Worship Arts Apr May Jun 2023

Meet Our Clinicians

Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Thompson Worship Planner and Leader

Orgiano Duo Organ and Piano Concert

Jacqueline Thompson is an Elder in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church. She currently pastors Burns UMC in Des Moines – founded in 1866 as the first Black Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa. She also serves as the co-chair of the Iowa Conference Order of Elders and sits on the board of the Iowa United Methodist Foundation as its treasurer. While earning the Master of Divinity at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, she won awards in public worship and scripture reading. Jacqueline has served as a member of the Iowa Annual Conference Worship Team, a member of The Fellowship’s 2017 Convocation Worship Design Team, a member of The Fellowship’s 2019 Convocation Design Team, and is currently part of the writing team for “Memos for Preachers” that are published by the Iowa Conference’s Communication Ministry and appear in UM Insights. Prior to ordained ministry, Jacqueline served as a church musician and a fine arts Academy. She earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory and holds a permanent professional teaching certificate in the State of Iowa.

Scott Montgomery, organist, and Frode Gundersen, pianist, officially became Orgiano Duo after embarking on a Baltics concert tour in 2018, performing programs in Estonia, Latvia, and Sweden. Prior to this Scott and Frode worked together at Central UMC in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was during a 9-month construction phase for a new pipe organ that they placed two pianos in the sanctuary and began playing two-piano duets. This eventually led to the exploration of organ-piano repertoire. In 2019, Orgiano Duo embarked on another European concert tour, this time to Belgium, and since then have played concerts in numerous churches. During the pandemic, Orgiano Duo found a larger audience after producing numerous short concert videos, which were widely viewed and shared over social media. And while Frode and Scott are exploring recording their first album, nothing brings Orgiano Duo more pleasure than sharing their music with an audience.

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