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1400 EVERGLADES DR • TYLER, TX 75703 PHONE (540) 300-3287 • [email protected] WWW.WESTONJENNINGS.COM WESTON JENNINGS Education: Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music: New Haven, CT 2015-2017 Master of Music and ISM Certificate The Eastman School of Music: University of Rochester, NY 2009-2013 Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance (with Distinction) and the Performer’s Certificate Cumulative GPA of 3.8 The College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering: Univ. of Rochester, NY 2009-2013 Bachelor of Arts in German Studies (cum laude) Awarded High Distinction in German Interlochen Arts Academy: Interlochen, MI 2008-2009 Diploma with Senior Honors and the Fine Arts Award Current Employment: First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA): Tyler, TX 2017-present Director of Music and Organist Stephen F. Austin State University: Nacogdoches, TX 2020-present Adjunct Organ Faculty New Texas Sinfonia 2019-present Founding Music Director Tyler Civic Chorale: Tyler, TX 2017-present Artistic and Executive Director Previous Employment: Congregation Beth El: Tyler, TX 2019 Organist Christ Church (Episcopal): New Haven, CT 2015-2017 Assistant Organist Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre: London, UK 2013-2015 Festival Organ Scholar Jennings • Page 1 of 6 The Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Peter, and St Cedd: Chelmsford, UK 2014-2015 Organ Scholar and Music Librarian The Chelmsford Singers: Chelmsford, UK 2014-2015 Principal Accompanist New Hall School: Boreham, UK 2014-2015 Choral Accompanist The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ: Canterbury, UK 2013-2014 Organ Scholar The King’s School: Canterbury, UK 2013-2014 Assistant Organist Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation: Rochester, NY 2009-2013 Organist and Choirmaster Arp-Schnitger-Festival, Musikfest Bremen: Bremen, Germany 2010 and 2012 Assistant to the Director (Prof. Hans Davidsson) Fredericksburg United Methodist Church: Fredericksburg, VA 2009 Interim Organist and Choirmaster Teaching Experience: Stephen F. Austin State University: Nacogdoches, TX 2020-present Adjunct Organ Faculty Yale School of Music: New Haven, CT 2015-2017 Instructor of Secondary Organ AGO Pipe Organ Encounter: Stanford, CA 2013 and 2016 Guest Organ Faculty The King’s School: Canterbury, UK 2013-2014 Organ Tutor Interlochen Summer Arts Camp: Interlochen, MI 2013 Organ Teaching Fellow AGO Pipe Organ Encounter: Birmingham, AL 2011 Guest Organ Faculty Interlochen Summer Arts Camp: Interlochen, MI 2010-2011 Organ Teaching Assistant Organ Studies: Thomas Murray, Yale School of Music 2015-2017 Jennings • Page 2 of 6 Ben van Oosten, Rotterdam Conservatoire 2013-2015 Michel Bouvard, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris 2013 Edoardo Bellotti, Eastman School of Music 2012 Hans Davidsson, Royal Danish Academy of Music 2011-2012 David Higgs, Eastman School of Music 2009-2011 Thomas Bara, Interlochen Arts Academy 2007-2009 Improvisation Studies: Jeffrey Brillhart, Yale School of Music 2015 William Porter, Eastman School of Music 2009-2011 Harpsichord Studies: Arthur Haas, Yale School of Music 2015-2017 William Porter, Eastman School of Music 2009-2011 Select Solo Recitals: The Cathedral of St. Philip: Atlanta, GA 2017 and 2020 Washington National Cathedral: Washington, DC 2018 Grace Cathedral: San Francisco, CA 2018 St. Paul’s Cathedral: London, UK 2017 St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle: Windsor, UK 2017 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: Moscow, Russia 2017 Hildesheimer Dom: Hildesheim, Germany 2017 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: Glasgow, Scotland 2017 The Church of St. John: Vilnius, Lithuania 2017 Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: Washington, DC 2016 Berliner Dom: Berlin, Germany 2013 and 2016 Stanford Memorial Church: Stanford, CA 2013 and 2016 Westminster Abbey: London, UK 2015 London Organ Day at Westminster Central Hall: London, UK 2015 The