101 Organ Music: A Style for Every Taste
Art, Culture, Music, Tra | Available (Membership Required)
This class will provide a brief description of different styles of organ music along with their time periods and representative composers will be given. Each section will be followed by a performance of the compositional style. This class will take place at the First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge.
Josh Sumter
Josh Sumter is a native of Knoxville, who graduated from Maryville College with a Bachelor of Arts in music and from the University of Tennessee with a Master of Music in organ performance. Josh often does freelance work accompanying and collaborating with various choirs in east Tennessee, including multiple high school choirs, the former Tennessee Chamber Chorus, the Knoxville Choral Society, the Appalachian Men’s Ensemble, the Appalachian Equality Chorus, and the choirs of East Tennessee State University. In addition to this, Josh has performed with other musical organizations including the UT Symphonic Band and the Oak Ridge Symphony. He also served as accompanist at UT for both the Women’s Choral and the Concert Choir until accepting a full-time appointment at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge where he serves as the organist and choirmaster. Here he accompanies and directs six choral and instrumental ensembles and oversees a staff of seven singers and one assistant. Not one to stay still for very long, Josh recently acted as Dean of the Knoxville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists where he remains a member and continues to volunteer as webmaster.