Organ Recital: Rebecca Marie Yoder

Guest organist Rebecca Marie Yoder from St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Oxon Hill, Md., plays a recital on the Cathedral’s 10,650–pipe great organ. $10 suggested donation.

Repertoire

Suite No. 1
Ulysses Kay (1927-1995)
Finale

Zwölf Stücke, Op. 59
Max Reger (1873-1916)
IX. Benedictus

Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
I. Allegro
II. Chorale
III. Scherzo
IV. Cantabile
V. Final

About Rebecca Marie Yoder

Rebecca Marie Yoder began studying the organ with Mickey Thomas Terry at the age of fourteen. She was the first place winner of the Washington D.C. Chapter 2009 American Guild of Organists/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. Rebecca has been published in multiple journals, such as The American Organist; The Diapason; and Sacred Music, a publication of the Church Music Association of America. Her performances include solo recitals at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Princeton University Chapel and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. She was also a featured recitalist at the 2016 National Convention of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.

Rebecca earned the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Rice University, studying with Ken Cowan. Previously, she graduated summa cum laude from Duquesne University with a Bachelor of Music degree, studying under Ann Labounsky. While a student at Duquesne, she had additional study with David Craighead and Mickey Thomas Terry. Upon graduation, Rebecca received the André Marchal Award for Excellence in Performance. She currently serves as the Director of Music of St. Columba’s Catholic Church in Oxon Hill, MD.