CURRICULUM VITAE
JONATHAN OLDENGARM, DMUS, FRCCO c/o The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul 3415 Redpath, Montreal, QC H3G 2G2 [email protected] | www.jonathanoldengarm.com
E DUCATION
1. Degrees and Diplomas
2005: McGill University, Montreal, QC: Doctor of Music (organ performance) “Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s transcriptions for organ” 2003 to 2005: Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany: Visiting student 2000: McGill University, Montreal, QC: Master of Music (organ performance) 2000: McGill University, Montreal, QC: Artist Diploma (harpsichord performance) 1998: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON: Bachelor of Music (organ performance) 1996: Royal Canadian College of Organists: Fellowship diploma (FRCCO)
2. Principal Teachers
Organ: Douglas Haas, Barrie Cabena, John Grew, Ludger Lohmann Harpsichord: Michael Purves-Smith, Colin Tilney, Hank Knox, Luc Beauséjour Choral Conducting: Michael Zaugg
3. Coaches & Masterclass Teachers
Marie-Claire Alain, Jean Ferrard, Martin Haselböck, James Higdon, Jan Katzschke, Piet Kee, Ewald Kooiman, Barthold Kuijken, Philippe Lefèbvre, Johannes Michel, Alan Morrison, Margaret Phillips, McNeil Robinson, Daniel Roth, Reitze Smits, Christopher Stembridge, Zsigmond Szathmary, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Carole Terry, David Titterington, Pieter van Dijk, Ben van Oosten, Harald Vogel, John Weaver, Bernard Winsemius, Wolfgang Zerer
M USICAL E MPLOYMENT
1. Academic
2008 to 2010: Presbyterian College, Montreal, QC: Continuing Education courses in church music for clergy and laity 2007: Summer Institute of Church Music, Whitby, ON: Organ faculty member 2006 to 2007: Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal, QC, Instructor of Harpsichord and Continuo 2005 to 2006: Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal, QC, Acting Organ and Church Music Area Chair, and Instructor of Organ and Harpsichord
2. Church
Since 2008: The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC: Director of Music 2006 to 2008: The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC: Assistant Director of Music 2005 to 2006: The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC: Organist 1998 to 2001: St. Matthias' Church, Westmount, QC: Organist 1992 to 1998: Benton Street Baptist Church, Kitchener, ON: Organist 1991 to 1992: Trinity United Church, Listowel, ON: Co-Organist and Choir Director 1987 to 1991: Palmerston Christian Reformed Church, Palmerston, ON: Organist
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V OLUNTEER W ORK
Since 2010: Member, historic organs committee, Quebec Religious Heritage Foundation Since 2009: Coordinator, Lynnwood Farnam Organ Competition (sponsored by the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Montreal, QC Centre) Since 2007: Professional Certification Committee member and Examiner, the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO) 2006 to 2009: Editor, RCCO (Montreal Centre) Bulletin
D ISTINCTIONS
1. Major Prizes
2008: Second Prize, Pipeworks Organ Competition, Dublin, Ireland 2008: Canadian Prize, Canadian International Organ Competition 2007: North American prizewinner, Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition 2004: Semi-finalist, American Guild of Organists National Young Artists' Competition in Organ Playing 2003: Semi-finalist, Dallas International Organ Competition 2002: Canadian Performance Prize and Encore Prize, Calgary International Organ Competition 2000: Semi-finalist, American Guild of Organists National Young Artists' Competition in Organ Playing 1999: First prize, RCCO National Organ Playing Competition 1999: Third prize, Dublin International Organ Competition 1999: CBC Radio broadcast prize, Début Young Artists' Series 1998: Gold medal, Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music 1996: Peaker and Porter Prizes, FRCCO examinations
2. Major Scholarships
2004: John Goss Scholarship, Royal Canadian College of Organists 2003 to 2004: Allcroft and Shantz Memorial Scholarships, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, ON 2003 to 2005: Study grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2002: Fellowship, Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation 2001 to 2004: Doctoral fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 1998: Marusia Yaworska Scholarship, University of Ottawa Music Department 1998 to 2001: Max Stern Fellowship in Music, McGill University
R ECORDINGS
2011: South German Baroque programme, 2005 Wolff organ, Victoria, BC, Canada (in production) 2009: 18th & 19th c. French and German programme, 1789 Stumm organ, Zell (Moselle), Germany (in production)
O THER S KILLS
Languages: English (mother tongue); German (fluent written and spoken); Dutch (fluent written and spoken); French (functional written and spoken)
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2016: University of Calgary
