FREE Christmas Concert and Sing-Along!

December 23rd, 2007 - 7:00 PM
Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
1661 Fifteenth Street at Julian Avenue San Francisco, CA 94103-3511
(415) 861-1436
www.saintjohnsf.org
Price: $0

Please join us for this FREE Christmas concert and JOIN IN on singing some of your favorite carols.

I'll be performing solo (Christmas isn't complete for me if I can't perform O Holy Night somewhere), duo and with YOU. Charles Rus is my concert co-conspirator. He's a pianist/organist/vocalist and super cool San Francisco person (he frequently kayaks under the Golden Gate bridge!).

A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Charles Rus has given solo concerts throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. He is also organist for the San Francisco Symphony and has played many soloist and ensemble roles with the orchestra in their home at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. He has also toured extensively with them.

Charles began his involvement with the organ by working with George Bozeman and Company Organbuilders in Deerfield, New Hampshire. After receiving degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Folkwang Hochschule für Musik in Germany. His teachers include Russell Saunders, Robert Glasgow, John Ferris, and Gisbert Schneider.

Mr. Rus has been Professor of Organ at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition to teaching and performing, he is musician at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist. He is a composer of mainly choral music, some of which is published in the Episcopal Church's hymnal Wonder, Love, and Praise.

Mr. Rus can also be heard on solo recordings and with the San Francisco Symphony.