Organ Recital: Tom Mueller

Tom Mueller (b. 1985)
Seven Versets on “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star”
   1. “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”
   2. “Dein süßes Evangelium...”
   3. “Die Flamme deiner Liebe...”
   4. “Werd’ von Gnaden...”
   5. “... Vater, mein starker Held”
   6. “... die süße Musika”
   7. “Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh”

Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
Scherzetto

Alan Wingard (1934-2023)
Pavane for the Healing of the Earth

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
from Sonata No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 65
   4. Allegro maestoso e vivace


Tom Mueller serves as Professor of Music and Music Department Chair at Concordia University in Irvine, California, where he directs academic programs in keyboard, composition, and church music. An award-winning church musician, he serves as Associate Organist at St. James’ Church in Los Angeles, where he accompanies the acclaimed Choir of St. James’ under the direction of James Buonemani. He is an active recitalist, educator, and composer.

Mueller won first place in the 2014 Schoenstein Competition in Hymn-Playing, held in conjunction with the national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Boston, Massachusetts, and was honored by The Diapason as a member of the inaugural “20 Under 30” list of influential figures in the world of organ and church music in 2015.

He maintains an active concert schedule, and performs across the United States and Europe. In 2010, he performed the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in a series of seventeen concerts in his native state of Maine. He has received numerous commissions for new choral and liturgical works, and performances of his compositions have been broadcast on national radio and television. As an organist, his recording credits include Scott Perkin’s A New England Requiem and O Beauty Ever Ancient Ever New by the Choir of St. James’, both of which were released on the Gothic label.

Mueller earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music as a student of David Higgs. He also holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Maine at Augusta. He resides in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.