2012 Schedule
May 20, 2012 Kristin Lensch 3:00 p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church is pleased to present Kristin Lensch as the Sixth Guest Artist in our Organ Concert Series on Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Kristin Lensch is a national prize-winning organist who has worked as a church musician for the past seventeen years. She has conducted and accompanied choirs of all ages, toured with choirs to England and Italy, served as adjunct faculty at Rhodes College and the University of Memphis, and has been active in leadership roles in professional organizations such as the American Guild of Organists and the Royal School of Church Music. As an active recitalist, Kristin has been invited to perform recitals throughout the USA, and recently performed Samuel Barber’s Toccata Festiva with theMemphis Symphony Orchestra.
Kristin began her organ studies at the Wausau Conservatory of Music with Nancy Siebecker. She has studied with Delbert Disselhorst, Larry Smith, Marilyn Keiser, and Wilma Jensen, and holds degrees from Indiana University and The University of Iowa. Kristin is currently working on her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Organ with John Peterson at the University of Memphis where she was recently awarded the Performer’s Certificate and the Graduate Performance Award. Kristin is also serving as Organist-Choirmaster for Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, Tennessee.
Kristin lives in Memphis with her husband, Tim Huebner, and their two children, Sloan and Charlie. Her parents, Dave and Inez Lensch, were members of Zion congregation and currently reside in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
We look forward to Kristin’s return to Zion! We hope to see you on May 20th!
Sept. 30, 2012 Paul Jacobs 3:00 p.m.
Paul Jacobs, America’s most celebrated concert organist, is the only organ soloist to receive a Grammy Award (2011). He made musical history at the age of 23 when he performed the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in an 18-hour non-stop marathon performance, and has subsequently performed the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in nine-hour marathon concerts around the country.
He had performed in all 50 states by the age of 31, and has also toured in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia, and appeared with major orchestras. He is chair of the organ department at The Julliard School in New York City.
