David Ball, an award-winning Juilliard-trained organist, has performed and recorded on many of the world’s leading concert hall and church instruments, both in the United States and abroad. Submitted photo Performance Music at The University of Scranton will kick off its Fall 2024 concert schedule Friday, Sept. 6, with a performance by “Duo Corgano” featuring award-winning performers Trevor Nuckols, horn, and David Ball, organ.
The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
“Trevor and David both play their instruments with an unmatched combination of musical prowess – technically and artistically - and excitement,” said Performance Music Conductor and Director Cheryl Y. Boga. “Their impact on audiences and student musicians is both entertaining and enlightening.”
Ball, an award-winning Juilliard-trained performer, has performed and recorded on many of the world’s leading concert hall and church instruments, both in the United States and abroad. He has been featured in Diapason and American Organist; broadcasted on “PipeDreams” and WQXR; appeared in Juilliard’s FOCUS! Festival; won the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists; and was named one of The Diapason’s 2017 Class of 20 under 30, a peer-selected group of young people at the forefront of the organ field.
Ball serves as Cathedral organist and head of music ministry at Christ Cathedral in the Diocese of Orange, California (formerly the Crystal Cathedral), where he is primary steward of the Hazel Wright Organ, the fifth largest organ in the world, and serves as musical director of a variety of concert series there.
Nuckols performs as a leading soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer across the globe. The New York Times hailed Nuckols as “outstanding” and an “excellent soloist.” He has performed and recorded as solo horn of the Münchener Kammerorchester and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has also performed as guest principal horn with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bad Reinchenhall Philharmoniker and the Philharmonie Salzburg. He earned his bachelor and master of music degrees from The Juilliard School, and a postgraduate diploma from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. He won first prize at The International Horn Society’s Premiere Soloist Competition, The Juilliard Concerto Competition, the Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, and was winner of The International Horn Society Barry Tuckwell Award.
The University of Scranton’s Houlihan McLean Center Austin Opus 301 symphonic organ was built in 1910 by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford Connecticut for the Immanuel Baptist Church in Scranton and was restored and re-dedicated by the University in 2005 in a recital performed by Thomas Murray of Yale University. Since then, many renowned organists have performed on the instrument in solo-recitals, and it has accompanied the university’s student ensembles in the performance of many major works of the choral and instrumental repertoires. The instrument is one of the few rare surviving original examples of early 20th-century organ building, and the impressive instrument possesses a total of 3,178 pipes, 45 ranks and four manuals. The instrument is currently maintained by Clem, Cole, Dan, and Steve, technician/artists from Emery Brothers/Dieffenbach organs.
For further information on the performance, call 570-941-7624, email [email protected] or visit the Performance Music website.
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