Sunday, September 24, 2023
7:30 pm
Christ United Methodist Church
2375 East 3300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
LECTURE RECITAL BY
VALERIE HARRIS, DMA
PRESENTED BY SLCAGO
The free Daily Organ Recitals at the Salt Lake Tabernacle are the longest running program of this type.
By 1901, a regular schedule of recitals was instituted with rail travelers visitng daily by the thousands.
Come learn about the impact of these recitals on the hearts and minds of their worldwide audience and on the state of Utah.
Hear some of the favorites from the early recitals performed.
Dr. Valerie Harris
has performed on many notable historic organs in Europe and the U.S. She performs as a guest recitalist at the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Other recent performances were given in Belgium and the Netherlands. She has given many national and regional workshops and presentations; she serves on the faculty of the BYU Organ Workshops Program.
She holds a Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance from Arizona State University, where she studied with Kimberly Marshall.
She holds a Master of Music in Organ Performance from Shenandoah University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham Young University. She has also studied in Europe with Hans Davidsson, Pieter Dirksen, Luc Ponet, and Johannes Ebenbauer.
She serves as Dean of the Central Arizona Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, as National Media Chair for the National Federation of Music Clubs, and as Associate Music Director and Organist at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.