BRADFORD, PA –
Internationally known organist, composer, and conductor Roland E. Martin of
Buffalo, N.Y., will play a recital of “Music for the Advent Season” on the
Sarah B. Dorn Organ in the Harriett B. Wick Chapel at the University of
Pittsburgh at Bradford at noon Dec. 6.
The recital is free
and open to the public. Selections include a variety of pieces appropriate for
the season.
Martin is a member of
the music faculties of Buffalo Seminary, Canisius College, and the University
at Buffalo. He also serves as organist-choirmaster and director of music at St.
Joseph University Church, Buffalo, and as artistic director of the Freudig Singers
of western New York.
As organist, Martin
has given recitals throughout the United States, including the Washington
National Cathedral, and he has performed in Canada, Spain, France, Germany,
Austria, Italy and England, as well as giving annual concerts in Belgium. In
1986, he performed the New York premiere and the third American performance of
the complete collection of J.S. Bach’s recently discovered Neumeister Chorales.
In September 2000,
Martin gave a critically acclaimed performance of Bach’s Art of the Fugue on
the Fisk Organ at UB’s Slee Hall, and in October 2000, he debuted as soloist
with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of the Rheinberger
Organ Concerto No. 2.
An accomplished
composer, Martin has more than 100 works in publication, with a number of
commissions from universities, colleges, choral societies, churches, and
various other organizations and individuals. As a conductor, he has served as
both guest and interim conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, and he
has also conducted a number of operas in Buffalo.
The Dorn Organ was
constructed by the Schantz Organ Company in Orrville, Ohio. It consists of 17
ranks with 1,020 pipes and was custom-built for the Wick Chapel.
For disability-related
needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at (814)362-7609
or clh71@pitt.edu.
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