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 CONGRATULATIONS
TO NOAH WYNNE-MORTON
Winner
of the 2009 Wells Organ Competition
for Young Organists
Juilliard School student Noah
Wynne-Morton competed on April 18
against two other finalists for the
grand prize of $2,500. He will
be returning to FUMC to present a
solo recital as part of the FUMC
Vesper Concert Series
The
three finalists in our 2009
competition were:
Noah
Wynne-Morton (Juilliard School)
- 1st prize winner
Keenan
Boswell (Juilliard School) -
joint 2nd prize winner
Aaron
Tan (University of Michigan) -
joint 2nd prize winner
Each
presented a 30-40 minute performance
in FUMC Sanctuary
Our
three final round judges were:
Dr.
Timothy Albrecht (Emory University,
Atlanta, GA)
Jeremy
Bruns (St. Paul's Cathedral,
Buffalo, NY)
Dr.
Andrew George (Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX)
To reach
the final, the competitors were
chosen from the entrants in the
preliminary CD round, held in Dallas
in February 2009.
Our
preliminary round judges were Mary
Preston, Dr. Kenneth Hart and Dr.
Bradley Welch
Competitors: Keenan Boswell, Noah
Wynne-Morton, Aaron Tan
Back
Row: Dr. Andrew George, Dr. Timothy
Albrecht, Jeremy Bruns
Chris
Betts (FUMC Director of Music),
Sigurd Ĝgaard (FUMC Assistant
Director of Music)
FINAL ROUND PROGRAM:
Noah Wynne-Morton
J. S. Bach - Prelude
and Fugue in e minor BWV 548 ("The
Wedge"),
Peter Eben - Hommage
a Dietrich Buxtehude
Marcel Dupré - Deux
Esquisses (1. e minor and 2. Bb
minor)
Keenan Boswell
J.S.
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in b minor,
BWV 544
Max Reger -
Introduction and Passacaglia
William Bolcolm -
Free Fantasia on "O Zion Haste"/"How
Firm a Foundation"
Aaron Tan
J. S. Bach - Prelude
and Fugue in a, BWV 543
Max Reger - Chorale
fantasy on "Halleluja! Gott zu loben",
Op. 50, No. 3
Andrew Brandon -
Organ Piece (2009)
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THE FUMC WELLS COMPETITION FOR YOUNG
ORGANISTS