MUSIC FOR A GREAT SPACE PRESENTS:

TIMOTHY OLSEN, ORGAN

Friday, October 19, 2012
7:30 PM
Christ United Methodist Church

Timothy Olsen has performed solo organ recitals at venues in 24 states including Slee Hall (University of Buffalo, NY), Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Portland, OR), Christ Church Cathedral (Lexington, KY), Broadway Baptist Church (Fort Worth, TX), Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA), and St. Thomas Church (New York, NY). His colleagues and mentors have praised his playing, saying, "Olsen is clearly in the first rank of the new generation of American organists. His marvelous playing ... used the organ with great creativity evidencing both stylistic and musical insights. But above all, his playing was lyrical and musical."

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Dr. Olsen has also been featured as soloist with orchestras and performs collaboratively in organ/trumpet recitals with UNC School of the Arts artist-faculty colleague Judith Saxton, organ duo recitals with Nicole Keller, and as organist for major choral works including Maurice Duruflé's Requiem and Messe "Cum Jubilo" and Théodore Dubois' The Seven Last Words of Christ.

Dr. Olsen frequently presents masterclasses and workshops for universities, churches, and chapters of the American Guild of Organists. He was a featured recitalist and presenter at both the 2011 Region IV AGO convention in Greensboro, NC, and the 2011 Region VII AGO convention in Oklahoma City, OK, as well as at the 2009 Region VII AGO convention in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Olsen is the first-prize winner of the 2002 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. He has recorded a CD on the Naxos label and has been featured multiple times on Minnesota Public Radio's Pipedreams.

Timothy Olsen teaches a joint studio of high school, undergraduate, and graduate organ majors as the Kenan professor of organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and associate professor of organ at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC.

A native of Frost, Minnesota, Dr. Olsen began his study of the organ at the age of 13 with Sandra Krumholz of Fairmont, MN, and went on to further study with Peter Nygaard at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in 1997. Dr. Olsen continued his study as a student of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature as well as a Master of Arts in Music Theory Pedagogy. Prior to his appointment at the UNC School of the Arts, Olsen taught as the Wanda L. Bass chair of organ at Oklahoma City University and also has served on the faculties of Ithaca College, Binghamton University, and Cornell University.

For more information about Timothy Olsen, please visit www.timothyolsenorganist.com.

Please thank the sponsor of this concert:

Carolyn V. Cotton

Join us after the concert for a reception hosted by:

Christ United Methodist Church in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the installation of the C.B. Fisk Organ, Op. 82