Southern Nevada AGO chapter will present Dorothy Young Riess in her 80th birthday celebration concert at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Doc Rando Hall, on May 6 at 7:30 pm.
Dr. Riess won the National AGO Young Artists Competition in 1952. She studied with Mildred Andrews at the University of Oklahoma, Marcel Dupré in France, and Frank Bozyan at Yale. After serving two years as organist-choirmaster at the American Church, Rome, Italy, she left a promising organ concert career to become a physician, and received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1969.
Following 40 years in medicine, Riess retired and resumed organ playing. Her program, “Music of Joy,” will include works by Langlais, Bach, Brahms, Karg-Elert, Shostakovich, Joplin, and Messiaen.
She is associate organist at First Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, and maintains her performance edge through a vigorous program of weight training and swimming.
For further information see www.dyriessmd.com or
www.members.cox.net/snc-ago/.
