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Jay Peterson
Friday, March 17, 2006 | 7:00 PM

Four Centuries of German Masterworks

Jay Peterson, professor of music at MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, and long-time friend of First Presbyterian Church, will perform a concert of German masterworks on the Brombaugh, Opus 35, at 7:00 PM, Friday, March 17, 2006.

As a scholarship student, Jay received his first two music degrees at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, where he was awarded the coveted performer's certificate. A Fulbright Government Grant enabled him to study the organ and harpsichord in Vienna, Austria. Prior to arriving at MacMurray College in 1975, he earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois.

Jay is a multi-talented musician. He has traveled widely and to great acclaim as an organ recitalist; however, he has also served as Music Director and Conductor of the Springfield Choral Society and has performed as a collaborative pianist with both the Jacksonville Symphony and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to receiving many prizes and awards for excellence, Jay has made two recordings of the Aeolian-Skinner Organ in Merner Chapel. His latest CD, a recording of the eleven church pipe organs in Jacksonville, sponsored by the Morgan County Historical Society, was released to much fanfare in November 2004.

A reception will follow the concert, and the audience is encouraged to welcome the artist.