A.I. Lack Performance Lecture:Liturgical Improvisation, Masterclass by Bruce Neswick, organ
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Bruce
Neswick
is
the
Assisting
Musician
at
St.
James
by-the-Sea
Episcopal
Church
in
La
Jolla,
CA,
a
position
to
which
he
was
appointed
in
summer
2022.
Prior
to
moving
to
California,
he
served
as
the
Canon
for
Music
at
Trinity
Episcopal
Cathedral
in
Portland,
OR,
Associate
Professor
of
Music
in
Organ
at
Indiana
University,
Director
of
Music
at
the
Cathedral
of
St.
John
the
Divine
in
New
York
City,
and
Canon
for
Music
at
the
Cathedral
of
St.
Philip,
Atlanta.
Active
in
the
field
of
church
music,
Mr.
Neswick
holds
Fellowship
degrees
from
the
American
Guild
of
Organists
and
the
Royal
School
of
Church
Music
and
was
awarded
an
honorary
doctorate
from
the
University
of
the
South
(Sewanee,
TN)
in
2016.
He
has
conducted
dozens
of
summer
camps
and
festivals
for
boy
and
girl
choristers
and
has
been
commissioned
to
compose
for
performers
and
churches
throughout
North
America.
Mr.
Neswick’s
skill
at
improvisation
garnered
him
three
first
prizes
from
the
1989
San
Anselmo
Organ
Festival;
the
1990
American
Guild
of
Organists’
national
convention
in
Boston;
and
the
1992
Rochette
Concours
at
the
Conservatoire
de
Musique
in
Geneva,
Switzerland.
He
has
performed
extensively
throughout
the
United
States
and
Europe
and
has
been
a
frequent
performer
at
national
and
regional
conventions
of
the
American
Guild
of
Organists.
In
1994,
he
played
the
opening
convocation
for
the
national
AGO
convention
held
in
Dallas,
Texas,
and
he
was
a
featured
artist
at
national
AGO
conventions
in
Seattle
(2000
and
2022),
Washington,
DC
(2010)
and
Boston
(2014).
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