Choral Evensong

March 9, 2025 | Choral Evensong 
We welcome guest organist, Dr. John T. Lowe Jr, of Saint Mary’s on the Highlands to our organ prelude series and monthly offerings of Choral Evensong. He will play Mendelssohn’s Sonata VI, Brahms Mein Jesu, der du mich, as well as the music for Evensong including Francis Jackson’s Evening Service in G, Edgar Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven, as well as a hymn.

John T. Lowe Jr. (DM) is a native of Lynchburg, Virginia. He received the Master of Music degrees in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting from the University of Alabama in 1996, and the Doctor of Music degree in Organ Performance and Church Music from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2005. In May 2024, he assumed the duties of Director of Music and Organist at St. Mary’s.

From 2007-2024, he was Director of Music and Organist at Gainesville, Florida’s Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and Conductor of The Village Voices Chorus. He has also served as Dean and Sub-Dean of the Gainesville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Previously, Dr. Lowe was Music Director and Organist at Ocala, Florida’s First United Methodist Church, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Central Florida Master Choir. He has performed recitals in Alabama, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia, and his accompanying engagements have taken him to the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and Australia.