Jason Alden, DMA

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Contact

940-898-2500

Degrees

Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Michigan
Master of Music, Valparaiso University
Bachelor of Arts, Elmhurst College

Profile

Jason Alden is a native of Rockford, Illinois, and a graduate of Elmhurst College, Valparaiso University, and the University of Michigan.  His organ instructors have included Lorraine Brugh, Martin Jean, Robert Glasgow, James Kibbie, and Karl Schrock.  He also studied harpsichord with William Eifrig, Jr., and Edward Parmentier.

Dr. Alden lived in Costa Rica from 1999-2003 while he performed the restoration of two organs from 1890 by the Belgian firm of Pierre Schyven.  His documentation of the organs of Costa Rica was published in The Tracker.  His doctoral research project, Perriola: The Roy Perry Organ Project, focused on the Æeolian-Skinner pipe organs of Roy Perry. 

Dr. Alden served on the faculty of Elmhurst College (Illinois) as Teaching Associate in Organ, and has also held the position of Assistant Professor of Music and University Organist at Concordia University in Ann Arbor (Michigan).  He is a popular recitalist and has presented concerts throughout the United States and Latin America, France, and Spain, including performances at the East Texas Organ Festival and numerous national conventions for the Organ Historical Society.  His performances have also been heard on the nationally syndicated radio program Pipedreams.

His most recent recording project Louis Vierne: 1913-1914 is presently scheduled for release at the end of 2023.  His previous CD, French Organ Music, performed on the Juget-Sinclair organ at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas, was released in January of 2016 on the Raven label.  

Since 2007, Dr. Alden has been the proprietor of Alden Organ Service in Plano, Texas.

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