Orvil and Gloria Franzen 2011-2012 Organ Program Series: Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson is coordinator of chapel music, university organist and a lecturer in the music department at CLU. He previously served on the music faculties of three Missouri colleges, as well as director of music and community arts at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square in Chicago, where he oversaw the church’s efforts to be a center for community building through the arts.

Johnson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, where he studied with John Ditto. He also holds music degrees from Indiana University and Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas), where he studied organ with Larry Smith and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, respectively.

This is the second concert of the Orvil and Gloria Franzen 2011-2012 Organ Program Series, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Borg Petersen Memorial Organ in Samuelson Chapel.

Donations accepted.

Watch the concert live online at CLUtube.com.