Comes Autumn Time is the theme of Brennan Szafron's organ recital at Holy
Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC, on Friday, October 10, 2014, at 7:00 pm.
Autumnal music by composers Leo Sowerby and Joseph Bonnet will be heard, as
well as music by J. S. Bach and Charles-Marie Widor.
A native Canadian, Brennan received a Bachelor of Music degree,
with distinction, from the University of Alberta, a Masters of Music degree
from Yale University, and a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in organ
performance from the University of Michigan. He was hired in 2003 as the first full-time organist/choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in
Spartanburg, SC.
Dr. Szafron maintains an active recital schedule. In 2012-13, he
reprised the Barber Toccata Festiva with the Spartanburg
Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Greater Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra), and gave recitals at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, GA and
St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville, NC. In the summer of 2013 he
dedicated the organ at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Spartanburg and gave a
recital at First United Methodist Church, Charlotte. 2013-14 included a recital
at the Church of the Advent celebrating their organ’s 25th anniversary,
a solo recital with guest pianist Doug Weeks in Twichell Auditorium, a
performance with the Converse College Symphony Orchestra as the soloist for the
Poulenc organ concerto, a recital at Central Synagogue, NYC, and a recital at
Landrum Presbyterian Church, Landrum, SC.
The Chancel Organ at Holy Cross was rebuilt by John Dower and
Company in 1994-1995, incorporating pipes from the previous Möller and Holloway
instruments.
Dr. Szafron’s concert at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose
Avenue, Tryon, NC, is free, and the public is invited to attend. For more
information, please call the church office at 828-859-9741.
Submitted by Susie Mahnke, organist/choir director, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC
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