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BENJAMIN A KOLODZIEJ,
Organist
Benjamin Kolodziej serves as Chapel Organist at Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX, where he has been an adjunct lecturer in sacred music at Perkins
School of Theology and where he plays organ for 150 weddings, memorials, and
civic events a year at historic Perkins Chapel. Since 1999 he has also been
Organist and Director of Worship at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX,
where he oversees an active music ministry including several choirs and two
concert series.
Graduating with an undergraduate degree in organ performance in 1998, Mr
Kolodziej holds Master of Sacred Music and Master of Theological Studies degrees
from Perkins School of Theology, SMU, where he studied organ with Robert
Anderson, George Baker, and Larry Palmer. He won first place in the Dallas AGO
Young Organist Competition and was awarded the hymn playing prize at the William
B Hall Organ Competition. He is a frequent organist for hymn festivals and
organ concerts, having performed many times in the UK as well as in Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland. In addition to many performances throughout Texas, he
has also performed at historic Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA,
Washington National Cathedral, and St Thomas Church in New York City. In
addition to serious organ performance, he enjoys performing for shows and
accompanying plays on the Wurlitzer theatre organ recently installed at the
McKinney Performing Arts Center in McKinney, TX.
Mr
Kolodziej has published articles in
The Chorister, Concordia
Theological Quarterly, The Hymn, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly, The
American Organist, Theatre Organ
and
Methodist History,
maintaining a scholarly interest in liturgical, hymnological, and theological
history and practices. He is presently writing for the new
Lutheran Service Book
Hymnal Companion
to be
published in 2011 by Concordia Publishing House.
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Benjamin Kolodziej
strives to perform concerts and hymn festivals which both educate and
entertain. His hymn festivals always seek to enliven the historic
music of the Church, bringing it to life for the congregation, while his
concerts feature verbal commentary about the music and the instrument.
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CONCERT AUDIO SAMPLES:
(All recorded live in concert.)
Trio Sonata #1 in Eb
major, JS Bach (recorded at St Otmarsberg Abbey, Uznach, Switzerland)
CONCERT DIARY:
2011:
St Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Times
Square, NYC
St Philip's Episcopal Cathedral, Atlanta, GA
St Luke's Lutheran Church, Richardson, TX
Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX
(pre-Evensong)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas,
TX
Chorister's Guild Midwinter Workshop
Festival organist and clinician/lecturer
2010:
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Dallas, TX
McKinney Performing Arts Center, McKinney, TX
(on the Wurlitzer)
Tyler Street United Methodist Church, Dallas,
TX (silent movie accompaniment)
St Anne and the Holy Trinity Church, NYC
Sct Markus Kyrke, Oslo, Norway (silent movie
accompaniment)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX
Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church, Austin,
TX
First United Methodist Church, Waxahachie, TX
Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK
2009:
St Oltmartsburg Abbey, Uznach, St Gallen,
Switzerland
St David's Episcopal Church, Austin, TX
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, TX
Lake Highlands United Methodist Church,
Dallas, TX
(AGO Programme: "Wedding Music Made
Practical")
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK
McKinney Performing Arts Center, McKinney, TX
(cinema accompaniment)
St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City
Hope Presbyterian, Austin, TX
Luther/Tyndale Memorial Church, London, UK
(guest organist)
2008:
McKinney Performing Arts Center/McKinney
Repertory Theatre, McKinney, TX
A Christmas Carol, accompanying two
weeks of shows on the Wurlitzer.
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, Plano, TX
Royal Canadian College of Organist's
Improvisation Competition Semifinalist,
Kitchener, Ontario
Peterskirche, Vienna, Austria
St John's Lutheran Church, Clarksville, TX
(organ dedication)
St John's Lutheran Church, San Antonio
University United Methodist Church, Tulsa
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa
2007:
McKinney Performing Arts Center, McKinney, TX
(A solo performance on the Wurlitzer in
February and organist for
A Christmas Carol in November.)
First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana, AR
Messiah Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, OK
("From Walther to Distler: 400 Years of
the Lutheran Chorale" with OKC Bach Choir.)
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Amarillo, TX
(organ dedication)
St Alphege Church, Greenwich, UK
First United Methodist Church, Waxahachie, TX
(organ performance for children)
St Paul Lutheran Church, Austin, TX (hymn
festival)
Concordia University, Austin, TX (organ
clinician/lecturer for summer church music conference.)
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth
Grace United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
("The Development of the Lutheran Chorale:
From Bach, through Brahms, to Mendelssohn," cosponsored
by the Dallas Goethe Center.)
2006:
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
National City Christian Church, Washington,
DC
McKinney, TX LDS Stake
Peterskirche, Leipzig, Germany
Zion Lutheran Church, Dallas (hymn festival)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Desoto (hymn
festival)
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Palestine, TX
(organ dedication)
St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, TX
2005:
Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX
Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, TX
Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield, UK
St Olave's Church, London, UK
2004:
Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX
Bethel Lutheran Church, Dallas (organ
dedication)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Desoto, TX
Farnham United Reformed Church, Farnham,
Surrey, UK
St Pancras Church, Euston Rd, London, UK
First Presbyterian Church, Plano, TX
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