MAJESTIC SOUNDS 

Celebrating the Sounds of the Pipe Organ 

Concerts are free to the public.
They will be performed live at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois.

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Program for Jonathan Giblin

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Walter Stout Concert

08/16/2023  |  7:30 PM
Giblin & Stout

JONATHAN GIBLIN

Jonathan Giblin

Director of Music Ministries
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Peoria, IL

Jonathan P. Giblin grew up in Connecticut studying piano, organ, and singing in choirs. Jonathan attended the University of Connecticut, earning undergraduate degrees in both music education and organ performance. He entered graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music; obtaining both a master’s and doctoral degree in organ performance. Since the age of 13, he has been serving churches in Connecticut, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia as an organist and choir director. Jonathan currently serves as Director of Music Ministries at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Giblin has performed in some of the world’s greatest venues, including St. John the Divine (NYC), Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral, and the Kennedy Center. Since 2019, Dr. Giblin has served as an affiliate instructor at Bradley University teaching courses in music history, and music appreciation, and serving as an accompanist.

Jon Giblin will present a program of organ fantasies
from the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

WALTER STOUT

Organist
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IL

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Walter J. Stout has been active as a church musician since age 15, serving churches in central Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois. He received the Bachelor of Music (Magna Cum Laude) in organ performance from Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos; and the Master of Music in organ performance from the University of Tulsa. Walter has also completed postgraduate study in organ at the University of North Texas and the University of Oklahoma. He has extensive experience as a church musician, solo artist, accompanist, and choral conductor.

Since relocating to central Illinois in 2010, Mr. Stout has served as an organist at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bartonville. In December 2021, he assumed the duties of Organist / Pianist / Worship Musician at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bloomington. There he plays the 2005 Berghaus organ and directors the adult and handbell choirs.

Walter will present the music of J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, and contemporary American composer Rebecca Groom te Velde.

PO Box 1072 | Peoria, Illinois 61653
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“What goes through your mind as you sit in the sanctuary and look around?

As I sit in my pew and look up at the cross with the wonderful light illuminating it, I am reminded of why I am at Westminster on this particular day. The cross reminds me that Christ died for me and, in a sense, I am to do the same in my daily life. The brightness of the cross illustrates for me the brightness of living my life in the way of Christ.”