Katie Meloan - Bio & Program
April 22, 2023  Organ Concert

            Praised by The Classical Voice of North Carolina for her “ability to couple precision with emotion … Meloan's charm is her ability to draw in listeners … never once excluding listeners from her passion.”  Organist Katherine Meloan is an artist whose various interests, expressive gifts, and eclectic repertoire enable her to contribute to the musical world with distinctive and friendly performances. 
            Dr. Meloan has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, including engagements such as: Temple Church and Saint George’s, Hanover Square in London; The Cadet Chapel at The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York; National Cathedral in Washington D.C.; Florida International University - Wertheim Concert Hall in Miami, Florida. In addition, she is a frequent performer at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina and in Europe on the historical organs of Clicquot (Poitiers) and Cavaillé-Coll (Epernay).
            Katherine has an active interest pedagogy and recruiting new organists.  Her doctoral thesis developed a curriculum in which primarily pianists study organ performance in a master class setting.  Many of her students hold church positions across the United States and further their organ studies in universities and conservatories.  Dr. Meloan currently teaches organ at the Sacred Music Institute of America.  At SMIA, she teaches organ performance to church musicians who may not have chosen to pursue a conservatory course of study.   She has taught organ at Manhattan School of Music and currently assists with The American Guild of Organists, Committee on Education Programming.  With the AGO, she mentors organists in their professional certification exams and writes pertaining to education.   
            Dr. Meloan is Associate Director of Music and Organist at First United Methodist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas in which she plays for services and accompanies all choirs.  In addition to her position as organist, she administers the Elizabeth Prothro Organ Concert Series which features the 2003 74 rank Garland organ.  Previously Katherine was Director of Chapel Music/Organist at The United States Merchant Marine Academy in Long Island, New York where she directed The Mariner Chapel choir and The Mariners’ Chorus and played for all services. 
            In addition to gracing the musical stage, Katherine is also a classical dancer.   She has performed with Ballet Long Island, Staten Island Ballet, and International Folk Dance Ensemble and has performed variations from ballets such as: Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, Paquita, La Bayadere, Chopinania, Swan Lake, and numerous contemporary works. 
            Katherine has degrees from Florida International University (magna cum laude) in piano and Manhattan School of Music (MM, DMA) in organ.  Her performance has garnered the Outstanding Music Performance Award from Florida International University and the Bronson Ragan Award in outstanding organ performance from Manhattan School of Music.  Katherine is represented by Concert Artist Cooperative.

Toccata and Fugue in d “Dorian,” BWV 538                  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Ciacona in e minor, Bux 160                                                 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Pastorale

Final

from Symphony No. 1                                                                     Louis Vierne (1870-1937)