Leslie Peart, Organist

In September 1997, Leslie Peart was hired as church organist for Central. He joins the music leadership at Central, which follows a career of being organist-choirmaster, organ builder, and organ recitalist in many states.

Leslie has worked with immenient composers such as Alice Parker, Dale Wood, and Gilbert Martin to institute Composer's Weekends of workshops and concerts. In July of 2008, he will lead his twentieth annual England Organ tour, a series he began in 1989. He has also released multiple CD's of organ music.

Leslie Peart's Professional Background

Graduate of Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois

Graduate of the School of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, New York

1959-1964 Organist and Choirmaster, First Baptist Church, Toledo, Ohio

1963-1964 Organist and Choirmaster, Temple Beth-El, Toledo, Ohio

1964-1977 Organist and Choirmaster, First United Methodist Church, Corpus Christi, Texas

1972-1977 Organist and Choirmaster, Temple Beth-El, Corpus Christi, Texas

1965-1977 Texas area Representative, M.P. Moller Organ Company, Hagerstown, Maryland

1977-1979 Traveling as organ recitalist.

1980-1995 Organist and Choirmaster, Central Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan (retired, November 30, 1995)

1996-1997 Part time organist, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1997-present Organist, Central Christian Church, Decatur, Illinois

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