The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Tryon, NC is delighted to
present Dr. Charles Tompkins, organist, in recital on Saturday, February 13,
2016, 7:00 pm.
Dr. Charles Tompkins is recognized as one of America's most
outstanding organ teachers and concert organists. A member of the Furman
University faculty since 1986, his students have gained admission to major
graduate schools in organ performance--including Yale University, Indiana
University, and Florida State University--and may be found in significant
church and university positions.
A graduate of the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music
and the University of Michigan, Tompkins performs each year at universities and
major churches throughout the United States. He has played recitals at Notre
Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Piccolo
Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, S.C.
Tompkins has also performed at national and regional conventions of
the American Guild of Organists, Association of Anglican Musicians, Music
Teachers National Association, and the College Music Society. His performances
have been broadcast nationally on American Public Media's PIPEDREAMS radio
program.
Dr. Tompkins' program at Holy Cross on February 13 will include:
J. S. Bach, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564
Felix Mendelssohn, Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Opus 65
Ned Rorem, Four Pieces from Organbooks I-III (1989)
(Rondo, Pie
Jesu, In Nomini Domine, Reveille)
William Albright, Sweet Sixteenths (A Concert Rag for Organ)
Joseph Jongen, Toccata, Opus 104
An active church musician throughout his career, Tompkins has been
organist of Greenville's historic First Baptist Church since 1997, where he
presides over the largest organ in South Carolina, an 86-rank instrument by
Casavant. He has served as consultant for a number of outstanding organs,
including Furman's magnificent Hartness Organ, a 42-stop instrument by C.B.
Fisk Organbuilders.
This concert will be free and open to the public. Donations to the
William E. Seifert Memorial Organ Recital Series will be especially appreciated
in order to continue to offer fine organ concerts at Holy Cross. Holy Cross
Episcopal Church is located at 150 Melrose Avenue, Tryon, NC. For more
information, please call the church office at 828-859-9741.
