Margreeth Chr. de Jong, M.A. Performing Arts (Organ) P.O. Box 94 NL-4330 AB Middelburg Office hours: by appointment Tel. 0118-655500 / fax 0118-655508 E-mail:

Professional and Academic Career

Margreeth Chr. [Margaretha Christina] de Jong graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory (1986) with Diplomas in Church Music (including Organ Improvisation), Music Pedagogy Organ, and Organ Solo Performance, obtaining a 10 -- the highest possible mark in the Netherlands.

On the basis of this very exceptional achievement, the Dutch Ministry of Welfare, Health, and Cultural Affairs awarded her trice with a grant for further special study abroad. De Jong specialized with Guy Bovet in Switzerland, and with Jean Langlais and Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais at the famous Schola Cantorum in Paris, France, where she earned the Prix de Virtuosité in 1988, again with highest distinction (“avec la mention Maximum”).

She won a First Prize at the International UFAM-Organ Competition (‘degré honneur’) in Paris, France, and another First prize at the International César-Franck-Competition in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

In 1994, she was awarded with the silver medallion by the Société Académique “Arts - Sciences - Lettres” in Paris in recognition of her contributions to French organ culture.

Margreeth Chr. de Jong is music director/organist of the (Protestant) Nieuwe Kerk in Middelburg. She has performed for highly esteemed guests and dignitaries, such as the Queen of the Netherlands, Nelson Mandela, and Desmond Tutu.

As a concert organist, she has given numerous solo recitals in Western Europe. Her concerts in foreign countries were programmed in major concert series and include recitals in Ingolstadt (Liebfraumünster), Mannheim (Christuskirche), Munich (St. Markuskirche), Xanten (Domkirche), Gladbeck (St. Lamberti), Eisenach (Stadtkirche), Altenburg (Schloßkirche) and further international series in e.g. Moers, Essen, Hamburg, Kiel, and Bonn (Germany); Pecs (Hungary); Paris (La Chapelle St-Louis de la Salpêtrère), Mulhouse (Temple St.-Jean), St.-Remy-en-Provence (France); Brussels, Gent, Antwerp (Cathedral; St. Josepskerk; St. Joriskerk), Brugge (Belgium); Basle (St. Leonhard, Pauluskirche, Münster), St. Gallen (Stiftkirche; St. Laurenzen) Bern, and Zurich (Switzerland). She also made a number of radio, television, and CD recordings (see below).

As a teacher, she has tutored a circle of students from the Netherlands and abroad. She has also given lectures/workshops to associations of organists. As a composer, a number of her pieces have been published and recorded. Among her compositions for choir and organ are Psaume 42 pour Choeur et Orgue (1997), a large-scale work which has also been recorded on CD, and Psalm 23 (English text; 2001 – for an audio sample, see below). Inspired by the ideas of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she wrote a composition for choir entitled “Vrijheid” (“Freedom”).

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Key Publications

In addition to the works mentioned below, a number of individual compositions have appeared in various editions and journals, and recitals were recorded for radio and television by several broadcasting organizations. For a more complete list of compositions, please click here.

Key Publications I: Compositions

• Variations sur un Cantique pour Orgue Op. 1 (Utrecht: Music Type 1994) [27 pp.]
• Cinq Choral Préludes pour Orgue Op. 2 (Utrecht: Music Type 1995) [pp. 34.]
• Livres de Psaumes -Vijf psalmbewerkingen voor orgel (Rotterdam: Lindenberg 2002) [vi & 21 pp.]
• Vrijheid (Middelburg: Provincie Zeeland, 2002)
• ‘Andächtige Musique’. Psalmen en gezangen voor orgel Vol. I (Houten: Den Hertog 2004) [24 pp.]
• Nieuw Orgelboek bij de 491 Gezangen van het Liedboek voor de Kerken [Nrs. 15, 55, 113, 144, 205, 260, 409, 416, 443] (Zoetermeer: Uitgeverij Boekencentrum, 2004)
• 'Andächtige Musique’. Psalmen en gezangen voor orgel Vol. II (Houten: Den Hertog 2005) [24 pp.]
• ‘Andächtige Musique’. Psalmen en gezangen voor orgel, Vol. III (Houten: Den Hertog 2006) [24 pp.]
• ‘Andächtige Musique’. Psalmen en gezangen voor orgel, Vol. IV (Houten: Den Hertog 2006) [iv & 24 pp.]
• Psalm 23: “The King of Love my Shepherd is”. For Mixed Choir and Organ (Voorschoten: Koninklijke Christelijke Zangersbond 2006)
• Psaume 42: “Comme une biche soupire”. For mixed Choir and Organ (available through the library of the Koninklijke Christelijke Zangersbond, Voorschoten)
• Liturgische Muziek voor Koor, Orgel en Gemeente. Ordinarium – Apostolische Geloofsbelijdenis – Magnificat (Heerenveen: Intrada Muziekuitgave 2006)
  
• Two Motets for Choir and Organ, in Schriftmotetten, Vol. II: 27 Schriftmotetten van Pasen tot Pinksteren (Heerenveen: Intrada Muziekuitgave 2006)
• Fantaisie sur "Christe, qui lux es et dies" (Veenhuizen: Boeijenga, 2007)
• Variations on a Dutch Children's Song ["Kom mee naar buiten, allemaal] A Tribute to Michiel de Ruyter ["in een blauw geruite kiel"] (Veenhuizen: Boeijenga, 2007)
• Five Preludes for Christmas (Veenhuizen: Boeijenga, 2007)
• Three Children's Songs for Soprano and Organ [text: William Blake] (Veenhuizen: Boeijenga, 2009)
  

Key Publications II: CD Recordings

• Grote Kerk Dordrecht, 1993. (Compositions by César Franck, Charles-‘Marie Widor, Siegfried Karg-Elert, Max Reger, Jehan Alain, and Jean Langlais)
• Female Composers. Rotterdam, Grote of St. Laurenskerk, 1994. (Compositions of Marianne von Martinez, Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Benna Moe, Jeanne Demessieux, and Margaretha Christina de Jong)
• De Rijckere Orgel. Oostkerk Middelburg, 1994. (Includes compositions of Nicolas de Grigny, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Johann Ludwig Krebs)
• Duyschot/Müller Orgel. Lutherse Kerk Middelburg, 1995. (Includes compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, Anthoni van Noordt, Antonio Vivaldi, and Christian Ernst Graf)
• “Comme une biche”. Zierikzee, 1997. With vocal works performed by the Thuredrecht Cantorij [Choir master: Trudi Koelemanl. (Includes compositions of Willem Lootens, Willem Mudde, Ferdinand Timmermans, and Margaretha Christina de Jong)
• Romantic Organ Music. Middelburg, Nieuwe Kerk, 1998. (Compositions of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Max Reger, Marco Enrico Bossi, Marcel Dupré, Cor Kee, and Margaretha Christina de Jong)
• All-Round Organ Sound. Middelburg, Nieuwe Kerk, 2006. (Compositions of Pieter Bustijn, Albert van Os, Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Margreeth Christina de Jong, and Zolt Gárdonyi)
• Andächtige Musique. Middelburg, Nieuwe Kerk, 2006. (Compositions in baroque style by De Jong based on Psalm and Hymn tunes)
• The Best of Mendelssohn. [Double CD with well-known and unknown organ works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy] Middelburg, Nieuwe Kerk, 2008.
  

• A&H 197 Elementary Performing I
• A&H 198 Elementary Performing II
• A&H 297 Intermediate Performing I
• A&H 298 Intermediate Performing II
• A&H 397 Advanced Performing I
• A&H 398 Advanced Performing II