Concert Features Organ Music for the Hands and Feet

One of the Brown Bag’s most popular performers, Kraybill will perform organ pieces played by hands alone, others written for feet alone, and music that lets the hands and feet dance together. The works will span centuries, from the 1600s to 2018, by André Campra, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Charles Griffes, Rachel Laurin, and Gwyneth Walker.

The Brown Bag concerts are free (donations accepted) and held at noon in the sanctuary at Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO 64111.

Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated performer, dynamic speaker, and enthusiastic advocate for the power of music to change lives. In addition to maintaining a very active concert schedule, in Kansas City, she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ headquarters.

At age 16 in Colby, Kansas, Jan was invited to play her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She has performed in many venues in North America and Europe, as well as Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. Organizations such as the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada (THS), and various broadcasts have featured her as a speaker and performer. Several solo and collaborative recordings are available, including her Grammy-nominated album The Orchestral Organ, nominated as Best Classical Instrumental Solo and in two other Grammy categories in 2020.

Dr. Kraybill has degrees in music education and piano and organ performance. She attained the AGO’s Fellow certificate, organists’ highest certification level, in 2010. In 2024, THS named her a Fellow of the Hymn Society. Her extra-musical interests include lacemaking, painting, and riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Visit www.jankraybill.com for more information.

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