Renée Anne Louprette will present a recital at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City on October 18 at 3 p.m. First in the four-part Mander Recital series, the recital will feature works by Demessieux, Marais, Isoir, Wammes, Ibert, Franck, and a New York premiere of Pamela Decker’s Fantasy on the Name of Roy Andrew Johnson.
With 5,000 pipes, and 30 tons and 45 feet high, the N.P Mander organ is the largest tracker-action pipe organ in the New York metropolitan area. All N.P. Mander Organ Recitals feature large-screen projection, offering the audience a view of the organist at work.
Renée Anne Louprette is University Organist and Coordinator of the Organ Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, and a former member of the organ faculties of the Manhattan School of Music; The Hartt School, University of Hartford; and the John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University. She was appointed associate director of music of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City in 2015 and previously served at the Church of Notre Dame, Trinity Wall Street, and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, where she was director of the N.P. Mander Organ Recital Series.
Louprette holds a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude in piano performance and a Graduate Professional Diploma in organ performance from The Hartt School, University of Hartford. She was awarded a Premier Prix - mention très bien from the Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse, France and a Diplôme Supérieur in organ performance from the Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de Musique et de Danse de Toulouse studying with Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, and improvisation with Philippe Lefebvre. She completed additional studies with Dame Gillian Weir, James David Christie, and Guy Bovet.
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