François Couperin - MESSE POUR LES PAROISSES (1690)

On Friday, November 17, 2017 The Organ Performance Majors in the class of Dr. Jesse Eschbach presented the complete 
Mass for the Parishes by François Couperin. The performance was a collaboration of the organ department and choral department,
which provided a men's choir, singing Plainsong directed by Brian Murray, DMA choral conducting student. 

The organ program is fortunate to have the magnificent 17th-century style Bedient Organ as one of three concert organs on campus. 
The audience members were transported in time and spacial experience as the organ and choir alternated antiphonally through the
historic mass setting, highlighting the fine acoustics of the Main Auditorium Hall. Earlier in the semester the organ studio studied the
construction of the Bedient organ in great detail, as they discussed the evolution of organ construction through the centuries. 

This program will be also performed at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas, TX next semester. 

 

 

 

 

 

UNT ORGAN STUDIO
Pictured L-R: Jacob Surak, Philip Appeddu, Colleen Kilpatrick, Rudimar Bonamigo, Andrew Segrest, Hentus van Rooyen,
Samuel Gaskin, Ken Adams, Louie Kim,
Rachel Um, Gary Gordon, Dr. Eschbach

MEN'S CHORUS
Director: Brian Murray, DMA Choral Conducting Major
Choir Members: Bryan Aguilar, Max Ary, Ernest Hernandez, Benjamin Hinojos, Marcos Ochoa,
Shane Price, Samuel Sweet, Adam Torres