The Organ Put its Best Feet Forward 2025-2026
In this solo recital, organist Jan Kraybill showcases her exceptional command of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique’s pedalboard, guiding you on a unique musical voyage from Bach’s Baroque Germany to Sowerby’s America. This is something you’ll want to see and hear!
Organ concert without orchestra
Artists
Jan Kraybill, organist
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach), Pedal-Exercitium BWV 598 (2 min)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532 (10 min)
Gustav Holst, First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1: Chaconne (trans. H. G. Ley) (5 min)
Charles Gounod, Funeral March of a Marionette (trans. W. T. Best) (6 min)
Geoffrey Wilcken, The Love Amazing, Op. 74, No. 1 (7 min)
Libby Larsen, Aspects of Glory: III. Tambourines (4 min)
Charles-Marie Widor, Symphony for Organ No. 6, Op. 42: II. Intermezzo (6 min)
Intermission (20 min)
Rachel Laurin, Three Short Studies, Op. 68 🍁:
IV. Three Short Studies: Monologue (For Solo Pedal) (3 min)
V. Three Short Studies: The Flight of the Hummingbird (2 min 30 s)
VI. Three Short Studies: The Dialogue of the Mockingbirds (4 min)
Johannes Matthias Michel, Three Jazz Organ Preludes: I. Swing Five “Erhalt uns, Herr” [Keep us, Lord] (4 min)
Robert Elmore, Rhumba (6 min)
Charles Villiers Stanford, Intermezzo on an Irish Air (“Danny Boy”), Op. 189, No. 4 (6 min)
Leo Sowerby, Pageant (11 min)
Jan Kraybill
Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated performer, dynamic speaker, and enthusiastic advocate for the power of music to change lives. In addition to maintaining a very active international concert schedule, in Kansas City she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ headquarters.
At age 16 in Colby, Kansas, Jan was invited to play her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She has performed in many venues in North America and Europe, as well as Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. Organizations such as the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada (THS), and various broadcasts have featured her as a speaker and performer. Several solo and collaborative recordings are available, including her Grammy-nominated album The Orchestral Organ, nominated as Best Classical Instrumental Solo and in two other Grammy categories in 2020.
Dr. Kraybill has degrees in music education and piano and organ performance. She attained the AGO’s Fellow certificate, organists’ highest certification level, in 2010. In 2024, THS named her a Fellow of the Hymn Society. Her extra-musical interests include lacemaking, painting, and riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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