Organ Concert August 21 Features Jennifer Velázquez (Marlborough, MA)
The August 21 concert features Jennifer Velázquez from Marlborough, MA. Velázquez is performing music of Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, and Eugène Gigout.
Jennifer Velázquez served as Associate Director of Music and Worship and Organist atIndependent Presbyterian Church (IPC) in Memphis, TN for 25 years. After moving to the Boston area in 2021, she has been active as a recitalist and substitute organist/director. She also serves on the Boston AGO Executive Committee. Recent local performances include recitals at King’s Chapel, Trinity Church, and Old West Church in Boston. During her tenure with IPC’s robust music program, Jennifer accompanied numerous masterworks and collaborated with musicians such as Alice Parker, Dan Forrest, and the Westminster Brass. She also played organ and celeste with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mei-Ann Chen and Robert Moody and has performed internationally in England, Scotland, and Ukraine. She may be heard on A Christmas Legacy and This Light So Fair, two albums published by Ligonier Ministries. In 2008, Jennifer released a solo album, Lauda Anima, with collaborative trumpeter David Spencer. Jennifer holds a Master of Music in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music as well as a Bachelor of Music from Houghton College. She spent time in London studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her teachers and mentors include Susan Klotzbach, Graham Elliott, Russell Saunders, Michael Farris, and Peter Sykes.
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.