Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, September 20, at 12:15 p.m., as we welcome organist and composer Angela Kraft Cross to perform a variety of works, including two of her own compositions:
- Homage to Martin Luther King, Jr. – Angela Kraft Cross
- His Song – R. Nathaniel Dett
- Scherzo – Maurice Duruflé
- Healing Waters – Angela Kraft Cross
- Symphonie VIII in B (3. Allegro; 6. Finale) – Charles-Marie Widor
Angela Kraft Cross, AAGO, San Francisco Bay Area organist, pianist and composer, graduated from Oberlin in 1980 with bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Organ Performance. She then earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Loma Linda University, where she subsequently completed her residency in ophthalmology. Dr. Kraft Cross has performed extensively internationally. In July 2011, she was a featured recitalist at the SF AGO Region IX Convention. She has released nine solo CD albums, recorded in California, Paris, Lyon and London, most recently Passages on the Journey, her original compositions since 2013, on the historic Great Organ in Methuen. Her organ recordings can be heard on Pipedreams and on Spotify. She has served as the Organist/Artist-in-Residence of the Congregational Church of San Mateo since 1993. Her seven books of compositions are published by Lorenz/Sacred Music Press.
If you are unable to join us in person, you may view a livestream on our YouTube channel (Friends of National City Christian Church) or on our Facebook page (National City Christian Church). You may also view a recording afterwards at those same sites.