Join us for a spectacular organ concert featuring our very own Dr. Hyunju Hwang! Hear the power of our Rosales Glatter-Götz organ in an entirely different setting with this Jazz concert featuring works by Bach, Dupré and more.
Dr. Hwang will be accompanied by Tsugumi Shikano, Jazz Percussionist, and special guest organist, Rebecca Ogle (our organist Emeritus!).
Hyunju is offering her talents as a benefit concert to benefit the Organ Preservation Fund. There is no admission fee, but 100% of gifts collected at the concert will go towards the continued care and maintenance of our beloved organ. With a number of significant projects on the immediate horizon, your gifts and generosity are appreciated by all those who will benefit from the organ music for years to come.
About Dr. Hyunju Hwang
If you worship with us regularly, you are no stranger to Dr. Hyunju Hwang’s talents, but you might be surprised to know more about her touring background, notable education and several awards!
Dr. Hwang was born in Seoul, South Korea, and received her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from Yonsei University in Seoul, studying with Myoung-Ja Cho. She then moved to Princeton, New Jersey, to continue her studies at Westminster Choir College. She received her Master of Music in Organ Performance and Sacred Music from Westminster Choir College, studying with the German organist Stefan Engels. She next moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to study with the renowned organist Todd Wilson at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received an Artist Diploma in Organ. She relocated for the last time to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, with full scholarship, studying with Dr. Ladd Thomas and Cherry Rhodes.
Dr. Hwang has received numerous awards and honors. She won first prize at the John Finley Williams Organ Competition in the United States. She was a semifinalist at the St. Maurice International Organ Competition in Switzerland as well as at the St. Albans International Organ Competition in England. While at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she was awarded the Henry Fusner Prize for outstanding achievement, and while at USC’s Thornton School of Music, she was awarded the Irene E. Robertson Music Scholarship as well as a departmental award. Her versatility on keyboard also won her the Greenberg Harpsichord Award from the Early Music Society in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Hwang is currently the organist here at the Neighborhood Church, and a collaborative pianist at Loyola Marymount University. Previously, she was a piano accompanist and voice coach at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California. Dr. Hwang also serves as the Dean of the Long Beach Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Director of the 2022 Long Beach AGO Pipe Organ Encounters.