TGIF, Apr 5, 5:30pm

At this Friday’s TGIF concert, organist Shelby Fisher, from Salt Lake City, delights us with a variety of musical pieces by Bach, McDowall, Elliott, Mozart, and Guilmont. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with donations accepted.

Program

Cecilia McDowall, Celebration

J. S. Bach, Fantasia in G minor, BWV 54

W. A. Mozart, Church Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major

Richard Elliott, Every Time I Feel the Spirit

Alexandre Guilmant, Allegro assai, Organ Sonata No. 4 in D minor, Op. 61

Shelby Fisher

Shelby Fisher, a native of Salt Lake City, began her musical career as a chorister in the initial class of the Choir School of the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Immediately following the acquisition of the new pipe organ in Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the University of Utah, the undergraduate degree in organ performance was re-established at the University of Utah. Shelby was awarded the first Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance by the University of Utah. Similarly, she pioneered and received the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance. She earned a second masters degree in education and taught in the Washington, D.C. area while studying organ with Edward Alan Moore at Catholic University.  Additional organ study has been with Robert Ridgell, Rulon Christiansen, and Andrew Unsworth. She earned the Doctor of Sacred Music degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation.

Shelby now holds the position of Organist and Director of Music at Christ United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City. She has held various leadership positions in the American Guild of Organists and is currently the Subdean of the Salt Lake City chapter. Fisher has played recitals in such venues as Libby Gardner Concert Hall, the Cathedral of the Madeleine, and the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco and has been a featured performer with the American West Symphony. Fisher teaches music theory at the Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City and maintains a successful teaching studio with award-winning piano and organ students of all ages. A particular joy is accompanying the flute, violin, and viola performances of her three daughters.