The Northern New Jersey Chapter and the Metropolitan New Jersey Chapter of the American Guid of Organists are co-hosting the "Will You Come and Follow Me?" Hymn Sing Festival.
Led by celebrated composer, conductor an organist TOM TRENNEY, this Hymn Festival with instruments and musicians from choral groups and area churches (including members from our choir) invites us to answer the call to do justice, love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God.
The Festival, open to the public, will be held at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 5th.
West Side Presbyterian Church is located at:
6 S. Monroe St. Ridgewood, NJ
Learn more about Tom Trenney at https://tomtrenney.com
Composer, conductor, organist, preacher, and teacher Tom Trenney has been Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2019. Tom also serves as Minister of Music to Lincoln's historic First-Plymouth Church and as Artistic Director of Abendmusik. Tom’s choirs have been honored to perform for state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and they have been award winners in the American Prize for choral ensembles. He serves as Music in Worship Chair for Midwest ACDA.
Tom has been a featured performer at churches, colleges, and concert halls across the country including Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Philadelphia’s Kauffman Center, Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. His choral compositions are published by Augsburg Fortress, Beckenhorst Press, Choristers Guild, E.C. Schirmer/Galaxy, Morningstar, Musicspoke, Pavane, and G. Schirmer.
A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Tom is grateful for the inspiration of his teachers and mentors – especially Anton Armstrong, David Davidson, Craig Hella Johnson, (Mister) Fred Rogers, William Weinert, Anne Wilson and Todd Wilson.