Artist-in-Residence
Nathan Laube
Nathan J. Laube, Artist-in-Residence, is a star among young classical musicians and concert organists. He has quickly earned a place amongst the organ world’s elite performers. His brilliant playing, creative programming, and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe, and have earned high praise from critics and peers alike.
A native of Chicago, Nathan earned his Bachelor of Music Degree at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied organ with Alan Morrison and piano with Susan Starr. Upon graduating, he received the Institute’s two highest awards, the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics and the Aldwell Award for Excellence in Musical Studies. Early studies in Chicago were with Donna Fortney (piano), Dr. Elizabeth Naegele (organ), and Dr. Louis Playford (piano and music theory) at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. The recipient of the coveted William Fulbright Grant, Nathan spent the 2010-2011 academic year studying with Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse where he earned the the Prix de Spécialisé with the mention "Très Bien" and "Féliciations du Jury" - the two top honors.
Nathan has been a featured performer at the 2009 and 2011 national conventions of the Organ Historical Society. In 2010 he was featured at the national convention of The American Guild of Organists (Washington DC); in 2012 he will be a featured artist at the AGO national convention in Nashville Tennessee where he will perform in a concert for organ and orchestra at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Beginning in the fall of 2011, in addition to his role at the Cathedral , Nathan begins a graduate degree program at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart Germany as a student of Ludger Lohmann.