For those of you who are in the greater Cincinnati area: Joan and I would like to invite you to Joan’s solo recital, the first one she has done in this area since our grad school days at CCM! For those of you not in the greater Cincinnati area, the concert will be streamed on YouTube. Music at Kenwood: JOAN HOLDER MCCONNELL, organ Sunday, November 20, 2022, 3 PM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 7701 Kenwood Road Cincinnati, OH 45236 Joan will perform works by Bach, Sweelinck, S

Some background on my latest organ work, The Light of Light Descending, a theme and variations composition, based on the French carol, Picardy. I have been a church musician most of my life; I started by singing in a youth choir at the age of seven. This ensemble of about a dozen young singers prepared anthems every Sunday during the school year. The experience also introduced me to Lutheran hymnody and liturgy at an early age. At this time, it was the tradition for the choir