Karen McFarlane Artists Inc. announces the addition of Nathan Laube to its roster of concert organists. A rising star among young classical musicians, Mr. Laube has quickly become a popular artist on the organ recital circuit. His brilliant playing, audience-friendly programs, and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe. With a repertoire spanning the works of pre-Baroque to living composers, he has become known for his colorful, virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works by Bach, Mahler, Rossini, and Strauss.
Mr. Laube, a native of Chicago, is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied organ with Alan Morrison and piano with Susan Starr, and received the Institute’s two highest awards at graduation: the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics and the Aldwell Award for Excellence in Musical Studies.
Upcoming and recent performances include major venues in the United States and Europe: Girard College Chapel (Philadelphia, PA), in the closing event of the 2007 National Convention of the American Institute of Organ Builders; Jacoby Symphony Hall (Jacksonville, FL); Spivey Hall (Morrow, GA), a performance subsequently broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio’s Pipedreams; The Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park (San Diego, CA); and the 2009 National Convention of the Organ Historical Society (Cleveland, OH). At The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall (Philadelphia), Nathan has appeared as a solo recitalist, as organ soloist for the 2008 “Sing-Along Messiah,” and with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Maestros Charles Dutoit and Christoph Eschenbach. With the Philadelphia Orchestra, he traveled several times to Carnegie Hall, most notably to perform Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 8. Other celebrated venues in which Nathan has performed include St. Bartholomew’s Church, and Trinity Church, Wall Street (NYC); Princeton University Chapel; The Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL), Ocean Grove Auditorium (Ocean Grove, NJ), and the Franciscan Church and St. Nicholas Cathedral (Ljubljana, Slovenia), as the sole American organist at the International European Organ Festival held in 2004. Most recently, Nathan embarked on a debut recital tour of England in the summer of 2009, including evening celebrity recitals in Canterbury Cathedral and other celebrated British venues.
Contact Karen McFarlane Artists for booking information. www.concertorganists.com
September 18, 2009
Karen McFarlane Artists Inc.
