PUC Features Organist Robert Murphy

Organist Robert Murphy performs at Pacific Union College on Saturday, Jan. 12, as part of the college’s Fine Arts Series. The performance will also feature the school’s well-known Rieger organ.

Murphy, a graduate of Pacific Union College and native of Vallejo, Calif., began playing the piano at the age of seven, eventually switching to organ during high school. He received a master’s degree in sacred music from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J., and is now a music director at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in North St. Paul, Minn. Murphy oversees and conducts eight ensembles, including choral, handbell, and wind ensembles.