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Mark Laubach - Concert Organist

Since January 1986 Mark Laubach has served as Organist and Choirmaster of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, where he administers an active liturgical and choral music program, concert series, and Music from St. Stephen's, a radio broadcast heard weekly on WVIA 89.9 FM Public Radio. In 2008 Bishop Paul Marshall made Mark Honorary Canon Precentor of the Diocese in recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to the musical and liturgical life of the Diocese of Bethlehem. Mark received a Bachelor's Degree in Church Music from Westminster Choir College, a Master's Degree in Organ Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and served for one year as Fellow in Church Music at Washington National Cathedral. His organ teachers have included Clinton Miller, George Markey, Donald McDonald, and David Craighead. Since winning first prize in the 1984 American Guild of Organists (AGO) National Competition, Mark has performed in many of the most prominent churches and concert halls in the USA, and in Great Britain and Germany. Notable UK recitals have included appearances at Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral in London, King's College Chapel in Cambridge, and cathedrals in Bristol, Chichester, Gloucester, Lincoln, Norwich, and Wells. He is a frequent recitalist, clinician, and competition adjudicator for National and Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and National and Regional Conferences of the AAM Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM). He has recorded three critically acclaimed compact discs on the Pro Organo label Teutonic Titanics, French Fest, and Mosaics in Sound. A fourth CD recording is planned for recording in late 2013 or early 2014. Canon Laubach teaches organ students privately and at Marywood University in Scranton. He was recently selected to join a roster of American organists represented by the Concert Artists Cooperative, based in Sebastopol, California.