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Organ Concert with the Lorgus-Kinckner Duo

Enjoy Sunday organ concerts and be dazzled by the magnificent sounds of the recently restored 10,010-pipe Longwood Organ.

Glenn Kinckner and Linda Lorgus come together in this performance as an organ and piano duo. Kinckner serves as Organist and Associate Music Director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, PA. Lorgus is Music Director and Organist at St. Michael Lutheran Church in Unionville, PA.


Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm
The Ballroom

Tickets

This performance is free with Gardens admission. First-come, first-served seating.

More about Glenn Kinckner and Linda Lorgus

Glenn Kinckner and Linda Lorgus are both accomplished musicians who have performed numerous times together as keyboard colleagues.

Glenn Kinckner is currently serving as Principal Organist and Associate Music Director at Westminster Presbyterian, West Chester, where he co-directs the music ministry with his partner, Bob Morris, for the 2200 member church.  Traveling with the choir, Glenn has played at churches throughout Europe including St. Thomas in Leipzig, Germany and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  Prior to going to Westminster, Glenn was Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, a position he held for 23 years.  His organ teachers include: Ferdinand Melenke, Harry Wilkinson, and Robert Plimpton.  Glenn is also joint founder of M.K.M. Productions, a summer youth theater workshop.

Linda Lorgus holds a music degree from Westminster College where she majored in piano and organ performance. From 1985 until 2006, Linda was Principal Organist/Music Coordinator at Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Chester where she accompanied the vocal choirs and directed five handbell choirs.  Some of her accompaniment credits include working with the Youngstown Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, the National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions, Tri-county Youth Music Festivals, West Chester University/Matinee Musical Club of Philadelphia’s Young Artist Concerts held at the Academy of Music and for instrumental Master Classes at the Kimmel Center.

More about The Longwood Organ

The organ is comprised of 10,010 pipes divided into 146 ranks, making it one of the largest Aeolian organs ever constructed. Read more about The Longwood Organ.

See more upcoming Organ Series performances.

View Longwood's 2011-2012 Performance Series Schedule.

Event Dates and Times

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