Prof. Godwin Sadoh
R. Monty Bennett
Prof. Godwin Sadoh writes:
Dear Bill,
Monty Bennett will be performing Sunday afternoon my Nigerian Suite No. 1 [3 movts] and Fela Sowande's Joshua Fit
de Battle of Jericho in an Organ Recital, at Resurrection Parish Church, 303 Stony Point Road, Santa
Rosa, California, 3:30 PM.
Godwin.
Park Road Baptist Church
R. Monty Bennett, Director of Music/Organist
Having
been hailed as “one of the country’s top young concert artists” by the
Baldwin Organ Company, R. Monty Bennett began musical studies at an
early age in his native California. A graduate of the University of
California, Santa Barbara, he was a student of Dr. James Welch, with
whom he studied organ, carillon and harpsichord. Early keyboard studies
were under the tutelage of William Bagileo, Herbert Nanney of Stanford
University, and Dr. Roger Nyquist, of Santa Clara University. Always
seeking to gain further knowledge of organ music and the instrument, he
has participated in master classes with Gillian Weir, Laura Ellis, Bruce
Neswick, Gerre Hancock, Joyce Jones, Robert Glasgow and Todd Wilson,
and has studied pipe organ voicing with Francesco Ruffatti.
Monty
has performed around the world as an organist, accompanist and
conductor. In 2005, he made his European debut playing a recital for
the 22nd International Festival of Organists in Turin, Italy, where he
played the European première of a collection of African-American
spirituals by Calvin Taylor. He has played for numerous chapters of the
American Guild of Organists, as well as performing at major churches
and universities across the county. He also performs on the carillon
and played his first European carillon recital on the 70 bell instrument installed at the Chapel of the Dukes of Savoy, Chambéry, France.
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