Organ Plus in Thomsen Chapel

(TWO IDENTICAL PERFORMANCES)

Soprano Laura Loge and Saint Mark’s Associate Organist John Stuntebeck will bring Scandinavian church music to Thomsen Chapel exploring ancient Norwegian stevtoner, Danish organ works, Swedish church arias, folk song and hymns, and settings of religious texts up to the present.

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Soprano Laura Loge has been hailed for her “luminous stage presence” and “characterful and versatile voice.” Opera roles include Violetta, Musetta, Micaëla, Mother (Hansel & Gretel), Ännchen, Lisa (La Sonnambula), La Fée, Lucy (The Telephone), Rosalinda, and Suor Genovieffa, among others. She has performed as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Incidental Music to Egmont, Neilsen’s Third Symphony, Fauré’s Requiem, Grieg’s Incidental Music for Peer Gynt, David Monrad Johansen’s Syv Sanger, Op.6, arranged for her and chamber orchestra, Schumann’s Mass and Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Verdi’s Requiem. Laura specializes in Nordic art song andchamber music, having performed across the United States and in Norway, including in Edvard Grieg’s villa. She has produced two albums of Nordic song, including Breaking the Language Barrier: Songs in Norwegian and Danish, Composed by Foreigners and Songs and Piano Music of Edvard Grieg, Op.33 & 66. Her next album, Der Skreg en Fugl, featuring previously unrecorded songs by Norwegian women with pianist Angela Draghicescu will be released on the Chandos label in 2025. Laura is Artistic Director of Nordic Chamber Music, former Artistic Director of Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series at the National Nordic Museum, Founder and President of the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society, and Music Series Manager at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Seattle. She received her Bachelor of Music from Saint Olaf College, her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory and studied Nordic Art Song and chamber music at the University of Stavanger Conservatory of Music.

John Stuntebeck serves as the Associate Organist at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral where he leads congregational singing, accompanies the choirs, and offers selections from the organ repertoire for church services throughout the liturgical year. John is passionate about liturgical improvisation and he provides musical creations inspired by the Gospels and the great hymn texts of the ages at many services at St. Mark’s. In addition to being a church musician, John is an accomplished organist, pianist and accompanist who has performed in a wide variety of concerts of varying styles throughout the greater Puget Sound. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Ohio State University in Spanish linguistics in 2003 and received his Masters in Music in organ performance in 2009 from the University of Washington, studying with Carole Terry and Mel Butler. As well as being a professional musician, John works full time as a senior IT program/project manager at Kaiser Permanente.

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