Join us for elegant pipe organ music by Aaron Patterson in celebration of Mother’s Day. Johann Sebastian Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, John Ireland, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Dana Suesse explore the evocative colors of Glen Foerd’s 1902 Haskell pipe organ. The signature piece on the program is Karg-Elert’s Pastel in B Major, an impressionistic work designed to capitalize on the subtleties of the organ. Stroll through the historic gilded-age mansion or find a seat on the first-floor or second-floor art gallery. 

This performance and the restoration of Glen Foerd's Pipe Organ was made possible by a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation. 

Please contact our Arts and Culture Program Manager, Alice, with any questions about this event at 215-632-5330 x13 / athompson@glenfoerd.org. 

Aaron Patterson is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School, where he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in organ performance under the tutelage of Paul Jacobs. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree as the Charles and Judith Freyer Annual Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied organ performance with Alan Morrison. He also received a certificate in harpsichord performance with Leon Schelhase.  

Mr. Patterson won first place at the 2017 Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition and the 2016 West Chester University International Organ Competition. He has also been a recipient of the Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship from the American Guild of Organists and the Bart Pitman Memorial Music Scholarship from the Delaware Valley Music Club. 

Mr. Patterson loves collaboration and has performed with orchestras, violinists, flautists, choirs, and other keyboardists. His performance venues include the Wanamaker Grand Court, where he is an assistant organist, Boardwalk Hall, and the Kimmel Center. Mr. Patterson is currently assistant organist at Tenth Presbyterian Church. He has also been organ scholar at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, PA.