the famed St. Jakobi Stellwagen and Schnitgers in the north, to notable Silbermanns and other Bach country instruments of central Germany, to the world’s oldest playable organ at the Basilica of Valère in Sion, Switzerland.


Emily Spencer, MMus

As a performer, scholar and educator, Emily Spencer has both local and international presence in sacred music and music pedagogy.
 
Ms. Spencer’s contribution to sacred music in the United States and Europe spans over twenty-five years in organ and vocal performance.
 
Her scholarly work includes collaboration on research and education initiatives with prominent music historians.
 
She currently serves as Dean of the Salt Lake Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and performs and directs at St. Marks’ Cathedral in Salt Lake City.
Much of her scholarly work involves German and Scandinavian languages, and she is a published translator, working with German, Dutch and English.
 
During her thirty years as a music educator in Utah, she has successfully engaged learners at every age and skill level, from early childhood to graduate students.
 
With teaching proficiency in the realms of church music, universities and public schools, Ms. Spencer has influenced hundreds of developing musicians.
 
She is a contributing editor to the Bulletin, the journal of the International Kodály Society, based in Hungary.
 
Ms. Spencer also serves on the executive committee of the. Utah Cultural Alliance.
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