Program

Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203 | Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 | Bach

Brian Schoettler serves as Minister of Music & Organist at First United Methodist Church in Evanston, Ill., where he directs their choirs and plays their Austin pipe organs. He is chair of the Organ Department at the Music Institute of Chicago and teaches music theory for their pre-college Academy. He also teaches organ at UW-Parkside. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, his Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Composition at Westminster Choir College, and his bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance, Church Music, and Instrumental Music Education at Carthage College. He studied organ with Edoardo Bellotti, Michael Burkhardt, Ken Cowan, David Higgs, Richard Hoskins, and Alan Morrison and composition with Benjamin C.S. Boyle. Brian has been featured on American Public Media’s radio program “Pipedreams,” on the Notre Dame Children’s Choir’s CD “O Day of Peace,” and in a video showcase of Austin’s Op. 319 produced by the Organ Media Foundation. Brian recently served as Dean of the North Shore chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has been a guest performer with the Chicago Symphony, the Elmhurst Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony, and the Milwaukee Symphony.
For more information, visit: www.brianschoettler.com