Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1905 Broad St., East Petersburg, will host an organ dedication concert on Saturday, June 1, at 7 p.m.
The program will showcase the church's new Allen digital organ and will include a variety of music, including classic organ works, as well as several new pieces composed by the featured organist Wayne L. Wold.
Wold is professor, organist, and chair of the music department at Hood College in Frederick, Md. He also serves as director of music at First Lutheran Church of Ellicott City, Md., and is active as a recitalist, clinician, author, and composer. From 1996 to 2013, he served as director of chapel music at Camp David, the presidential retreat. He has performed solo recitals across the U.S. and in Europe, and he leads numerous hymn festivals. He has performed with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles. More than 350 of Wold's compositions are in print and include works for organ, choirs, instruments, and congregation.
Wold serves as councillor for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Guild of Organists, and he holds the certification of AAGO (Associate of the American Guild of Organists). He earned a Bachelor of Music from Concordia College in Minnesota, a Master of Sacred Music from Wittenberg University in Ohio, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia, which named him an Alumnus of Excellence.
Admission is free, though a freewill offering will be received to support the organ fund. The church offers off-street parking and is a handicapped-accessible building. For more details, readers may call 717-569-1359.
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