Events & Celebrations
Jillian Gardner - Eccles Organ Festival
Eccles Organ Festival
January 10 | 8 PM
Jillian Gardner
Jillian Gardner is Director of Music at First United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Alabama, and Adjunct Instructor of Organ at the University of Alabama in Huntsville — the only institution in Alabama offering a degree in organ or church music. In 2025, she co-founded the Huntsville Sacred Chorale, an auditioned professional ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of sacred choral music in North Alabama.
An internationally sought-after recitalist, Jillian has performed at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Washington National Cathedral, and Grace Cathedral, and has been featured on Pipedreams and at AGO and OHS conventions. Her ECS Publishing transcriptions have been widely performed, and she has served on the AGO National Board as Councillor for Young Organists. A graduate of Oberlin and Baylor, she is a Diapason Top 20 Under 30 honoree.
All of our concerts are FREE and open to the public – No tickets or passes are required. Seating is first-come first-served starting at 7:15 PM. Two seats will be reserved at each Eccles Organ Festival concert for all Friends in the Benefactor and Patron tiers, and four seats will be reserved for all Friends in the Ambassador and Founder tiers, until 7:45 PM.
Program
Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Jubilate
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
César Franck (1822–1890)
Cantabile
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Intermezzo from Symphony No. 6, Op. 42
Jason Roberts (b. 1986)
Spanish Suite
I. Intrada
II. Jota
III. Habañera
IV. Final
Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
Scherzetto from Organ Sonata in C Minor
Francis Jackson (1917–2022)
Toccata, Chorale and Fugue
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Paean