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Taiwan Tableaux - Chelsea Chen

Chelsea Chen and Michael Barone

Organ soloist Chelsea Chen is a young musician who makes an impression, and a difference.  

A recent graduate of the Juilliard School and Yale University, already she has established an international recital career with acclaimed performances in Indonesia, Austria, Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and the United States

I first met up with Chelsea several years ago during a weekly organ class at Juilliard, where her engaging stage presence and compelling interpretation of Messiaen's brilliant "Outburst of Joy" made even Juilliard's acoustically-deprived Paul Hall seem to ring resonantly with splendid harmony.  

She went on that summer to be a featured 'Rising Star' during the 2006 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, and has been on the ascent every since.  

 
Chelsea's performance last year at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi drew a large and enthusiastic crowd.  

She included her own delightful composition - "Taiwan Tableaux" -  based on Asian folk melodies.


Whether in the traditional repertoire, new music, orchestral transcriptions or her original compositions, Ms. Chen conveys a joyful musicianship and infectious delight in the infinite possibilities of the King of Instruments.

Hear Chelsea Chen in a free concert on the visually and sonically stunning Blackinton pipe organ in the Benson Great Hall of St. Paul's Bethel University on Friday, October 8 at  7:30 pm - not to be missed!

Listen online to Chelsea Chen play her own piece "Taiwan Tableaux" at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.

(Hills in the Springtime, Moonlight Blue, Four Seasons, The Cradle Song, Song of the Country Farmer, Mountain of Youth)

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recital at Bethel University

Building upon a curiosity which began in his teens, Michael Barone has been involved with the pipe organ for more than 40 years. As host and senior executive producer of Pipedreams, produced and distributed by American Public Media, he is recognized nationally for his outstanding contributions to the world of organ music.  Pipedreams began in 1982 and remains the only nationally distributed weekly radio program exploring the art of the pipe organ. Michael's talent and commitment have been recognized with numerous awards, including the American Guild of Organists President's Award in 1996, the Distinguished Service Award of the Organ Historical Society in 1997 and the 2001 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. In November 2002 he was selected for induction to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.  He also hosts broadcasts of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and The New Releases on Minnesota Public Radio.


Michael Barone

Whether in the traditional repertoire, new music, orchestral transcriptions or her original compositions, organist Chelsea Chen conveys a joyful musicianship and infectious delight in the infinite possibilities of the King of Instruments. She's in town for a recital this Friday night at Bethel University.


Chelsea Chen's joy-filled organ recital this Friday in Saint Paul

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