Music At Noon, the concert series sponsored by Music@MUMC, continues its 35th Anniversary season with a concert on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, featuring Dr. Brian Preston Harlow, organist.
The 30-minute concert, which begins at 12:15 pm will feature music by Edmundson, J.S. Bach, Muhly and Vierne, in the sanctuary of the Morristown United Methodist Church, 50 Park Place (on the Green).
The December concerts are free to the public as a gift to the community. Free childcare is available during the concert. The sanctuary is handicapped accessible.
A light luncheon is available for purchase before or after the concert (11:30 am to 1:30 pm). The cost of the luncheon is $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students.
Brian Preston Harlow holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts and Master of Music from Yale University School of Music, as well as the Bachelor of Music degree with High Distinction from Indiana University School of Music. His teachers include Martin Jean, Marilyn Keiser and Thomas Murray, organ; Gerre Hancock, William Porter and Jeffery Brillhart, improvisation; and Richard Rephann, harpsichord. From the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, he received the Robert Baker Scholarship and the Faculty Prize for exemplifying the ideals of the Institute. From Indiana University he received the Austin Caswell Award and a Distinguished Alumni Service Award Scholarship; he was also named a member of the Honors Division and an Arthur R. Metz Scholar. He is the recipient of two awards from the American Guild of Organists: the award for the highest grades on the Associate exam and the S. Lewis Elmer Award for the highest grade on an upper level exam.
Dr. Harlow is active as a recitalist, accompanist, choir director, teacher and composer in the greater New York City area. In addition to serving as Organist and Choirmaster of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Gladstone, New Jersey, he is organ accompanist for the Rutgers University Chorus, Newark Campus, Choral Accompanist for the Somerset Hills School District, and the Church Concert Series Director for Music in the Somerset Hills. He has given a number of recitals in the United States and England and performs regularly with other instrumentalists and with Christopher Jennings as Duo Organists. He served from 2007-2010 as Director of Music at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey where he directed a large program of multiple choirs and a concert series. He also served as Assistant Organist at St. James’ Church, Madison Avenue, Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, and Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut as well as Director of Music at churches in Connecticut, Indiana and Massachusetts. Dr. Harlow has recorded for Koch International Classics and BKM Associates. He serves as a member of the executive board of the Metropolitan New Jersey chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a member of the editorial board and instrumental music reviewer for the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians.
Funding has been made possible in part by funds from Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For further information: 973-538-2132 or www.morristownumc.com
