J. Thomas Mitts, newly appointed associate professor of organ and director of church music studies at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, has recorded the Dupré Passion Symphony and the Vierne Symphony No. 3 on the 1999 French Romantic-style Létourneau organ at Augustana Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C. (Raven OAR-952).
Dr. Mitts has taught music theory and history at the Shenandoah Conservatory since 2002 and has been organist and choirmaster at Augustana Lutheran Church since 1993. A finalist or winner in several organ-playing competitions, Mitts holds two degrees from Louisiana State University and a doctorate from the University of Iowa. He has held academic appointments at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; the University of New Orleans, and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
A frequent recitalist, Dr. Mitts has performed at organ festivals in France, Belgium, and Russia and for chapters of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. Active as an accompanist, arranger, and conductor, for several years he was associated with the Master Chorale of Washington and with Adas Israel Congregation. For information: RavenCD.com.
