Gordon Turk Organ Concert

6 South Monroe Street,Ridgewood NJ 07450

15 May, 2022

Description

Renowned Organist Gordon Turk Performs at West Side The West Side Concert Series, now in its 46th season, will present a performance by renowned organist Gordon Turk on May 15 at 3:00 pm. Turk has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has played in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and other landmark concert halls in the U.S. Turk also has performed in the legendary Bolshoi Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as in international organ festivals in Switzerland and Ukraine. As resident organist of the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J., Turk plays weekly recitals on the 12,000-pipe organ during the summer season. He is also organist and choirmaster of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pa., and professor of organ instruction at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. The son of a Methodist minister in New Jersey, Turk began piano studies at age five and then organ when he was 10 years old. He graduated from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied piano and organ. Turk also studied with New York composer and organist McNeil Robinson at the Manhattan School of Music, earning a Masters Degree and Doctor of Musical Arts, both with honors. Admission to the concert is free. (Donations are appreciated.) Parking is convenient and ample. Join us!