Image: Tom Joyce and the organ at Trinity Episcopal Church
On Saturday, November 13 at 3 p.m. the Santa Barbara Music Club, in collaboration with the American Guild of Organists, will present its first program since February 2020. Organists Raymond Egan, Adán Fernández and Thomas Joyce will present a program including works by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Maurice Duruflé, Florence Price, and Raymond Egan. This concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street, Santa Barbara. Admission is free.
Today’s program is co-sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, an international organization that promotes the music, musical education and musicians of the King of Instruments. Today’s organists are AGO members from the Ventura County Chapter, of which Adán Fernández is the Dean.
Program Details
(1809-1847)
- Chorale and Variations on Vater unser im Himmelreich
- Allegro molto
- Fugue: Sostenuto e legato
- Finale: Andante
(1878-1967)
The Performers
Dr. Adán Fernández is the Director of Music and Liturgy/Organist at holy Family Catholic Church. He is also the University Organist and Adjunct Professor at California Lutheran University where he teaches Keyboard harmony and Worship and Music Courses. Dr. Fernández is the founding director of the Glendale Youth Symphony, a non-profit in Glendale California, and Associate Conductor of the National Children’s Chorus. Dr. Fernández has performed around California on some of its most prominent organs and performs a thirty minute program every month at Cal Lutheran for their Monthly Bach Recital Series. Dr. Fernández has degrees in piano, organ, and a doctorate in Sacred Music from USC with an emphasis in Organ Performance and Choral Music.
Raymond Egan’s music has been performed throughout the United States, in Europe, in Australia, and at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and The American Guild of Organists. He has had commissions from the General Assembly of The Unitarian Universalist Church and from California State University Los Angeles. His sacred music includes two masses, some larger choral works on environmental themes, and lots of choral, solo voice, and organ music. In the secular realm he is the composer of the score for the United States Steel documentary, Worlds of Von Braun. Raymond Egan was a composition student of Samuel Adler and John Corigliano, and an organ student of David Craighead. He has a Doctoral degree in conducting from the Thornton School of Music, The University of Southern California, where he was the Outstanding Doctoral student of 1996.
Organist Thomas Joyce is Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church. Originally from Cambridge, England, Thomas has spent most of his life living in the United States. This past July, he finally became a U.S. citizen.
Mr. Joyce began his musical career as a boy chorister at the Washington National Cathedral, and continued his studies at Interlochen Arts Academy. He later attained degrees in music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Yale University, and University of Washington. Before finding his home in Santa Barbara, Thomas worked for several churches and cathedrals throughout the United States as an organist and choral conductor.
In addition to his work as a church musician, he serves on the music faculty at Santa Barbara City College, instructs organ students from Westmont College, and is the keyboard accompanist for Adelfos Ensemble.
