Organ Recital by Kola Owolabi

The Westminster Organ Concert Series continues its 44th season on Sunday February 23 at 4:00 pm with an organ recital by Dr. Kola Owolabi. Dr. Owolabi is Professor of Organ at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana. A native of Canada he spent part of his childhood in Nigeria and won second prize and the audience prize at the 2002 American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. He has given solo recitals in France Poland Canada Jamaica and through much of the United States and has performed numerous concerts as organist and harpsichordist with the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire and Firebird Chamber Orchestra based in Miami FL. His program entitled “The Voice of the Organ: Manifestations of Power and Love” includes music by Purcell Bach Buxtehude Handel and Kerll. The concert is free and open to the public.

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 400 Rugby Road in Charlottesville. Ample parking is available behind the church and the sanctuary is wheelchair-accessible. 

The Westminster Organ Concert Series was begun in 1980 to share the newly installed all-mechanical baroque-style pipe organ with the community. The organ built by Taylor & Boody Organbuilders of Staunton Virginia has 18 stops and over 1100 pipes. 

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