Organ
Under the direction of BW Conservatory organ and harpsichord faculty member Jonathan Moyer, the organ program offers students the opportunity to focus on a variety of keyboard skills. Organ literature, technique, memorization, signt-reading, chamber music, and accompanying are among the topics addressed. Organ participants receive five 45-minute private organ lessons in addition to two 30-minute private lessons on a secondary instrument of their choosing (choices include: harpsichord, piano or voice). In addition to music theory and Solfège classes, students participate in master classes and the Institute Singers. Organ students will have access to the wide collection of organs at the BW Conservatory of Music for practice and exploration. All organ participants perform in a recital on the final Friday evening of SMI.
Organ Artist Faculty
Jonathan William Moyer maintains a dynamic career as organist, pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor. He is the music director and organist of the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, OH, where he directs a semiprofessional choir, handbells, children's music program, and concert series. Critics have described his playing as "ever-expressive, stylish, and riveting." He has performed throughout the northeastern United States, Europe, and Japan, including such venues as Washington National Cathedral, Princeton University Chapel, St. Thomas Episcopal Church (NYC), the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove (NJ), numerous British cathedrals, as well as the Dvorak Spring Festival in Prague and Vienna. He has performed with such ensembles as the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the Handel Choir of Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins University Chorale, and the Cantate Chamber Singers of Washington, DC. He has performed piano and chamber music recitals at the La Gesse Music Festival in Toulouse, France and Weill Recital Hall in New York City.