The 4×4 Organ Concert!
Four pipe organs and four organists, all in one concert!
In this moveable musical feast, audience members begin in Watchorn Hall, then move to the other organ rooms in the church, hearing a short recital in each location. Music is chosen to highlight the special characteristics of each instrument.
Featuring John L. Edwards, Tyler Stone, Melissa Plamann, and Nolan P. Reilly.
John L. Edwards plays the Möller organ in Watchorn Hall
JOHN L. EDWARDS is the Organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City, where he has served since May 1, 1991.
In addition to being an organist, John specializes in playing flutes of all types. He has the distinction of having performed on eight different flute or keyboard instruments with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. John performs regularly with the Kemp Concert Series hosted by First Presbyterian Church, also with Tactus, and the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra.
John retired from accompanying choirs at Oklahoma City University and Canterbury Voices in 2023. He had also accompanied the Edmond Community Chorale.
In 2022 the twelve major organ works od César Franck, John programed one selection per month for the Sunday morning services at First Presbyterian Church. He will perform the Six Sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn between August of 2026 through March of 2027 at FPC.
In 2025 John was named “Musician of the Year” by Oklahoma City Ladies Music Club.
Mr. Edwards received his Bachelor of Music degree from Oklahoma City University where he also did post-graduate work. His organ instructors have included Janice (Wilson) Haswell, Gretchen Smith, James Curtis “Curt” Chambers, Dr. Wilma Jensen, and Dr. Antone Godding. John has participated in organ master classes with Marilyn Mason, Clyde Holloway, and Russell P. Saunders.
He has recorded professionally with pianist Rondal J. Wallace and is a co-founding member of the instrumental ensemble Oklahoma City RONDEAU. Mr. Edwards holds the Colleague (CAGO) Certificate from the American Guild of Organists and is a member of the National Flute Association and the Oklahoma Flute Society.
Tyler Stone plays the Austin organ in the Chapel
Tyler Stone (31, Paris, TEXAS) is the Organist and Director of Church Music at New Hope United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, where he has served since 2017. He also serves as one of the organists of the Little Flower Catholic Parish.
Tyler has long been active in church music, having served as an organist since he was 13. At age 11, he was (at the time) the youngest person ever to be accepted into the Baylor Summer Organ Institute, under the late-Dr. Joyce Jones. He is twice a graduate of Oklahoma City University. While there, Tyler studied organ with Dr. Melissa Plamann and earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree in 2017. That year he was awarded the university’s Outstanding Music Educator Award in Instrumental Music. Following his student teaching with Edmond Public Schools, Mr. Stone returned to OCU to obtain his Masters of Music in Choral Conducting in 2020 with Dr. Randi von Ellefson.
Tyler is a former member of Canterbury Voices, and has also served as a collaborative pianist with the ensemble. Tyler serves as Conference Organist of the Oklahoma United Methodist Conference. One of his great passions is composing and arranging sacred music and fostering collaborative instrumental music environments in the church setting. He has had pieces commissioned by Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church. When not at the podium or the keyboard, Tyler can often be found enjoying racing on his iRacing simulator.
Dr. Melissa Plamann plays the Walcker organ in the Choir Room
Hailed as a performer of the “highest caliber,” Dr. Melissa Plamann “command[s] the console with confidence, musicality, and fine technique.” (The Tracker). Plamann is the Wanda L. Bass Chair of Organ and Professor of Music at Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music; she also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Westminster Presbyterian Church in OKC. A Wisconsin native, Plamann holds organ performance degrees from Valparaiso University and Emory University, and she was awarded her DMA from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Plamann maintains an active performing schedule, and she particularly enjoys programming 20th- and 21st-century works and collaborative pieces featuring other instruments with the organ. She is an active member and past dean of the Oklahoma City chapter of the American Guild of Organists and was recently elected as the Southwest Regional Ambassador for the national organization.
An avid scholar, Plamann recently published her first book with Bloomsbury Press. Unnerved: The Performer’s Guide to Managing Anxiety (2026) is a relatable and practical roadmap for combating each performer’s unique brand of performance anxiety by discovering and managing their root emotional drivers. More information is available at melissaplamann.com.
Nolan Patrick Reilly plays the Möller-Banks-Reuter organ in the Sanctuary
A native of Oklahoma, Nolan Patrick Reilly was appointed Director of Music and Organist at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City in February of 2022. Previously he served as Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas More University Parish for more than a decade. Under Reilly’s direction the music program at St. Thomas More expanded to become one of the most comprehensive in the area, including a full series of recitals, concerts, services, a vespers series, and a thriving parish choir which employed sixteen staff singers, an organ scholar, and an assistant organist.
Nolan Reilly’s Mass in D Minor (2016) has been used as the principal setting of the ordinary at multiple churches, including St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver.
Serving as both organist and conductor, Reilly has been involved with several convention liturgies. He played for the internationally broadcast and televised Beatification Mass of Blessed Stanley Rother (2017) and Co-Directed the dedication of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine on EWTN (2023). Subsequently he has served on committees responsible for the construction of a new church and the selection of two notable pipe organs in the region, including the refurbishment of E.M. Skinner Pipe Organ opus 422 for St. Thomas More University Parish.
Nolan holds degrees in organ performance and choral conducting from the University of Oklahoma (B.M., M.M.) and has served as Dean of the Oklahoma City and Southern Plains chapters of the American Guild of Organists. He is active as a published composer, performer, and conductor.