Jacob Reed

Jacob Reed is Renate M. Thilenius Memorial Scholar in Piano and Organ at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and Lecturer in Harpsichord at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He plays basso continuo on organ and harpsichord with

ensembles across the Chicagoland area.

In 2023–24, Jacob performed Bach at Bond, a weekly series presenting the complete organ works of J.S. Bach following the liturgical calendar. The previous year, he performed the complete organ works of César Franck.

Jacob received a simultaneous BA/MA in music (double-major in mathematics) from Yale, where he studied organ with Thomas Murray and harpsichord with Arthur Haas. He then graduated with an MM in organ performance from Yale’s School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, studying with Martin Jean and serving as Organ Scholar at Grace Church in New York City. He was awarded the ISM's 2018 Robert Baker Scholarship and the YSM's 2019 Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize for excellence in organ playing.

In addition to organ recitals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, Jacob has performed widely on other keyboards, including as artist-in-residence on organ and piano at the Uncommon Music Festival in Sitka, Alaska. A piano accompanist for the Yale Opera Program, he also played in the Yale Temperament Viol Consort and harpsichord continuo for the Yale Baroque Opera Project.

Jacob received the 2023 Cathy Heifetz Memorial Award from the University of Chicago,

where he is a PhD candidate in Music Theory and History and a Neubauer Family

Distinguished Doctoral Fellow. jacobreedorgan.com

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