Brett Valliant - Virtuoso Theatre Organist Extraordinaire

42 S. Palmer Street,Foxburg PA 16036

01 October, 2023

Description

Plan your trip to the Wilds of Pennsylvania to see the autumn color so you can be in beautiful Foxburg on the Allegheny on Sunday, October 1 for the return by popular acclaim of the acclaimed, young organist and recipient of the American Theatre Organ Society 2021 Organist of the Year, BRETT VALLIANT at 2 PM in Foxburg’s Lincoln Hall. Join us on a golden fall afternoon as Brett takes us on an excursion of melodic favorites from the classics to classic rock, ragtime, great marches, and of course music of the theater on Lincoln Hall’s McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ! One of two resident organists at the iconic Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa, Arizona, Brett performs on the world’s largest theatre organ and entertains thousands of patrons each year. Acclaimed for his performances at Organ Stop Pizza, Brett has toured extensively as a concert artist throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. He also is known for accompanying and scoring silent films and appears annually at several film festivals. In addition to regular appearances at American Theatre Organ Society and American Guild of Organists conventions, Brett For 21 years was the organist and music director of First United Methodist Church of Wichita, Kansas, where he played a large pipe organ seen and heard by thousands in the Midwest on the church’s television program. He has also been the Artist-In-Residence for the Wichita Wurlitzer – the former New York Paramount Wurlitzer organ now housed in Wichita – on which he often performs. Brett was inspired by hearing the organ at church when he was just three years old. At age 4 he began piano instruction and soon after was studying organ as well. By the age of 12 Brett was employed as a church organist, having held onto the dream he had had at such an early age. By age 19, he had performed his first international concert tour.