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SAMUEL LIBRA rejoins the staff at St. James as Associate Cathedral
Organist, previously serving as Assistant Organist and Administrative
Assistant for Music. He is also a doctoral student in organ performance
at the University of Washington in Seattle as a student of Carole Terry.
His research focuses on symphonic and keyboard music of 19th-century
France and Belgium. In 2016, he had the opportunity to travel to France
for a summer course of study with Jean-Baptiste Robin at the Royaumont
Foundation. In addition to his studies, Samuel has given
performances at a number of churches throughout the Puget Sound region,
and frequently enjoys collaborative performances, playing harpsichord
and organ in cantatas and chamber works with the University of
Washington Baroque Ensemble. He has also had the opportunity to
collaborate with a variety of Pacific Northwest ensembles, including the
Cathedral Chamber Orchestra and Cantorei, Seattle Bach Choir, Seattle
Choral Company, reSound: A Northwest Chamber Ensemble, the Sammamish
Symphony, and the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. Samuel is
an active member of the American Guild of Organists and Organ Historical
Society, having been a Biggs Fellow at the latter’s 2017 convention. For
the AGO, he is formerly Member-at-Large of the Seattle Chapter board,
and presented several programs on various topics at their events. He is
also Deputy Convention Coordinator for the 2022 AGO national convention
in Seattle.
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