Spring with Bach and Beyond Hannah Koby, Organ Monday, May 24, 2021

Prelude in E-flat Major, BWV 552/1 (1685-1750)

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625 Johann Sebastian Bach

Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands Paul Manz (1919-2009)

Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631 Johann Sebastian Bach

Fanfares to the Tongues of Fire (1978) Larry King (1932-1990)

Brief intermission

Praeambulum in D Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663)

Prelude and Fugue in F Major “Little,” BWV 556 Attr. Johann Sebastian Bach

Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636 Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in D, Op. 65, no. 6 (1809-1847)

Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552/2 “St. Anne” Johann Sebastian Bach Organist Hannah Koby is a recent graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance with Todd Wilson. Hannah earned her Bachelor of Music in Church Music/Organ from Valparaiso University (Indiana), studying organ with Dr. Lorraine Brugh and Dr. Sunghee Kim. She has also studied under Heinrich Walther at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Rottenburg am Neckar, .

Among many accolades as organist, Hannah was awarded both of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s organ prizes, the Henry Fusner Prize (2019 and 2020) and the Heinrich Scholarship (2020). She is a past winner of the Immanuel Lutheran Church Organ Scholar Competition (Evanston, IL), and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda (national music honor society).

Hannah has excelled in scholarly endeavors, earning a German minor and graduating from Valparaiso University with the honors of summa cum laude and Christ College Scholar. She was named a 2018 Valparaiso University Alumni Association Distinguished Student and received a Dean’s Choice Award for her research in Lutheran theology and hymns, which she presented at the 2017 National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Hannah’s diverse church music experience includes summer internships at the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany and numerous music leadership positions at the Valparaiso University Chapel of the Resurrection and local parishes. She was a member and section leader of the Valparaiso University Chorale and frequently served as organist with the ensemble, including for special Reformation Day services at the Valparaiso University Chapel of the Resurrection (2016) and the Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany (2017).

Hannah currently serves as Interim Co-Director of Children’s and Youth Choirs/Organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights. Passionate about ministry, Hannah is in formation to become a Lutheran deaconess and looks forward to an internship year in Wittenberg, Germany.