Organ Recital Series
1. Bradley Lehman, organ
Sunday 10.30.2005 7:30 pm Rieth Recital Hall
Bradley Lehman’s harpsichord and organ repertoire spans most of the
solo keyboard literature from 1500 to 1775, plus Renaissance and Baroque
ensemble music and some modern works. His interests include historical styles,
unequal temperaments, a “gestural” manner of performance, composition,
transcriptions, and thoroughbass improvisation. Six of his hymns are published
in Hymnal: A Worship Book (1991). In addition to his concert performances
in North America, Germany, and Costa Rica, he has served several congregations
as organist and music leader.
Lehman is a graduate of Goshen College and the University of Michigan, with degrees in harpsichord performance, the other early keyboards, historical musicology, church music, and mathematics. His keyboard teachers have included Leonard Kilmer, James Goldsworthy, Marvin Blickenstaff, Kathryn Sherer, Philip Clemens, Edward Parmentier, James Kibbie, and Penelope Crawford. His doctorate is in harpsichord, 1994. In 2004 he discovered what he believes to be J. S. Bach’s own temperament for harpsichords and organs, encoded graphically on the title page of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Lehman’s article about this finding is published in the February and May 2005 issues of Early Music (Oxford University Press), with further clarifications and elaborations at the web site www.larips.com. His CD “In Thee is Gladness,” of trumpet and organ music played with Martin Hodel, was released in January 2005. His harpsichord and organ recordings, both featuring Goshen College’s instruments, was released in January, 2006 and is available for purchase through the Goshen College Music Center.
2. Patricia Schrock, organ
Saturday 1.14.2006 7:30 pm Rieth Recital Hall
Patricia J. Schrock, a native of Millersburg, Indiana, has been active in church
music for over twenty years. Ms. Schrock, since 1996, serves as the Associate
Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church in Washington D.C. At Holy
Trinity she plays numerous liturgies, accompanies the choirs, directs the
children's choir and helps oversee the music series, "Music at Trinity."
Ms. Schrock received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Goshen College and her
Master of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 1992. A doctoral candidate
on the Dean's List in organ performance at Arizona State University, she
has studied with Marvin Blickenstaff, Gail Walton, Craig Cramer, John
Metz and Robert Clark.
In addition to her work at Trinity and as a performer, Ms.
Schrock has a private piano studio of twenty students at Holy Trinity
School, serves as the accompanist for Congregation Or Chadash in Germantown,
Maryland, and serves as the Dean for the District of Columbia Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists.
3. The Sunflower Trio
Saturday 3.18.2006 7:30 pm Rieth Recital Hall
Formed in 2002, the Sunflower Trio is dedicated to the performance of chamber
music featuring voice, violin and keyboard. Consisting of Rebecca Schloneger,
violin, Matthew Schloneger, tenor, and Kenneth Rodgers, piano and organ, the
trio excels in a variety of styles. Their eclectic repertoire makes for an
experience that reaches a wide range of audiences. This unique ensemble brings
an exciting energy to any chamber music or fine arts series.
2. Christine Thögersen, organ
Friday, 4.7.2006 7:30 pm Rieth Recital Hall
Christine Thögersen, an assistant professor of music at Goshen College
since 1997, earned her undergraduate degree in music at Goshen College, her
master of arts in music education from Illinois State University in 1981, and
completed her B-Exam in Kirchenmusik from the Berliner Kirchen Musikschule
in Berlin, Germany in 1990. Her teaching at GC includes keyboard theory, fine
arts for children, foundations of music theory, as well as applied music (piano/organ).
She was also involved in planning the inaugural of GC’s
new Taylor & Boody pipe organ which was dedicated in Rieth Recital Hall
in May, 2005. Christine serves as organist at Eighth Street Mennonite Church
in Goshen.