Join us at 4pm on Saturday, July 8th for a FREE organ concert with our Cathedral Organist, Sook Hyun Kim!
The concert features a program of varied summer favorites showcasing the massive forty-two ton Cathedral Organ with one hundred and five stops and a total of six thousand nineteen pipes.
Music for the Royal Fireworks by G. F. Handel
Valse mignonne, Op. 142, No. 2 by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Ave Maria by Astor Piazzolla arr. Kim
Last Rag by William Bolcom arr. Kim
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564 by J.S. Bach
Choral No.1 in E Major by César Franck
Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42, No. 2 I. Allegro by C. M. Widor
Sook Hyun Kim is currently serving as the Cathedral Organist at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
As a concert organist, Ms. Kim has performed in many of the major notable venues in the United States, Europe, and Asia such as the Alice Tully Hall in NYC, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Canada, and Emmanuel College in Cambridge, England. Ms. Kim was also appointed the organist for the Annual Christmas Concert at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 2013 and 2014 which were broadcast nationally on EWTN.
Ms. Kim previously served as the Organist and Director of Music at Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Lambertville,NJ, a post which she held for the past 12 years. Ms. Kim holds a Master of Sacred Music degree from the Catholic University of America, Master and Bachelor of Music degrees in Organ Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and completed the Professional Studies Program at the Juilliard School. She studied organ with John Weaver, Jeremy Filsell, and Elizabeth Farr, organ improvisation with Gerre Hancock, and studied conducting with Leo Nestor.
Admission is Free. Parking available in the Cathedral parking structure $10.