Please join us this Friday, March 16, at 12:15 p.m., when organist Clara Gerdes will perform at our free weekly Music at Midday concert.
Clara Gerdes, from Davidson, North Carolina, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2014 and studies with organ faculty member Alan Morrison and harpsichord with Leon Schelhase. She was the winner of the 2014 Albert Schweitzer and UNCSA School of the Arts organ competitions and the recipient of the first annual Pogorzelski-Yankee scholarship sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. She also serves as Organ Scholar at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Center City Philadelphia.
This week’s concert features:
- Pastorale and Toccata – David Conte
- Forlane from Le Tombeau de Couperin – Maurice Ravel, transcribed by Clara Gerdes
- Gershwinesca – Naji Hakim