Tate Addis, Organist

UPCOMING
Advent Organ Recital
December 21, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Olivier Messiaen – La Nativité du Seigneur
With readings from W. H. Auden’s For the Time Being

RECENT
Solo Organ Recital
December 17, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582
Marcel Dupré – Variations sur un Noël
Anton Heiller – Partita ‘Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele

Asheville Symphony Orchestra
Handel’s Messiah
December 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina

Advent Evensong
December 14, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Seasonal selections by Britten, Finzi,
Saint-Saëns, and others.

Solo Organ Recital
December 10, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross – Tryon, North Carolina
Repertoire: John Cook – Paean on Divinum Mysterium;
Olivier Messiaen – selections from La Nativité du Seigneur

Blue Ridge Consort
December 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
In Winter’s House
First Presbyterian Church – Newton, North Carolina
Repertoire: Seasonal selections by Coleridge-Taylor, Engelhardt, Gardner, Handel, Harris, Holst, Ijames, Jackson, Morales, Moser,
Quartel, and Rutter

Asheville Symphony Chorus
November 22, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: John Corigliano – Fern Hill; Elaine Hagenberg – O, Love; Gerre Hancock – Judge Eternal; Margaret Vardell Sandresky – Awake My Heart to Sound His Praise; Mack Wilberg – Bound for the Promised Land

Evensong and Organ Recital
November 9, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
St. Luke’s Memorial Church – Tacoma, Washington
Repertoire: Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582; McKinley – Scherzo-Fantasia; Parry – Chorale Prelude on ‘Eventide’

Choral Eucharist for the Feast of All Souls
November 2, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
The Cathedral of All Souls – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

Solo Organ Recital
October 30, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
St. James Church – Hendersonville, North Carolina
Music That Goes Bump in the Night
Repertoire: Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582; Bingham – Roulade, Op. 9, no. 3; Cochereau – Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne; Edmundson – Gargoyles: Toccata Grotesque; Gounod/Best – Funeral March of a Marionette; McKinley – Scherzo-Fantasia; Wiedermann – Notturno

Blue Ridge Consort
October 4, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Celebratio
Repertoire: Arvo Pärt – Berliner Messe, Pari intervallo, Trivium,
and works by Gjeilo, Grieg, Sibelius, and Uusberg

Service of Choral Evensong and Prelude Recital
September 28, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
St. James Church – Hendersonville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Bairstow – Save Us, O Lord; Faulkes – Grand Choeur in D; Oldroyd: Three Liturgical Improvisations; Parker – Evening Service in E; Parry – Chorale Prelude on Eventide

Hurricane Helene Anniversary Concert
September 27, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Dan Forrest – Requiem for the Living
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna

Franz Schmidt at 150: January 30, 2025
St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Franz Schmidt: Chaconne, Four Little Chorale Preludes
Prelude and Fugue in D Major ‘Hallelujah’

The Many Moods of Christmas: December 22, 2024
First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina
The Choir of First Baptist Church and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra
Emily Floyd, conductor; Tate Addis, organist

Pre-Evensong Recital: September 15, 2024
St. John’s Cathedral, Knoxville, Tennessee
Repertoire: Franz Schmidt: Prelude and Fugue in D Major ‘Hallelujah,’
Vier Kleine Choralvorspiele

Prelude Recital and Evensong Service: May 5, 2024
St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Ireland, Noble, Phillips, Robert, Thalben-Ball, and Tournemire

Blue Ridge Consort: May 4, 2024
O, Appalachia
First Presbyterian Church, Hickory, North Carolina

Princeton University Chapel After Noon Concert Series
April 11, 2024
Princeton, New Jersey
Repertoire: Widor – Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

Advent Evensong Concert: The Many Moods of Christmas
December 17, 2023
First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina

Beulah McMinn Zachary Advent Organ Recital Series
December 8, 2023
First United Methodist Church, Brevard, North Carolina
Repertoire: Bédard, Buxtehude, Chapman, Cook, Haan, and Heiller

Blue Ridge Consort: December 2, 2023
First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Holst, Lauridsen, Mendelssohn, Palestrina, Rutter and others

