Grammy-nominated producer Keith Weber performs Sept. 29

Posted Sep. 9, 2015 at 5 p.m.

BOONE—Grammy-nominated producer Keith Weber will present a free recital of collaborative works for organ, voice, oboe, trumpet and percussion Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. at Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University.

In addition, he will conduct a voice master class Sept. 28 at 5 p.m. and hold an open rehearsal with the Appalachian Chorale at 7 p.m., also in Broyhill Music Center.

He will lecture to students in the school’s organ studio at 9 a.m. Sept. 29.

Weber will be joined by soprano Priscilla Porterfield, oboist Alicia Chapman, trumpeter James Stokes and percussionist Rob Falvo for the Sept. 29 program that includes Louis Vierne’s “Les Angelus,” Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and selected chorales by Johann Krebs.

Weber is a choral and orchestral conductor, vocal coach, choral clinician, organist, pianist, harpsichordist and collaborator known for his musical versatility and excellence.

He is director of music and the organist at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston and artistic director of Grace Song Inc., the Texas nonprofit organization that presents concerts of vocal chamber music, helps young American singers develop their careers and facilitates the creation of new music.

A native of western Pennsylvania, Weber holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from Southern Methodist University (SMU), a Master of Music degree, also from SMU, and a Master of Sacred Music degree from Perkins School of Theology.

Weber was the founding associate musical director of the Lyric Opera of Dallas, and was head coach with the 2002-05 Opera in the Ozarks summer festival.

As a recording producer, Weber has several discs to his credit, including two for Ars Lyrica Houston and the first professional-grade recording of the Houston Bach Society, as well as a September 2012 release for The Houston Chamber Choir. His second recording for Ars Lyrica Houston received a Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording of 2010, the only American recording so honored in that category that year.

As an organist, Weber won the Dora Poteet Barclay Award (Outstanding Undergraduate, SMU), the Roy and Sue Johnson Award (Outstanding Senior, SMU), the 1982 B’nai B’rith Music Scholarship, the Ninth Annual Organ Competition of the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation and the 1991 Region VII National Young Artists’ Playing Competition of the American Guild of Organists. He was named finalist of the 1992 Spivey International Organ Competition.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, cost-effective education. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.