Broadcast: Aaron Patterson, harpsichord

  • Graduation Recital
  • May 10, 2022 @ 7:00 P.M.

After years of study, members of the class of 2022 share their talents and passion through a final graduation recital.

Tonight’s livestream will be available on Curtis’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Program

FRESCOBALDI Toccata in G major
COUPERIN Suite pour Clavessin in C minor

Prelude
Allemande la précieuse
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Chaconne la bergeronnette

BYRD Pavane and Galliard, T 506
J.S. BACH Französische Suite Nr. 2 in C minor, BWV 813

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Air
Menuet
Gigue

J.S. BACH Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910

Aaron Patterson, harpsichord

About the Performers

Aaron Patterson, from Philadelphia, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2018 and studies organ with Alan Morrison. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Patterson is the Charles and Judith Freyer Annual Fellow.

Mr. Patterson won first place at the 2017 Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition and the 2016 West Chester University International Organ Competition. He is a recipient of the Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship from the American Guild of Organists and the Bart Pitman Memorial Music Scholarship from the Delaware Valley Music Club.

Mr. Patterson has appeared as a soloist with the Olney Symphony Orchestra and has performed at the Kimmel Center’s Organ Day and the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Spring Concert. In the summers, he has attended the Philadelphia Young Artists Camp, Summer @ Eastman High School Organ Academy, and the Organ Institute at the Oregon Bach Festival. He has been assistant organist at Tenth Presbyterian Church and the Wanamaker Grand Court in Philadelphia, and an occasional recitalist at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.

Mr. Patterson began his musical studies with the piano at age four and previously studied organ with Dennis Elwell. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, hiking, and bible study.

Special Thanks

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

    • Date May 10, 2022
    • Time 7:00 P.M.