Dedicatory Organ Recital: November 17, 2023
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City, Tennessee
Repertoire: Bach, Barber, Cook, Dupré, Heiller, Shearing, and Willan

Asheville Symphony Chorus: November 12, 2023
On Danube’s Shore
First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Bárdos, Bartók, Brahms, and Heiller

Choral Eucharist for the Feast of All Souls: November 5, 2023
Repertoire: Bainton – And I Saw a New Heaven, Duruflé – Requiem
The Cathedral of All Souls: Asheville, North Carolina

Blue Ridge Consort: October 21, 2023
Choral Music of the British Isles
First Baptist Church, Marion, North Carolina

27. Internationale Maria Enzersdorfer Orgeltage: September 23, 2023
Missionshaus St. Gabriel – Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
Repertoire: Barber, Chee, Heiller, Persichetti

Anton Heiller 100th Birthday Concert: September 15, 2023
Pfarrkirche Dornbach, Vienna, Austria
Repertoire: Bach, Heiller, Hindemith

Anton Heiller at 100: September 3, 2023
The Cathedral of All Souls – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Bach, Heiller, Hindemith

The Choir of First Baptist Church of Asheville: May 21, 2023
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Restore My Soul
Repertoire: Ager, Britten, Hailstork, Mathias, and Todd

Asheville Symphony Chorus: May 14, 2023
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Fire in Her Soul
Repertoire: Beach, Diemer, Payne, and Pitt

Solo Organ Recital: April 18, 2023
Rie Bloomfield Organ Series – Wichita State University
Repertoire: Andrew Ager – Toccata and Fugue, Op. 30, no. 1
Augustin Barié – Intermezzo (Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 5)
M. Enrico Bossi – Chant du soir, Op. 92, no. 1
André Isoir – Six variations sur un psaume Huguenot, Op. 1
Charles-Marie Widor – Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

Solo Organ Recital: April 14, 2023
First United Methodist Church – Waynesville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Ager, Barié, Bossi, Isoir, and Widor

Asheville Symphony Chorus: March 4, 2023
Inspirations grégoriennes: French Masterworks for Choir and Organ
Central United Methodist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Durufle – Requiem, Op. 9
Widor – Symphonie Romane, Op. 73

Evensong and Recital: February 19, 2023
St. James Episcopal Church – Hendersonville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Buxtehude – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Jackson – Toccata, Chorale, and Fugue
Willan – Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue

Lenten Arts Series: March 13, 2022
The Cathedral of All Souls – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Petr Eben – Job

Solo Organ Recital: December 1, 2021
Trinity Episcopal Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: George Baker – Berceuse-Paraphrase
David Briggs – Sortie on In Dulci Jubilo
Marcel Dupré – Variations sur un vieux Noël, Op. 20

Solo Organ Recital: November 7, 2021
St. James Episcopal Church – Hendersonville, North Carolina            
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544,
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in G Major, Op. 37, no. 2
Robert Schumann – Canon in B Major, Op. 56, no. 6
Bruce Simonds – Prelude on Iam sol recedit igneus
Leo Sowerby – Comes Autumn Time
Albert L. Travis – Improvisation on CHINA,
Toccata on ‘Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart’

Bach’s Lunch Recital: September 7, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: York Bowen – Melody in G Minor, William Faulkes – Grand Choeur in D Major, William Walond – Voluntary in G Major, Ralph Vaughan Williams – Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes

Bach’s Lunch Recital: July 6, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Norman Dello Joio – Laudation, Calvin Hampton – Five Dances for Organ

Bach’s Lunch Recital: June 1, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Anton Heiller – Fantasia super Salve Regina, In festo Corporis Christi

Bach’s Lunch Recital: May 4, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Clarence Dickinson – The Joy of the Redeemed, Richard Elliott – Nearer, My God to Thee, Craig Phillips – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, Bernard Wayne Sanders – Prelude on Land of Rest, George Shearing – Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound, Albert L. Travis’s – Three Hymn Improvisations, Alec’s– Three Southern Harmony Preludes