Cathedral Church of St. James: Bury St. Edmunds, UK 2015 Princeton University Chapel: Princeton, NJ 2015 The Queen’s College: Oxford, UK 2014 Canterbury Cathedral: Canterbury, UK 2014 Saint Thomas Church, Fifh Avenue: New York City, NY 2012 Jennings • Page 3 of 6 The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels: Los Angeles, CA 2011 The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception: Denver, CO 2011 The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Washington, DC 2009 and 2010 Soloist with Orchestra: Rapides Symphony Orchestra: Alexandria, LA 2017 St. James Episcopal Church Concert Series The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale: New Haven, CT 2016 New Music New Haven Series The Yale Symphony Orchestra, New Haven, CT 2015 50th Anniversary Season Opening Concert The Yale Concert Band: New Haven, CT 2015 Apollo Baroque Consort: London, UK 2015 London Handel Festival at Grosvenor Chapel World Youth Wind Symphony: Interlochen, MI 2011 Honors and Awards: Lilly Worship and Music Fellow of the Church Music Institute: Dallas TX 2020-present Named “20 Under 30” by The Diapason magazine 2017 The Robert Baker Scholarship: Yale School of Music 2015 Dean’s List: Eastman School of Music 2010-2013 Golden Key International Honour Society 2012 DAAD Summer Scholarship: Universität Düsseldorf, Germany 2012 Burton Fellowship for Study Abroad: Univ. of Rochester, N.Y. 2012 First Prize: Westminster Choir College Organ Competition 2009 Media Broadcasts: Pipedreams: American Public Media 2018 Episode #1833: In the Fullness of Sound BBC Radio Three: London, UK 2014 World Premiere of Works by Soosan Lolavar and Mark Carroll Presentations: Collaborative Lecture at Yale ISM Colloquium 2016 Profaning the Sacred: Transgressive Approaches to the Mass Lecture at Yale School of Music Organists’ Seminar 2016 Jennings • Page 4 of 6 Henry Willis & Sons, Ltd.: Rise and Fall of the Greatest Organ Builder of the Victorian Era Lecture at Yale School of Music Organists’ Seminar 2015 More than Baroque Tricks: Understanding the Organ of London’s RFH Recitalist for Organ Symposium of British Institute of Organ Studies 2014 Premieres at the Royal Festival Hall with Andrew McCrea, lecturer Panelist at Royal Festival Hall 2014 Breakfast with the Organ Scholars Lecture Recital at Eastman School of Music 2013 Text and Tune: An Exploration of Organ Chorale Settings based on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Profs. Daniel Zager and Roger Freitas, faculty advisors) Premieres: Over and Under by Molly Joyce (b. 1992) 2016 Woolsey Hall: New Haven, CT Anniversary Fanfare by Brian Samuel Robinson (b. 1975) 2015 Woolsey Hall: New Haven, CT Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Oysters, Garglyjock and Bulkybones 2015 by Allison Willis (b. 1973) Moot Hall: Colchester, UK De Mysteriis dom Organorum by Mark Carroll (b. 1979) 2014 Royal Festival Hall: London, UK Truisms by Soosan Lolavar (b. 1985) 2014 Royal Festival Hall: London, UK Beautiful Flowers under the Full Moon by Weijun Chen (b. 1990) 2010 Kennedy Center: Washington, DC Professional Service: Exec. Committee Member: Dallas Chapter of American Guild of Organists 2020-present Publicity Chair: Assoc. of Anglican Musicians National Conference 2019-present President: East Texas Chapter of American Guild of Organists 2018-2020 Adjudicator: East Texas Music Teachers Association Achievement Auditions 2020 Student Liaison: New Haven Chapter of American Guild of Organists 2016-2017 Jennings • Page 5 of 6 Adjudicator of Secondary Organ Juries: Yale University 2015-2017 Adjudicator of Girls’ Voice Trials: Chelmsford Cathedral 2015 Professional Memberships: American Guild of Organists 2007-present Association of Anglican Musicians 2015-present Royal School of Church Music 2018-present International Conductors Guild 2019-present Academic Service: Graduate Affiliate of Berkeley College: Yale University 2016 Language Proficiency: German: professional working proficiency French: limited working proficiency Other Certification: Texas Master Gardener: Smith County 2019 Jennings • Page 6 of 6.