Friday, September 6, 2019

Organ Concert at St. Mark's: Zach Klobnak Returns to Jacksonville


A former member of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Zach Klobnak starts off the AGO’s season with a recital on the Zimmer/Colby organ at St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3976 Hendricks Avenue, in Jacksonville, FL. Zach served All Saints Episcopal Church (Jacksonville) as Director of Music during the years 2009-2011. We are happy and excited to welcome him back to our city!

The concert is Sunday, September 22nd, at 7:00 p.m. and is co-sponsored by St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Jacksonville Chapter of the AGO. This event is free with a reception following. All are welcome!

Dr. Zach Klobnak is College Organist and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. He is also Director of Music and Organist at the Presbyterian Church of Danville, where he directs the music program, administers the “Music on Main Street” concert series, and plays the church’s Taylor & Boody pipe organ.  A native of Iowa, he holds degrees from Luther College (BA), the University of Florida (MM), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (DMA), where he held the Brownson Fellowship for organ studies.  His principal organ teachers include Dana Robinson, Laura Ellis, and Gregory Peterson; he has also studied harpsichord with Kathryn Reed and choral conducting with Donald Nally, Fred Stoltzfus, and Timothy Peter.  Zach is an active recitalist, a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, and studied French organ literature and design in Paris and in the Alps region of France.  He has previously held church music positions in Illinois, Florida, and Iowa.
St. Mark's Zimmer/Colby Organ
The program (subject to change) will include works by William Mathias (Processional), Iain Farrington (selections from Animal Parade), Rachel McLaurin, David P. Dahl, William Walton, and J. S. Bach.

Please join us for another great organ concert at St. Mark’s!


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