Makena James plays organ, piano and carillon! (Music at 8.)

PROGRAM

-In the Hall of the Mountain King by. Edvard Grieg (played on piano)

-Puck by Edvard grieg (played on piano)

-Fantasmagorie by Jehan Alain (played on organ)

-Halloween by Robert Keith Briggs (played on carillon)

-Christmas Dreams by Makena James (carillon)

-The Long Night by Makena James (organ)

-And I lost my Chance by Makena James (organ)

-Noel I by Louis Claude Daquin (organ)

-Gaudete arr. Makena James (organ)

-Ricercare a 6 by JS Bach, arr. Brandon Zhou (organ)

-Prelude on "God rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by John Rutter (organ)

Makena James, MM, AAGO, C

828-772-9287

[email protected]

Makena James, MM, AAGO, C is a keyboardist and performer. She serves as organist at Tustin Presbyterian Church, where she routinely plays for worship services and concerts. She also regularly performs on the carillon at UC Riverside alongside her teacher, David Christensen and holds other jobs as a saleswoman, character performer, and bubble artist. Makena holds the American Guild of Organists’ Associateship certificate and received the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America’s Carillonneur certificate at Yale University. Makena also has a Master’s degree in organ performance from the USC Thornton School of Music, where she studied with Cherry Rhodes on a full tuition scholarship. She is also an alumna of the Curtis Summer Organ Intensive, hosted by the Curtis Institute of Music, where she performed on the Wanamaker organ.

Outside of music and performing, Makena loves to hike and is studying to become a financial planner.

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Special thanks to Jonah Greenstein for cohosting, to Bill Feightner for Johannus organ technical support, and to Ken Kodama for brightening our Music Parlor experience with clean windows!

COVID-19 and flu precautions:

1. Limited attendance prevents crowding.

2. Washing hands upon arrival reduces risk.

3. Ventilation. Mask-wearing is optional.

4. If you have upper respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms, please cancel and recover at home.

Free parking on a quiet residential street.

Caution: Dark steps and uneven gravel path may limit access.

Shoes-free house with hardwood floors.

No bare feet. Please wear clean, thick socks.

Adults only.

No cell phone or noisy distractions, such as eating, during music.

Enjoy vegetarian snacks and beverages in the dining area.

Potluck--You are welcome to contribute healthy finger food snacks and beverages for all to enjoy.

Alcohol is not provided.

Please discard trash in receptacles.

Music Parlor Reservations

Programs are announced via Eventbrite about 2 weeks in advance.

Please reserve seats after the announcement via Eventbrite.

Seating is limited. If you reserve seats and then decide not to attend, please cancel Eventbrite reservations so that someone else may attend.

Plans

Oct 30: Peiyao Yu, organist

Nov 2: Ken Aiso, violinist and Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist

Nov 5: Lauma Akmene, organist

Nov 7: Dani Pravder, pianist and friends

Nov 13: Makena James, organist

Nov 28: Agnes Schwartz, violinist and Sonia Lee, pianist

Dec 5: Todd Moellenberg, pianist

Dec 11: Thomas Mellan, organist

Dec 13: Keith William, cellist and Sarah Ramussen, pianist

Jan 3: Sonia Lee, harpsichordist and organist

Jan 9: Isaac Ko, saxophonist

Jan 15: John Robilette, pianist

Jan 30: Micah Wright, clarinetist and Jason Stoll, pianist

Feb 7: Juhee Lee, organist

Feb 19: Joseph Simms, organist

Feb 27: Nick Carlozzi, organist