Adán Fernández at the organ console

Organist · Harpsichordist · Conductor

Adán Alejándro
Fernández

Director of Music and Liturgy, Holy Family Catholic Church, GlendaleUniversity Organist, California Lutheran University

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Working where the pipe organ, the Catholic liturgy, and the sacred music of Latin America meet.

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Biography

Dr. Adán Alejándro Fernández is Director of Music and Liturgy and Organist at Holy Family Catholic Church in Glendale, California, and University Organist at California Lutheran University. He plays harpsichord with the early music consort Hortus Musicus, teaches music theory at the Colburn School, and founded and led the Glendale Youth Symphony for seven years. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in sacred music from the University of Southern California.

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Adán Fernández directing from the harpsichord
Listen

At the console, and in front of the choir.

Three recordings to start with.

Variations on “America”Charles Ives
RubricsDan Locklair
VillancicosJuan Gutiérrez de PadillaFirst performance in three hundred years
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Work with Adán

Performing

Organ and harpsichord recitals, concerto appearances, and conducting engagements, from parish churches to Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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Teaching

An organ and piano studio at Cal Lutheran, theory at the Colburn School, and masterclasses and residencies for church musicians.

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Writing & scholarship

Articles, lectures, and choral music, published by GIA, MusicSpoke, and the Hymn Society.

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Recital dates and new writing, a few times a year.

Patrons

Under the patronage of Saint Óscar Romero, Saint Hildegard of Bingen, and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

  • Saint Óscar Romero

    Saint Óscar Romero

    Archbishop of San Salvador and martyr. Feast, March 24

    The glory of God is the poor person fully alive.

    Address at the University of Louvain, February 2, 1980
  • Saint Hildegard of Bingen receiving a vision

    Saint Hildegard of Bingen

    Composer and Doctor of the Church. Feast, September 17

    Music softens hard hearts, draws forth the tears of compunction, and calls down the Holy Spirit.

    Scivias, Book III, Vision 13
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe, the image on Saint Juan Diego's tilma

    Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Patroness of the Americas. Feast, December 12

    Am I not here, I who am your mother?

    To Saint Juan Diego, Nican Mopohua, 1531