ORGANIST
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Jackson Borges
Jackson Borges began formal studies in piano and voice at age 13 and organ at age 15. Since that time, he has been in demand to serve in capacities ranging from accompanist to vocalist, church musician to concert soloist and vocal and instrumental coach to musical theatre player. Jackson has performed extensively at home and abroad in venues such as the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, St. Paul’s Cathedral and First United Methodist Church, San Diego, Grace Church (Episcopal), New York City, and Khandallah Presbyterian Church, Wellington, New Zealand. He has also toured as vocalist and duet partner with American concert organist Stephen Tharp in Düsseldorf, Bonn-Beuel, Soest and Bocholt, Germany. His orchestral debut was made in 2005 performing as organ soloist for Joseph Jongen’s monumental “Symphonie Concertante” with the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony. That same year, he served as organist for the same institution’s Southern Chorale at the American Choral Director’s Association National Convention, performing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Jackson has premiered new organ works by American composers Carolyn Hamlin and Daniel E. Gawthrop and has been awarded top scholarship and competition prizes from the American Guild of Organists, the Spreckels Organ Society and the Pacific Council of Organ Clubs.
Jackson earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from San Diego State University where he studied with Robert Plimpton. Jackson earned the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, studying with Alan Morrison and has had additional coaching in improvisation from Bruce Neswick, Stephen Tharp and the late Tom Hazleton. Currently, he serves as organist for Morristown United Methodist Church in Morristown, New Jersey, choir accompanist for the Princeton Girl Choir and an accompanist for the American Boy Choir School, both in Princeton, New Jersey.
Jackson earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from San Diego State University where he studied with Robert Plimpton. Jackson earned the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, studying with Alan Morrison and has had additional coaching in improvisation from Bruce Neswick, Stephen Tharp and the late Tom Hazleton. Currently, he serves as organist for Morristown United Methodist Church in Morristown, New Jersey, choir accompanist for the Princeton Girl Choir and an accompanist for the American Boy Choir School, both in Princeton, New Jersey.
