UNL’s Christopher Marks is featured in a 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 faculty recital of virtuosic solo organ music in Kimball Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Marks, associate professor of music, will play music spanning the late 19th century to the early 21st century, with compositions by Marcel Dupré, Kurt Knecht, Seth Bingham, and lesser known American composers
Marks is the leading expert on the music of Seth Bingham, having recorded two CDs and given numerous performances and lectures about the music.
The program will include an early prelude and fugue by Bingham, influenced by his teacher, famed organist Charles-Marie Widor.
Kurt Knecht holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from UNL and was a recipient of the Folsom Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertation. His demanding “Trois Nouvelles Ètudes,” written in 2009, will be played by Marks.
