Recital & Evensong
All Church Recital Series
Join us on January 5th at 5:00 pm for a recital by Elena Baquerizo featuring music from Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Duruflé, Mozart, and Vierne. Then stay for Evensong at 5:30 pm, and leave with a heart filled with grace and peace.
A native of Miami, organist Elena Baquerizo is pursuing a DMA under Ken Cowan in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. She has won awards in the James Weaver Prize, the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival, and the AGO/Quimby RCYO. Solo concert appearances include St. Patrick’s Cathedral (NYC), Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Houston, TX), and Methuen Memorial Music Hall (Miami, FL). Currently, she is the music director at Reginal Caeli Church in Houston, TX. She received an MM and BM in organ performance at The Juilliard School under Paul Jacobs, and an AA in liberal arts from St. Mary’s College (Saint Marys, KS). Her favorite things include the music of Schumann, chocolate, and puns.