JULY 4th · MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA!
Jelani Eddington will perform as part of the American Theatre Organ Society’s National Convention in San Diego
JULY 11th · NICOLE KELLER
The Chicago Crusader calls Keller “…an aggressive player with outstanding technique and fine musical sensibilities…” Keller brings a breadth of musical experience as a concert artist. After her successful performance at the National Festival of the American Guild of Organists in 2021, she will now offer her first concert at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park
JULY 18th · CHERRY RHODES
An organ professor at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, Rhodes will perform a variety of works. During her brilliant career, she has toured extensively throughout the major music capitals of North America, Europe and Asia with recital and festival appearances in concert halls and cathedrals including Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Lincoln Center (New York City), Disney Hall (Los Angeles), Royal Festival Hall (London) and Notre Dame (Paris).
JULY 25th · ISABELLE DEMERS
Known as the ‘diminutive dynamo,’ dazzling Canadian Organist Demers returns to the Spreckels Organ to showcase her incredible virtuosity and varied interpretations at this can’t miss event! The leading organist of Canada, with an international reputation, Demers holds the Joyce Bowden Chair in Organ at the prestigious McGill University in Montreal
AUGUST 1st · CHELSEA CHEN
an internationally renowned young American organist and composer, returns to her hometown Spreckels Organ for what might just be a night of “rare musicality” and “lovely lyrical grandeur” (LA Times). Expect a unique mix of traditional organ repertoire along with piano/orchestral transcriptions and contemporary music
AUGUST 8th · CAROLINE ROBINSON
Hailing from St. Philip in Atlanta, Robinson has been featured as a solo recitalist in many venues across the United States. Her playing has been broadcast on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams LIVE,” and Philadelphia-based public radio station 90.1 WRTI’s Wanamaker Organ Hour. She is a prize winner at several distinguished organ competitions like Dublin International (2014) and the Albert Schweitzer (2010)
AUGUST 15th · AMANDA MOLLE
Credited as a rising star, Mole is quickly earning a reputation as one of the leading concert organists of her generation. Her performances have been described as “elegant, lucid” (The American Organist), and “having an excellent balance of technical accuracy, rhythm, and structure” (The Diapason)
AUGUST 22nd · DUO MusArt
María Teresa Sierra (piano) · Raúl Prieto Ramirez (organ)
Spanish
piano virtuoso from Barcelona with several competition prizes, pianist Maria
Teresa Sierra will join San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez for
a concert widely demanded. The piano and
organ duo will join forces presenting widely popular pieces like Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s piano Concerto No.5 “The Emperor”. The concert
features a display of virtuosity combining the power of the Spreckels Organ and
the delicacy of a concert piano, provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of San
Diego
AUGUST 29th · SILENT MOVIE NIGHTCLARA GERDES
Clara Gerdes is quickly building an impressive career as a concert organist in the U.S. with widely successful concerts and energetic personality. This will be Gerdes’s debut concert at the Pavilion in Balboa Park. The program will include movies featuring Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin and some virtuoso solo pieces by Liszt, Duruflé and Dvôrak
SEPTEMBER 5th ·
LABOR DAY CLASSIC ROCK CONCERT
Featuring some of the best Rock musicians in San Diego, the Organ Pavilion Rock Band has set itself apart by delivering powerful performances of Rock classics with the unique sound provided by the Spreckels Organ. A mix of Rock and Classically-trained artists bring the Rock Classics to a new level. The concert will feature songs by Heart, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Tammi Tarrell and Marvin Gaye, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie and more
