School of Music visiting artist James Hildreth grew up aspiring to play the organ.
After receiving his first instruction from his father who was formerly employed by the Schlicker Organ Co., Hildreth excelled at the instrument as a child and became a seasoned performer in his teens.
He will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Galbreath Chapel, offering works by Vincent Lubeck, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Heinrich Scheidemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Heron and Louis Vierne.
Hildreth received a bachelor's of music in organ performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and a master's of sacred music from the Southern Methodist University.
Since 1987, Hildreth has served as the organist of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. He also has served as organist for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for many years and traveled with the orchestra to perform in Carnegie Hall. In 2004, he was the first American to perform at the Organ Hall in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
The concert is free and open to all.
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