St. Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA
General Admission – $30
Student – $15
A program of shorter masterpieces from the French Choral Tradition.
Composer, Lili Boulanger
We close our season with two ravishing afternoons of exquisite French music. The concerts will highlight well known and rarely heard gems of the impressionist and modern repertoire, including Lili Boulanger’s Soir sur la plaine and excerpts from Maurice Duruflé’s Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens. The programs will also feature art songs by Debussy and appearances by guest artist Paul Skevington who will accompany the Chorale in dramatic works for organ and chorus.
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About Guest Artist, Paul Skevington
Organist Paul Skevington has been at St. Luke Parish in McLean since 1993
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Paul Skevington completed his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in organ performance at Indiana University and earned a Doctorate degree in Liturgical Music from the Catholic University of America. He held the position of Assistant in Liturgical Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C., from 1984 – 1987. He is currently Minister of Music and Liturgy at Saint Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia. In addition to his duties at Saint Luke, he maintains an active performing schedule, and appears regularly at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other major venues in the Washington, D.C. area as an organist with chorus and orchestra. He gives solo recitals throughout the United States, including convention recitals for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and American Guild of Organists (AGO). He appears on recordings on the Gothic, Summit, Sonoris, and Naxos labels.
Paul Skevington is past dean of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the AGO, serves as Chairperson for the NPM Section for Organists, and is a member of the organ faculty at Northern Virginia Community College. He spearheaded the effort to purchase one of Northern Virginia’s finest organs, the highly acclaimed, 61-rank, Steiner-Reck mechanical-action pipe organ at Saint Luke Church. Under Paul’s direction, Saint Luke has become a vital centre for performing and recording music and home for the popular Music in McLean Concert Series.