Sunday Recital Series: Janet Yieh, Organist

Sunday, January 23, 2022

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5:15 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

The Sunday Recital Series is free and open to the public. Usually starting at approximately 5:15pm, it follows the 4pm service on most Sundays during the academic term. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited during the performance.

Today we welcome organist Janet Yieh of New York City, who will play the following repertoire on the Miller-Scott Organ.

Program
In Quiet Mood	by Florence Price (1887-1953)
Hommage à Pachelbel: Ten Variations on ‘Lobe den Herren’	by Christa Rakich (b. 1952)
Reverie	by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Wondrous Love: Contemplation	by Rebecca Groom Velde (b. 1956)
Petit Canon	by Nadia Boulanger (1877-1979)
Allegro	by Orpha Ochse (b. 1925)
Light in Darkness	by Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991)
His Eye is on the Sparrow	-- arr. Carl Haywood (b. 1949)
Épilogue	by Rachel Laurin (1961-2023)

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About the Artist

JANET YIEH has been newly appointed Director of Music at Church of the Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side in New York City. She previously served at Trinity Church Wall Street for seven years as Associate Organist, directing the St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, accompanying the Grammy-nominated Trinity Choir and Trinity Youth Chorus.

An innovative concert recitalist and sacred music specialist, Janet was named one of ‘20 under 30’ promising artists by The Diapason magazine in 2017. She has performed throughout the United States and across the globe, with highlights including New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington’s National Cathedral, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, and Malaysia. She has collaborated with the Paul Winter Consort, the Washington Chorus at The Kennedy Center, and Trinity’s NOVUS NY orchestra at Carnegie Hall. She regularly premieres new works for the organ, and has been featured on the national radio show Pipedreams, New York’s WQXR and two CD recordings.

In 2020, Janet co-founded a new platform ‘Amplify Female Composers’ with Carolyn Craig She also contributes research to an international team compiling a new sacred music database called “A Great Host of Women Composers.” Janet has taught for AGO POEs and played as staff organist for RSCM America. She is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists, an executive board member of the New York City AGO, and a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians.

Janet holds a Master’s of Musical Arts and Master’s Degree in Organ Performance from the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and a Bachelor of Music in Organ from The Juilliard School. While at Yale, she was appointed Organ Scholar at Christ Church, New Haven and Trinity Church on the Green, while also serving as Director of Music and Organist of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. Janet’s former teachers include Thomas Murray, Paul Jacobs, John Walker, Wayne Earnest and Victoria Shields. www.janetyieh.com

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