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Free Concert – Solo Organ Recital – First Presbyterian Church
January 7 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
Free Concert Featuring Solo Organist, Bradley Welch
Sunday, January 7, 2024, at 4:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
701 Beach Dr. NE, St. Pete
fpcstpete.com
Award winning solo organist Bradley Hunter Welch will be featured in a free concert at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 4 PM. 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.
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.
“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. It would be hard to play Widor any better than this….splendidly idiomatic and communicative.” ~Dallas Morning News
