Seventh-day Adventist Church in Harlem, and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church New York Churches, including Abyssinian Baptist Church, Ephesus Before relocating to North Carolina, she was the organist at It is currently the principal organ in the Chapel of the Mission Dolores.Is the Director of Music at First Reformed Church of Cary, NorthĬarolina. The basic design was considered a triangle whose sides are the American Guild of Organists' search for a standard organ console design, the Estey Organ Company's manufacture of an organ built to that design, and Archer Gibson, the man for whom it was named. The Estey Organ Company's "Gibson" Model (later known as the Studio) Organ, was America's most prestigious two-manual and pedal reed organ. This instrument is a very sophisticated reed organ designed as a practice instrument for organists playing pipe organs. Jerome will be playing the Mission Dolores' Estey G.
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Lenk’s professional memberships include the American Guild of Organists, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity. Lenk can be heard on recording with the Basilica Choir, the San Francisco Concert Chorale, The Choral Project of San Jose, and on a solo recording of organ music recorded at Mission Dolores. He actively composes and arranges primarily liturgical music for the Basilica and has written several psalm and mass settings. Lenk is a published composer with his arrangement of Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley released through GIA Publications in Chicago. His credits include the San Francisco Opera Merola Program, Opera San Jose, the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute, San Jose/Cleveland Ballet, San Jose StatĮ University Opera Workshop, and The University of Iowa. Lenk is also experienced as a vocal coach and assistant conductor. His principal teachers have included Groff Bittner, Thomas Yancey, John Ditto, John Simms and Delores Bruch. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance with an organ minor from Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri, and the Master of Fine Arts degree in performance from the University of Iowa. Lenk began his musical studies on piano at the age of seven and on the organ at age nine. He has also collaborated with Robert Shaw, Eugene Butler and Jörg Demus. His extensive experience as an accompanist includes appearances with the San Francisco Opera Merola Program, Western Opera Theatre, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Mateo Masterworks Chorale, San Jose Symphony, Golden Gate Men’s Chorus, San Francisco Concert Chorale, San Francisco Lyric Chorus, The Choral Project of San Jose, and the Valley Concert Chorale. He has performed recitals and conducted the outstanding Basilica Choir in California, Mexico, and Italy. He is active as a recitalist and accompanist and maintains a private coaching studio. His duties include administration of a music program of four choirs, providing musical support for regular weekend liturgies and all major feasts, coordinating and developing cantors, and conducting the Basilica Choir in major concerts each year. JEROME LENK currently serves as Director of Music and Liturgy, as well as Principal Organist for Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco.