Nathan Laube

Nathan J. Laube (born 1987-1988[1]) is an American organist who has been Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music since 2013.[2] He is regarded as "one of the best organists of his generation in the United States".[3]

Early life

Laube was born Lake Forest, IL and grew up in Waukegan, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. His early teachers included Donna Fortney (piano), Elizabeth Naegele (organ). He studied at the Chicago Academy for the Arts for two years under the tutelage of Naegele (organ) and Louis Playford (piano, theory), before being accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age 15. From 2004 to 2009 he was a student at the Curtis Institute in the studio of Alan Morrison. During this period he also studied piano with Susan Starr, and served as an assistant organist to Peter Richard Conte at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ. From 2004-2006 he was the Organ Scholar at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Germantown (with its historic organ from 1894 designed by Carlton C. Mitchell) and from 2006-2007 at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, and additionally served as the accompanist for the Philadelphia Choral Arts Society. He graduated in May 2009 with the two highest awards given by Curtis: the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics and the Aldwell Award for Excellence in Musical Studies.

From 2010 to 2011 Laube studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régionale de Toulouse (Toulouse, France) with Michel Bouvard under the auspices of a William Fulbright Grant. In June 2011 he earned the Prix de Spécialisé and the Prix François Vidal from the city of Toulouse. In addition to his lessons with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen, it was a rich period of study and exploration of historic instruments in France (notably those of Cavaillé-Coll, the Maison Puget, as well as Clicquot, Isnard, Lépine, etc.) in particular thanks to his friend and noted organ expert, Jean-Claude Guidarini. From 2011 to 2013, Laube was enrolled in the Masters program at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany) where he studied with Ludger Lohmann under the auspices of a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) grant. There Laube focused on the questions of performance practice in Baroque and Romantic repertoires, with frequent travels to significant organs in Europe. During his time in Europe, Laube also served as Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity ("The American Cathedral") in Paris, France.

Career

In January, 2013 he was named Assistant Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, New York) and in June, 2013, he completed his studies in Europe and moved back to the United States. Promoted to Associate Professor in 2019, he taught at Eastman alongside colleagues David Higgs, Edoardo Maria Bellotti, and William Porter. In 2018 Laube additionally joined the faculty of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham, UK) as International Consultant in Organ Studies.

Laube regularly performs around the world[2] and is "universally acclaimed as one of the most brilliant organists on the concert circuit".[4][5]

In April 2019, he presented a radio program called "All the Stops" on WFMT, where he demonstrated organs in Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia and the United States over four 2-hour episodes.[6]

References
  1. "King of Instruments, back on stage - Organ music". economist.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  2. "Organists Edoardo Bellotti, Nathan Laube Appointed to Eastman School of Music Faculty - Eastman School of Music". esm.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. "US-Organist Nathan Laube in St. Lamberti: Kluger Choreograf der Klänge - Kultur - Westfälische Nachrichten". wn.de. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  4. "The Meyerson organ gets a brilliant workout from Nathan Laube". dallasnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  5. John Gilroy. "Review: Nathan Laube, organ recital, King's College Chapel - Cambridgeshire Live". cambridge-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  6. "All the Stops | 98.7WFMT". wfmt.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.


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