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