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St. Luke's is delighted to host concert organist Bradley Hunter Welch as part of the 2022 Atlanta Summer Organ Festival. His program will feature music by J.S. Bach, Marcel Dupré, Joseph Jongen, and others. “To invoke an old Southern expression, Bradley Hunter Welch plays the organ like nobody's business. Between the virtuosity of the playing and the easy-going spoken commentary, he also proved that ‘entertainer’ and ‘organist’ needn't be mutually exclusive.” (Dallas Morning News)
Hailed as “A world-class virtuoso” (The American Organist) and “an expert at defining darks, lights, shadows and colors,” (Birmingham News, Alabama), Bradley Hunter Welch is increasingly in demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and collaborative artist. He is the 2003 First Place winner of the Dallas International Organ Competition and was also awarded the Audience Prize for the second time, having previously won it in 2000.
In August 2018, Bradley Hunter Welch was named Resident Organist and holder of the Lay Family Chair by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where he’ll perform with the DSO and oversee the Meyerson Symphony Center’s Lay Family Concert Organ, built by C.B. Fisk. Dr. Welch also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He has taught at Southern Methodist University and Baylor University and was Director of Music & Arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX from 2009-2014.
A native of Knoxville, TN, Dr. Welch holds the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts, and Master of Music degrees, as well as the coveted Artist Diploma from Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray and Martin Jean. He also holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University where he studied with Joyce Jones.
His debut CD recording is the first solo organ recording made on the Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn Organ at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth on the Loft Recordings label. In 2016 he released a CD, entitled “Dynamic Duo”, of large-scale orchestral transcriptions with duo-organist Ken Cowan on the Pro Organo label.
Bradley Hunter Welch is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
A reception will follow the performance in J. Coleman Budd Hall.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church - Atlanta, GA, 435 Peachtree St NE,Atlanta,GA,United States