Organsummer in Hallgrímskirkja

Organsummer in Hallgrímskirkja.

Damin Spritzer, organist from The United States of America peforms pieces by Becker, Howe, King, Widor and Bach.

Tickets are available at the entrance and on https://tix.is/is/event/13600/

Price 3000 ISK.

Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and holds degrees from the University of North Texas, the Eastman School of Music, and the Oberlin Conservatory.

She has performed at historic churches and instruments in Germany, France, England, Brazil, Israel, Italy, and Norway, and been honored to contribute to convention performances and lectures for the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Anglican Association of Musicians. Spritzer’s acclaimed fifth CD was recorded in England where she was the first American and first woman to record at Hereford Cathedral. It received five stars from Organists Review, which said, “Damin Spritzer’s performance is spellbinding – and her wide-ranging program notes are fascinating…on so many levels this CD impresses as a serious undertaking.”

Alsatian-American composer René Louis Becker (1882-1956) was the topic of her doctoral research, which led to three world premier recordings of Becker’s music performed in France at Saint-Salomon-Saint-Gregoire, Pithiviers, the Cathédrale Sainte-Croix, Orléans, and the Kimball organ of St. John’s Cathedral, Denver. The fourth, “Fantasia,” was a collaborative project with trombone at St. Monica Catholic church in Dallas. Future recording projects are planned in England, France, and the United States.