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Lunchtime Organ Recital
March 14 @ 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“Music is the food of the soul” – Arthur Schopenhauer
The St Michael’s organ recital is the perfect opportunity to take a break and enjoy the maginificent sound of the Grand Pipe organ while taking in the beautiful surrounds of St Michael’s Uniting Church.
Make an organ recital part of your lunch plans and join us for a St Michael’s Lunchtime Organ Recital this Thursday.
The recitals series feature St Michael’s organist, Rhys Boak and guest artists.
Today’s guest artist is Jennifer Chou
Free event. Doors open at 12:30pm
About Jennifer Chou:
Jennifer Chou made her Melbourne Town Hall debut as soloist with the Orchestra Victoria soon after she settled in Australia in 2004. She has performed as a soloist across the country in major town halls and Cathedrals including Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, and Sydney. Overseas, Jennifer has appeared as soloist in Europe including venues such as the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Westminster Abbey in London, elsewhere such as the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Cathedrals in New Zealand; and in the International Bamboo Organ Festival in the Philippines.
Jennifer is a sought-after organ teacher. She had taught the organ for the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Since 2015, she has taught the organ at Melbourne High School teaching both beginners who have neither musical nor religious backgrounds, as well as pianists who want to also master the art of organ playing. She also has taught masterclasses in Hong Kong, Singapore and within Australia, and she has adjudicated the New Zealand Organ Competition, and the Ringwood Eisteddfod organ section in Melbourne.
Born in Hong Kong, Jennifer graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong majoring in the organ. She studied the organ with Wolfgang Rübsam at Northwestern University where she obtained a Master of Music degree and the Certificate of Performance with Honour. She furthered her studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil-Malmaison in Paris in the organ class of Susan Landale and obtained the Prix de Virtuosité à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury. Following that, she specialised in French Classical and North German repertoire with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen at the Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de Musique et Danse in Toulouse in Cycle de Perfectionnement. Her graduation concert awarded her the Premier Prix d’Orgue à l’unanimité in the frame of the Toulouse les Orgues International Festival in 2001. In 2003 she won “Mention Speciale” in the Biarritz International Organ Competition (France).