JACKSON, Tenn. — Oct. 18, 2011 — Organist Douglas Cleveland will be the featured performer for this year鈥檚 McAfee Organ Concert Oct. 25 at 51社区.
Cleveland is an internationally acclaimed concert organist, and has been invited to perform in such venues as Westminster Abbey, The Berlin Cathedral, Stockholm Cathedral, Moscow Conservatory, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, St. Patrick鈥檚 Cathedral in Melbourne, Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama, Japan; the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore and the Cathedral of Lausanne, Switzerland.
A native of Olympia, Wash., Cleveland has also performed with several symphony orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Northwestern University Symphony and the National Symphony, for an audience of 3,000 at the Washington National Cathedral.
Cleveland studied at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University and Oxford University. He currently serves on the organ faculty at the University of Washington School of Music.
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel on Union鈥檚 campus. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Union鈥檚 music department at (731) 661-5345.