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Thomas Dressler playing the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ.
Day 3 PROGRAM:
6PM-8PM: Thomas Dressler Historic Organ Improvisation
on the Round Lake Auditorium Davis-Ferris Organ
New Sounds for Organ Trio with Jon Fuller (organ), Alex Chang (electric harp), and Adam Forman (drums)
Day 3 of the IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL
Thomas Dressler Historic Organ Improvisation on the Round Lake Auditorium Davis-Ferris Organ
A talk about Baroque and Historic improvisation on the organ and a special performance on the Round Lake Auditorium’s Davis-Ferris Organ by Thomas Dressler. Dressler will be speaking about the Round Lake Auditorium’s historic Davis-Ferris Organ as well as the history of improvisation on the organ from Gregorian themes to Baroque music. He will play from a transcribed improvisation by J.S. Bach and improvise on the historic Round Lake organ.
New Sounds for Organ Trio
Dressler’s program will be followed by a series of contemporary exploratory improvisations on the pipe organ with Round Lake resident and organist Jonathan Fuller and Improv Spaces co-directors Alex Chang on the harp and Adam Forman on the drums.
PERFORMER BIO:
Thomas Dressler
Thomas Dressler is known for exciting, passionate performances on the organ and harpsichord which combine warm musicality with historic techniques. He has been performing for more than thirty years, often on historic instruments, including some of America’s oldest and most historic organs.
http://www.thomasdressler.com
Jonathan Fuller
Jonathan Fuller holds a bachelor of music degree in horn performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia. While at Fredonia he studied horn with Marc Guy and musicology with James A. Davis. He held principal horn chairs in Fredonia’s symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber orchestra and with the Hillman Opera Orchestra, and was fourth horn in the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. Jonathan was a finalist in Fredonia’s 2006 Concerto Competition and appears as a performer on Commissions and Concertos (Albany Records TROY1252).
Jonathan has played organ since 2015 and was organist and senior choir director at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Clifton Park from 2018 until 2021. In November 2018 he led the senior choir to Carnegie Hall to premiere two works by Pepper Choplin. Jonathan has lived in Round Lake since 2008 and frequently assists visiting organists with the Davis-Ferris organ.
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