Jillian Gardner

Jillian Gardner is Director of Music at First United Methodist Church in Huntsville, Alabama, and Adjunct Instructor of Organ at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the only institution in Alabama offering a degree in organ or church music. In 2025, she co-founded the Huntsville Sacred Chorale, an auditioned professional ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of sacred choral music in North Alabama.

An internationally sought-after recitalist, Jillian has performed at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Washington National Cathedral, and Grace Cathedral. She has been featured on Pipedreams and at AGO and OHS conventions. Her ECS Publishing transcriptions have been widely performed, and she has served on the AGO National Board as Councillor for Young Organists. A graduate of Oberlin and Baylor, she is a Diapason Top 20 Under 30 honoree.

All recitals and concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets or passes are required. Seating is first-come, first-served starting at 7:15 PM. Two seats will be reserved at each Eccles Organ Festival concert for Friends in the Benefactor and Patron tiers, and four seats for Friends in the Ambassador and Founder tiers, until 7:45 PM.

Program
- Craig Phillips (b. 1961): Jubilate
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
- César Franck (1822–1890): Cantabile
- Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937): Intermezzo from Symphony No. 6, Op. 42
- Jason Roberts (b. 1986): Spanish Suite
- I. Intrada
- II. Jota
- III. Habañera
- IV. Final
- Percy Whitlock (1903–1946): Scherzetto from Organ Sonata in C Minor
- Francis Jackson (1917–2022): Toccata, Chorale and Fugue
- Herbert Howells (1892–1983): Paean