Solo Organ Recital: April 20, 2021
Rie Bloomfield Organ Series, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Praeludium et Fuga in D, BWV 532, Marcel Dupré – Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, no. 1, Robert Elmore ­– Donkey Dance, Richard Purvis – Capriccio on the Notes of the Cuckoo, Ad Wammes – Miroir, Powell Weaver – The Squirrel, Pietro Yon – Concerto Gregoriano

Bach’s Lunch Recital: April 6, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: George Faxon – Tribute to Duke Ellington, Johannes Matthias Michel – Organ, Timbrel, and Dance, Billy Nalle – Trio in the Style of Bach, Billy Strayhorn – Lotus, Ad Wammes – Miroir

Bach’s Lunch Recital: March 2, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Paul de Maleingreau – Symphonie de la Passion, Op. 20

Bach’s Lunch Recital: February 2, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Partita: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766, Pierre Cochereau – Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne, Pamela Decker – Nightsong and Ostinato Dances, Louis Vierne – Berceuse (sur les paroles classiques)

Bach’s Lunch Recital: January 5, 2021
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: George Baker – Variations on Rouen, Augustin Barié – Intermezzo (Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 5), M. Enrico Bossi – Chant du soir, Op. 92, no. 1, Bedrich Wiedermann – Impetuoso

Bach’s Lunch Recital: December 1, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – In dulci jubilo, BWV 729, Dietrich Buxtehude – In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197, Anton Heiller – Partita ‘Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele’, Sigfrid Karg-Elert – Macht hoch die Tür, Op. 65, no. 8, Johann Pachelbel – Vom Himmel hoch, P. 52 and P 478, Max Reger – Weihnachten, Op. 145, no. 3

Bach’s Lunch Recital: October 6, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Fantasia et Fuga in g, BWV 542, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599, Passacaglia et thema fugatum, BWV 582, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

Bach’s Lunch Recital: September 1, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Toccata con fuga in d, BWV 565, Guy Bovet – Toccata planyavska, Theodore Dubois – Toccata, Johann Jakob Froberger – Toccata II, FbWV 102, Charles-Marie Widor – Toccata (Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 42, no. 1), Pietro Yon – Humoresque (Toccatina for Flutes)

Bach’s Lunch Recital: July 7, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Nancy Plummer Faxon – Toccata, Calvin Hampton – Lullaby (Suite no. 2), Vincent Persichetti – Dryden Liturgical Suite, Leo Sowerby – Fantasy for Flute Stops (Suite for Organ)

Bach’s Lunch Recital: June 2, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Jean Langlais – Trois paraphrases Grégoriennes, Op. 5, Charles Tournemire – Choral-  improvisation sur le “Victimae paschali”

Bach’s Lunch Recital: May 5, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: Dan Miller – Great is Thy Faithfulness, Richard Purvis – Contemplation on TALLIS’ CANON, Bernard Wayne Sanders – My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, George Shearing – I Love Thee, My Lord, Albert L. Travis – Toccata on MARION, Variations on NETTLETON

Bach’s Lunch Recital: April 7, 2020
First Baptist Church – Asheville, North Carolina
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618, Anton Heiller – Ecce lignum crucis, Jean Langlais – Les Rameaux, Jean Langlais – Méditation (Suite médiévale)

Solo Organ Recital: March 8, 2020
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul – Washington, D.C.
Repertoire: George Baker – Variations on Rouen, Augustin Barié – Intermezzo (Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 5), M. Enrico Bossi – Chat du soir, Op. 92, no. 1, André Isoir – Six Variations sur un psaume huguenot, Op. 1, Jean Langlais – Méditation (Suite médiévale), Bedrich Wiedermann – Impetuoso

Solo Organ Recital: February 21, 2020
The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul – Detroit, Michigan
Repertoire: J.S. Bach – Praeludium et Fuga in D, BWV 532, George Baker – Variations on Rouen, Augustin Barié – Intermezzo (Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 5), M. Enrico Bossi – Chat du soir,     Op. 92, no. 1, André Isoir – Six Variations sur un psaume huguenot, Op. 1, Jean Langlais –  Méditation (Suite médiévale), Bedrich Wiedermann – Impetuoso