Steven C. Grubb, a 1976 honors
graduate of Cal-state, holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees in organ
performance. This particular performance will show-case music for the
organ from France by I.M. Clerambault, from Germany with selections by
Bach and Telemann, from Spain featuring "Differencias sabra la Gallarda
Milanesa" by Cabezon, and from England with music by Croft, Byrd, Heron
and Bennett. A bonus for Mr. Grubb's audiences is the narrative that
accompanies each work, bringing the audience to a closer understanding
of the music presented.
Mr. Grubb has been the director of Music at Grace Lutheran Church
in Modesto since 1971. He has served on the faculty of Modesto Junior
College since 1976, where he teaches elements piano, music appreciation
and a course on the musical growth and development of The Beatles. In
addition to these courses, he also teaches harpsichord and heads the
largest pipe organ program at the community college level in
California. A recipient of a full tuition scholarship to Cal-State East
Bay, from former MJC Music Department Chairman, Robert McKnight, he has
studied organ with Dr. Robert Larson and Kenneth Mansfield, Jr. His
studies abroad have included advanced master classes with the late
Klass Bolt of the world renown St. Bavo Church in Haarlem Holland;
Harald Vogel, Director of Organ Studies at the North German Organ
Academy, Joan Lippincott, formerly of Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Manz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
St. Luke in Chicago and Anthony Newman, formerly of the Julliard School
of Music in New York City. He is an active member of
the Stanislaus Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has served as Dean for that chapter.
Mr. Grubb lives in Modesto with his wife, Helen. They have three grown
children.A man of many skills, Steven Grubb enjoys trap and black
powder shooting, historical reenactments of the mountain man era and
renaissance periods, cooking, camping, traveling abroad, wine-tasting
and gardening.
Tickets for the concert are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students
under 18. Tickets may be ordered by mail using the order form on this
web site. They may also be purchased at Sonora Music and the Mountain
Bookshop. They may also be purchased at the door or by calling (209)
984-0704. A reception in the parish hall follows the concert.