The Program
Cortège et Litanie -  Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
          Performed in memory of Jim Edgy (1936-2010)
Partita on "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig," BWV 768 -
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
          Chorale and 11 Variations
Aria on a Chaconne for Organ - Joel Martinson (b. 1960)
Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach
La Vierge et L'Enfant (from La Nativité du Seigneur) -
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
          "Behold a virgin shall conceive, for unto us a child is born,
          unto us a Son is given. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,
          behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just and lowly."
          Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Zechariah 9:9
Covington Toccata (2011) - Daniel E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)

About John Deaver
John A. Deaver has served Trinity Episcopal Church in Covington, Kentucky, as director of music and organist since September 1980. He is a founder and frequent performer on the Midday Musical Menu luncheon concert series. He also serves as organist-choirmaster for the Convent of the Transfiguration in Glendale, Ohio.

He holds degrees, among them a doctorate, from Davidson College, Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University, and the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. His teachers have included Roberta Gary, Arthur Rhea, Wilmer Hayden Welsh, and Carl Broman.

John is adjunct assistant professor of organ at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati where he teaches organ repertoire. He is active in the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, where he has served as dean, and the Association of Anglican Musicians, where he has served as secretary and publicist. He is currently secretary of the Anglican Musicians Foundation.