LARS GJERDE
Nursing at Mechanic St, New Haven, CT

Concert Artist/Teacher/Artistic Director at Encore Music Creations, Director of Music at Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT, Dean at American Guild of Organists, New Haven Chapter, Regional Convention Coordinator at American Guild of Organists, New Haven Chapter

Music

Encore Music Creations since May 2010 - Concert Artist/Teacher/Artistic Director Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT since Aug 2010 - Director of Music American Guild of Organists, New Haven Chapter - New Haven, CT since 2012 - Dean American Guild of Organists, New Haven Chapter since May 2012 - Regional Convention Coordinator Eastman School of Music Sep 2008 - May 2010 - Teaching Assistant American Guild of Organists, Rochester Chapter Sep 2008 - May 2010 - Student Liaison EROI Working Committee, Eastman School of Music Sep 2008 - May 2010 - Student Representative Eastman School of Music Sep 2008 - May 2010 - Instructor of Secondary Organ Lessons Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series Sep 2008 - May 2010 - Founding board member Aure Nursing Home, Norway Jun 2000 - Jul 2009 - Assistant Nurse Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word Sep 2004 - Jun 2007 - Assistant Musician Danielsen Ungdomsskole Jan 2004 - Jun 2004 - German Teacher First Methodist Church, Bergen, Norway Aug 2002 - Jun 2004 - Organist and Choir Director Augustana College Music Department Council Sep 2001 - May 2002 - Student Representative Augustana College (SD) Sep 2000 - May 2002 - Chapel Organist

Eastman School of Music 2004 - 2013
DMA, MM, Sacred Music Diploma, Organ Performance and Literature Grieg Academy of Music, University of Bergen 2002 - 2004
BM, Church Music and Organ Performance Augustana College 1999 - 2002
BA, Summa Cum Laude, Music and German KVT - Christian Upper Secondary School of Trondheim 1996 - 1999

Accompaniment, Music, Choral, Choral Conducting, Organ, Liturgy, Pianist, Conducting, Piano

*Quarter Finalist - Dublin International Organ Competition, Irland, June 2008. *Third Prize - Gruenstein Organ Competition, Chicago, 2006. *Honorable Mention - Augustana Arts/Reuter Undergraduate Organ Competition, Denver, Colorado, March 2002. *Second National Winner - Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Organ Competition, Washington, DC, 2001. *Augustana College Honor Society, since May 2002. *“Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges,” nominated by Augustana College faculty, 2001. *Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society, since 2001.

Nynorsk, Norwegian, Bokmål, Norwegian, German, English