Eric Plutz
Princeton University Organist Eric Plutz brings clarity, color, and musical authority to the Rosales/Parsons organ.
Sunday, January 24, 2027, 5:30 pm
For more than two decades, Eric Plutz has served as University Organist at Princeton University, playing for services, academic ceremonies, and concerts in the great Princeton University Chapel. He is also Lecturer in Music and Instructor of Organ at Princeton, combining the daily craft of a university organist with an active career as a recitalist, recording artist, and teacher.
Plutz is especially known for performances that reveal the architecture and expressive range of large-scale organ repertoire. His ambitious Vierne Project brought all six of Louis Vierne’s organ symphonies to venues across the United States, followed by a complete recording made on six different American instruments. His recordings also include B A C H: The Gamut from “A” to “G,” an imaginative exploration of Bach’s organ music arranged by key.
At St. James, Plutz brings that command of musical structure and instrumental color to the 2023 Rosales/Parsons organ. Its six divisions, 79 ranks, 102 stops, and 4,551 pipes offer a remarkable spectrum of sound, from sharply etched counterpoint and intimate solo colors to broad symphonic ensembles and the full power of the instrument. The church’s resonant acoustic allows those colors to unfold with unusual clarity and presence.
This recital offers an opportunity to hear a exceptional musician encounter a major new American organ, matching the character of the instrument to the style, scale, and expressive demands of each work. Admission is free, and no ticket is required.
About the Artist
Eric Plutz has served for more than two decades as University Organist at Princeton University, where he plays for Chapel services, academic ceremonies, and solo concerts, accompanies the Chapel Choir, manages the weekly After Noon Concert Series, and teaches organ. His performance career has taken him to major venues across the United States and abroad, including Salzburg, Berlin, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, San Francisco, Atlanta, West Point, Longwood Gardens, and Ocean Grove. He has been a featured artist at regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society, and his playing has been heard on With Heart and Voice, Pipedreams, and the Wanamaker Organ Hour. His recordings include several solo albums on the Pro Organo label and the Affetto release B A C H - The Gamut from A to G, recorded on the Mander/Skinner organ in Princeton University Chapel.