2015: Maison symphonique, Montreal, QC St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal, QC: Le Chemin de la Croix, op. 29 (Dupré) Mass in B Minor (Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal)
2014: St. John Passion (Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal) St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal, QC: Le Chemin de la Croix, op. 29 (Dupré) Cathédrale de Rimouski, QC RCCO National Convention (London, ON) Salle Bourgie, Montreal (Bach cantatas with obbligato organ)
2013: St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal, QC: Widor Symphonies VII and VIII, Bach programmes Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal St. Matthew Passion (Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal) Ottawa Choral Society: Operatic transcriptions
2012: Schlosskirche & Stadtkirche, Wittenberg, Germany Marienkirche, Rachtig (Moselle), Germany Sankt Marien, Emsdetten, Germany Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, BC
2011: World première performance, Stabat Mater (Marc O’Reilly), Sherbrooke, QC Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, ON Notre-Dame-du-Cap Basilica, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, ON RCCO (Toronto Centre) Recital, ON Le Chemin de la Croix, op. 29 (Dupré), Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC CBC Radio Christmas Sing-In (annually since 2005)
2010: St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON Organ+ series, Montreal, QC Les Amis de l’orgue de Québec Les Amis de l’orgue en Estrie St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal, QC Instrument demonstration recitals, International Society of Organbuilders convention, QC Le Chemin de la Croix, op. 29 (Dupré), St. Matthias’ Church, Westmount, QC Medieval and Renaissance concert with Les Scholastiques Neumatiques, Montreal, QC Elora Festival, ON
2009: Sinfonica Organo, Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver, BC National Traveling Clinician, RCCO (nationwide) Sankt Maria Himmelfahrt, Bochum, Germany Recording, Sankt Peter, Zell (Moselle), Germany
2008: Sinfonica Organo, Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC Eglise St-Roch, Quebec City, QC Continuo, Bach’s St. John Passion, The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC National Traveling Clinician, RCCO (nationwide) RCCO National Convention, Kitchener, ON Organix08 Festival, Toronto, ON Grande Séminaire de Montréal, QC Eglise Sts-Anges-Gardiens, Lachine, QC St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, ON
2007: Ste-Agathe-des-Arts Concert series, QC Summer Institute of Church Music, Whitby, ON Curriculum vitae: Jonathan Oldengarm Updated Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Page 3 of 4 Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, ON St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, ON McGill Chamber Orchestra, Montreal, QC Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal, QC Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal, QC Assumption College, Worcester, MA Barrie Cabena Music Scholarship Fund Benefit Concert, Guelph, ON
2006: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA St. Clements Anglican Church, Toronto, ON Markuskirche, Stuttgart, Germany St. Marienkirche, Rachtig, Germany
2005: Tuttlinger Orgelsommer, Tuttlingen, Germany Himmerod Abbey, Himmerod, Germany RCCO National Convention, London, ON Sundays at Three Series, Edmonton, AB Marktkirche, Wiesbaden, Germany First United Church, Waterloo, ON Old South Church, Boston, MA
2004: St. Cecilia Concert Series, Halifax, NS Chapelle des Freres Maristes, Iberville, QC Guelph Spring Festival, Guelph, ON St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg, MB Calgary Society of Organists Series, Calgary, AB Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX Houston Bach Society Organ Vespers Series, Houston, TX Hour of Power, Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA Grote Kerk, Brouwershaven, the Netherlands Grote Kerk, Vlissingen, the Netherlands Festival der Orgelklänge in der Region Stuttgart, Germany Stunde der Kirchenmusik, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, Germany Marienbasilika, Kevelaer, Germany Annual Convention of the Karg-Elert Gesellschaft, Mannheim, Germany Multi-concert tour with saxophonist Claudia Schätzle, southern Germany Musik in Misslareuth Series, Misslareuth, Germany Schlosskirche, Wittenberg, Germany
2003: Festival d’Orgue de Ste. Marie, Ste. Marie de Beauce, QC St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal, QC Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC Meyerson Symphony Centre, Dallas, TX Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2002: Jack Singer Hall, Calgary, AB Spivey Hall, Atlanta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX
2001: Music at Deer Park Series, Toronto, ON St. Cecilia Concert Series, Halifax, NS Pro Organo Concert Series, Ottawa, ON Matsuzakaya Department Store, Nagoya, Japan
2000: RCCO/FQAO Convention, Quebec City, QC Festival Orgue et Couleurs, Montreal, QC
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