Wade Dingman – Past Concerts

Wade Dingman is a multi-faceted performer, coach, and accompanist. He started building his broad record of Organ performance experience following his postgraduate organ studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he was one of four organists chosen nationally to perform in the international symposium The Organ in the New Millenium. He holds a Master of Music in Organ Performance from the University of Notre Dame and Germany's highest degree in Organ Performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock, Germany. Equally at home as organist, pianist, or vocal accompanist, Wade has performed extensively in the Pacific Northwest and throughout Europe, in venues such as St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland; Marienkirche, Stralsund, Germany; Yorkminster, England; Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria; the American Embassy in Berlin, Germany; Italy, Hungary, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Bellingham Festival of Music, Pacific Northwest Opera, North Carolina and New York. A native of Washington state, Wade is a graduate from Western Washington University who holds degrees in both Piano and French. He furthered his studies in piano, vocal accompanying and opera coaching in Salzburg and Graz, Austria; and has worked in Austria, Germany and Italy as a vocal coach, language coach and accompanist. He currently serves as Principal Organist at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle.