Free Farmers’ Market Concerts

Gabrielle McDougall is a 17 year old organist from San Luis Obispo, California. She currently lives in Verona, Wisconsin. She has been serving as an organist at St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff since she was 13. She currently studies organ with Dr. Andrew Schaeffer at Luther Memorial in Madison, and she will be attending Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music in the fall as an organ performance major. She occasionally performs with the Madison Diocesan Choir and has given performances in the Music at Midday concert series at Luther Memorial. She will be performing this summer on July 17th in the Summer Diocesan Organ Concert Series.

T. Jared Stellmacher, native of Ripon, Wisconsin, is Director of Worship and Music at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Madison/Verona, WI where he leads and oversees a diverse multi-campus music ministry. Previous positions include Director of Music at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Watertown, WI; Director of Music at Redeemer Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Hinsdale, IL; Interim Director of Music at First Church Congregational in Fairfield, CT; Accompanist for the critically acclaimed 100+ voice Fairfield County Chorale; Assistant Organist at the historic Riverside Church in New York City; Associate Organist at the First Presbyterian Church in New Canaan, CT; and Assistant Choral/Vocal Administrator at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. Jared has received many awards for his performance excellence, most notably first place in the American Guild of Organists Region VI Competition for Young Organists held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs; he then performed as a “Rising Star” at the National AGO Convention in Chicago. Jared received his MM from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music and BMus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.