“Dazzling … His virtuosity was simply remarkable … Mr. Dettra’s performance was pure euphoria for the audience.” — The Washington Examiner
Wagner: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bach: Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
Mozart: Fantasia in F Minor, KV 608
Franck: Choral No. 3 in A Minor
Duruflé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
Acclaimed as one of America’s outstanding concert organ virtuosos, Scott Dettra’s playing is known for its clarity, rhythmic intensity, and musical elegance, and has been described by The American Organist as “music making of absolute authority and sophisticated expression.” Mr. Dettra serves as Organist of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, teaches on the organ faculty of Southern Methodist University, and is organist for The Crossing, the multi-Grammy-winning professional chamber choir based in Philadelphia. His performances have been broadcast on such radio programs as American Public Media’s Pipedreams and Performance Today, the BBC’s Choral Evensong, and The New York Philharmonic This Week.
Throughout 2022, Mr. Dettra undertook a celebrated national tour of the complete organ works of César Franck in commemoration of the composer’s bicentenary. Recent and upcoming performances include appearances in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Kansas City. Festival appearances include the Lincoln Center Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Arizona Bach Festival, the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. He has been a featured performer at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, the Organ Historical Society, and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator for master classes, workshops, and competitions. Mr. Dettra holds two degrees from Westminster Choir College, where he was a student of Joan Lippincott, and has studied organ and jazz piano at Manhattan School of Music.
