August 14 Organ Concert Features Edith Yam (Rochester, NY)
The August 14 concert features Edith Yam from Rochester, NY. Yam is performing music of August Gottfried Ritter, Dudley Buck, and Franz Liszt.
Dr. Edith Yam recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), where her primary teacher was Prof. David Higgs. She served as his teaching assistant, and taught secondary organ at Eastman. Edith has presented her DMA lecture-recital research on nineteenth-century organ performance practice at the University of Michigan’s 63rd Annual Organ Conference.
Edith also holds degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she completed her Bachelor of Music (with First Class Honours) and Masters of Music respectively. In addition, she studied as an exchange student at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany. Her former teachers include Philip Swanton, Pieter van Dijk, and Klaus Eichhorn.
Edith has performed at various venues around the world, including Sydney Town Hall, Bremen Cathedral, Grote Sint Laurenskerk in Alkmaar, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, the Methuen Memorial Music Hall (MA), and St. Luke’s in Evanston (IL).
St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to host the 32nd Summer Recital Series on Maine’s largest 19th-Century mechanical-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288, at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor. These hour-long recitals occur on Thursday evenings at 7:30. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.