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Karen McFarlane Artists adds Amanda Mole to roster

July 18, 2018
Amanda Mole

Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc., announces the addition of Amanda Mole to its roster of concert organists. Mole is the winner of numerous international competitions, including first prize at the Eighth International Musashino-Tokyo Organ Competition (2017), first place and audience prize at the Miami International Organ Competition (2016), first place at the Arthur Poister Organ Competition (2014), and John Rodland Memorial Organ Competition (2014). She was also a recipient of the Peter B. Knock Award (2014). Since 2017, she has served as a juror for live and preliminary rounds of several organ competitions, and is a member of The Diapason’s 20 Under 30 Class of 2016.

Mole has performed at venues across the United States, Europe, and Japan, and has been a featured performer at conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. She has a solo recording to be released in 2019 on the Naxos label. Also currently in production is a recording of music for trombone and organ with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra trombonist Lisa Albrecht and the Hohenfels trombone quartet. Her performances have been broadcast on the national radio program Pipedreams.

Originally from Holden, Massachusetts, Mole is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. She earned her Master of Music degree in organ performance and sacred music from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to Yale she obtained a Bachelor of Music degree with honors at Eastman. Earlier studies were with Larry Schipull and Patricia Snyder.

Mole is available for recitals, concertos, and classes. Booking inquiries should be directed to John McElliott at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. For information: www.concertorganists.com.