Janet Yieh has been newly appointed Director of Music at Church of the Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side in New York City, where she oversees a vibrant music program for all ages, and plays the 138-rank Austin Organ.
An innovative concert recitalist and sacred music specialist, Janet has been lauded for her “expressivity and technical prowess” (The American Organist), and named one of ‘20 under 30’ promising artists by The Diapason. She has performed throughout the United States and across the globe, with highlights including New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington’s National Cathedral and The Kennedy Center, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, Taipei’s Aletheia University Chapel, Japan’s Momoyama St. Andrew’s University Chapel, the American Guild of Organists’ 2022 National Convention in Seattle and the Association of Anglican Musicians’ National Conference in Richmond, and broadcasts on the national radio show Pipedreams.
For seven years, she served as Associate Organist at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City where she played weekly services, founded the St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, accompanied the Grammy-nominated Trinity Choir and Trinity Youth Chorus, and worked closely with the music and liturgy departments.
She is a co-founder of 'Amplify Female Composers' and The Advent Calendar Project,
and research contributor to A Great Host of Composers' Women Composers Database.
An innovative concert recitalist and sacred music specialist, Janet has been lauded for her “expressivity and technical prowess” (The American Organist), and named one of ‘20 under 30’ promising artists by The Diapason. She has performed throughout the United States and across the globe, with highlights including New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington’s National Cathedral and The Kennedy Center, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, Yale University’s Woolsey Hall, Taipei’s Aletheia University Chapel, Japan’s Momoyama St. Andrew’s University Chapel, the American Guild of Organists’ 2022 National Convention in Seattle and the Association of Anglican Musicians’ National Conference in Richmond, and broadcasts on the national radio show Pipedreams.
For seven years, she served as Associate Organist at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City where she played weekly services, founded the St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, accompanied the Grammy-nominated Trinity Choir and Trinity Youth Chorus, and worked closely with the music and liturgy departments.
She is a co-founder of 'Amplify Female Composers' and The Advent Calendar Project,
and research contributor to A Great Host of Composers' Women Composers Database.
NEW Upcoming Events 2023-2024Thursday, October 5 at 7:00pm
Concert with a Cause - Violin & Organ Duo with Eric Silberger - All proceeds benefitting Outreach Prison Re-entry Ministries, Church of the Heavenly Rest, East 90th St and 5th Ave, NYC Ticket information here Sunday, October 8 at 7:30pm Peabody Organ Conference Evening Recital honoring Virgil Fox, with John Walker and Marvin Mills at Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore, MD Friday, October 20 at 7:00pm Inaugural Organ Concert on the Austin Organ IV/90 Reformed Church of Bronxville, NY Sunday, October 22 at 5:00pm Post-Evensong Recital, Violin-Organ Duo with Eric Silberger Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC Sunday, November 5 at 5:00pm All Saints Choral Evensong Featuring the Choir of Church of the Heavenly Rest, NYC Sunday, December 3 at 6:30pm Organist for The Park Avenue Tree Lighting Brick Church, New York City Friday, December 8 at 6:00pm Conductor for Columbia University and Barnard College Annual Lessons and Carols St. Pauls' Chapel, Columbia University, NYC Sunday, December 10 at 5:00pm Nine Lessons and Carols Featuring The Choir, Choristers and Handbell Choir of Church of the Heavenly Rest, NYC Friday, December 15 at 6:00pm and 7:00pm and Saturday, December 16 at 6:00pm and 7:00pm Holiday Organ Concerts on the 1830 Appleton Organ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 12:15pm Organ Recital at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, "Church of the Presidents" Washington DC Friday, February 2, 2024 at 5:30pm Pre-Evensong Organ Recital for Feast of the Presentation Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, NYC Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 3:15pm Pre-Evensong Recital at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 1:00pm Pipes at One Concert, Noack Organ at St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Wall Street, NYC Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8:00pm Northern Virginia AGO Solo Organ Recital St. George's Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:00pm Solo Organ Recital St. Peter Catholic Church, Danbury, CT Monday, May 20, 2024 World Premiere of National American Guild of Organists - Pogorzelski-Yankee Prizewinning Composition Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
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