If you go
› What: St. Paul’s Artist Series presents organist Katelyn Emerson.› When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17.› Where: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St.› Admission: $20 adults, $15 senior adults, $10 students.› Phone: 423-266-8195.› Website: www.st.paulschatt.org/concert-series.
In an interview with The Diapason, a magazine for people who build or play organs, musician Katelyn Emerson once said playing organ was a challenge “because I’ve had to work with my rather small hands and short stature. I frequently struggle to reach the pedals or top manuals.”
But that certainly didn’t hinder her from winning the 2016 American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition. Or the Jean Boyer Award in the 2014 Fifth International Organ Competition in France. Or finishing second in the 2015 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Syracuse, N.Y.
Chattanoogans have the opportunity to hear this virtuoso on Friday night, Feb. 17, when she performs in the next concert of the Artist Series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
“Katelyn’s program will showcase both her talent and the many colors of St. Paul’s Casavant organ, the largest in Chattanooga,” says Keith Reas, organist and music director at the church.