Short Biography:
Jonathan Rudy, a native of Batavia, IL, is proud to follow a sacred music vocation. He regularly appears in locations across the United States, including appearances at the AGO National Convention in Houston, the 2017 ALCM National Conference, as well as with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Rudy was awarded First and Audience Prizes in the 2014 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. He has also received awards and recognitions in the National Organ Playing Competition in Fort Wayne, IN, and the Regional Competition for Young Organists in 2011, amongst others.
Dr. Rudy is received his Doctorate in Organ and Sacred Music at Indiana University, studying with Janette Fishell and Bruce Neswick. His prior degrees are from Indiana and Valparaiso Universities (studying with Lorraine Brugh and Karel Paukert), and studied in High School with Karl Bruhn and his mother, Melinda J. Rudy. Jonathan D. Rudy currently serves as Cantor / Director of Music at Grace Lutheran Church, Clarksville, TN, where he leads the congregation and musical ensembles in song, and where he lives with his beautiful wife, Katie, and two children.
Jonathan Rudy, a native of Batavia, IL, is proud to follow a sacred music vocation. He regularly appears in locations across the United States, including appearances at the AGO National Convention in Houston, the 2017 ALCM National Conference, as well as with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Rudy was awarded First and Audience Prizes in the 2014 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. He has also received awards and recognitions in the National Organ Playing Competition in Fort Wayne, IN, and the Regional Competition for Young Organists in 2011, amongst others.
Dr. Rudy is received his Doctorate in Organ and Sacred Music at Indiana University, studying with Janette Fishell and Bruce Neswick. His prior degrees are from Indiana and Valparaiso Universities (studying with Lorraine Brugh and Karel Paukert), and studied in High School with Karl Bruhn and his mother, Melinda J. Rudy. Jonathan D. Rudy currently serves as Cantor / Director of Music at Grace Lutheran Church, Clarksville, TN, where he leads the congregation and musical ensembles in song, and where he lives with his beautiful wife, Katie, and two children.