Perkins Chapel Wedding Music

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:

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, JS Bach (recorded at Washington National Cathedral)

Contrapunctus in French style, from Art of Fugue, JS Bach (recorded at St John's Lutheran Church, San Antonio)

Concert Variations on "Old Hundredth," John Knowles Paine (recorded at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Desoto, TX)

Variations on "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest," Maurice Duruflé (recorded at St Paul Lutheran Church, Austin, TX)

Improvisation on PICARDY, Benjamin Kolodziej (recorded at Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa)

CONCERT DIARY:

2009:

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

St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City

2008:

McKinney Performing Arts Center/McKinney Repertoire 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"

cosponsored by Arts at Messiah and the OKC American Guild of Organists.)

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