Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

Recitalist fills sanctuary with Allen Organ tunes

Dedication Recital celebrates the installation of the new Allen Organ with Recitalist Nathaniel Gumbs, on Sunday, October 25.
Gumbs, a graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA and candidate for the master of music degree in organ performance, Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music, is an organist at Trinity Baptist Church in the Bronx.
The young organist fills the sanctuary with an octet of renditions from Louis Vierne's  (1870-1937) Symphony No. 1  to Prelude and Fugue and Great is Thy Faithfulness to Toccata on Amazing Grace. The recital receives a standing ovation and the audience members shake hands and thank Gumbs for his performance.