My Recital at St. James' Cathedral on Feb 19, 2019

On Tuesday, I had a recital at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto. 

I only just stopped having organ lessons here last month. I will miss going there each week but, I hope that I will be able to do more recitals in the future. 

Stephen Boda, my new organ teacher, came to help me out for this recital. He is the Organist at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. He is excellent!

Here are some audio recordings from the recital:

Petite Suite by Gerald Bales
https://soundcloud.com/joshua-duncan-lee/petite-suite-by-gerald-bales

Sarabande by Florence Durell Clark
https://soundcloud.com/joshua-duncan-lee/sarabande-by-florence-durell

Sonatine by Eugene HIll
https://soundcloud.com/joshua-duncan-lee/sonatine-by-eugene-hill-1909

Psalm-Prelude Op. 32, No. 2 by Herbert Howells
https://soundcloud.com/joshua-duncan-lee/psalm-prelude-op-32-no-2-by



Thank you to Stephen Boda for coming out to help; thank you to Philip Eliot for recording my recital;
And a HUGE thank you to Robert Busiakiewicz for your continuing support!

And of course, thank you to everyone who came out to listen!

A Special Thank you to Ian Sadler

On January 24th, I had my last organ lesson at the Cathedral Church of St. James' with Ian Sadler. He is no longer the organist there, and I can't travel to Stratford.

I had my first lesson with him at St. James on October 30, 2016. It seems like it was too short a time. He's been compared to the Mary Poppins of the organ world, as he shows up just when he's needed.

I am certain that it is not the last time I'll be playing organ with him.  ;-)

Here are some pictures:

At our last class:


When I got my RCCO Service Playing Certificate last year:


Here we are with Robert at one of my recitals:


And this was the day Robert first introduced me to Ian.



Thank you so much, Ian, for being a fantastic teacher!

And Thank you to Robert, for introducing me to Ian and for allowing me to have my lessons and my first recitals at St. James' Cathedral!

Thank you both for sharing your love of music with me!