Jonathan Dimmock, known internationally as a recitalist, conductor, accompanist and organist, will play a free concert in Healdsburg on Sunday, Nov. 14. The public is invited to attend.
One of the “Second Sunday” concert series, the event begins at 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Healdsburg.
Dimmock’s reputation as a musician reaches around the globe, as he is one of the few organists to have toured on six continents. His venues have included Carnegie Hall, Notre Dame in Paris, and the Cultural Center of Hong Kong. Presently he is organist for the San Francisco Symphony, principal organist at San Francisco’s Palace of the Legion of Honor, Music Director at San Francisco’s Congregation Sherith Israel, and Minister of Music at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Belvedere.
A graduate of Oberlin and Yale, he is the only American Organ Scholar of London’s Westminster Abbey. Dimmock has recorded more than 50 CDs, including the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. He has been interviewed and featured on radio and television stations in France, South Africa, Australia, Budapest and Barbados. He co-founded the highly-acclaimed American Bach Soloists and the Artists’ Vocal Ensemble.
Most recently Dimmock founded the Resonance Project (www.music-resonance.org), a group of musicians and neuroscientists whose goal is increasing empathy throughout the world. This project – using music to transform conflict and find common ground – has garnered attention from the United Nations and the U.S. State Department.
On Nov. 14 Dimmock will play Psalms and Chorales for Organ, including works from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as modern compositions, on St. Paul’s Bigelow pipe organ.
St. Paul’s “Second Sunday” concert series is a gift to the community, to provide opportunities for the public to hear pipe-organ music. Concerts are scheduled on the second Sunday of every month through June 2022.