Princeton University Organist Eric Plutz will kick off the guest organist recital series at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove on Wednesday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. It is a free concert.

At Princeton University, Plutz’s responsibilities include playing for weekly services at the University Chapel, academic ceremonies, and solo concerts, as well as accompanying the Chapel Choir in services and concerts. He coordinates the weekly Afternoon Concert Series at the chapel, is lecturer in music and instructor of organ at Princeton University, and maintains a private studio.

Also in Princeton, Plutz is rehearsal accompanist for Princeton Pro Musica. In 2016 Plutz received the Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College of Rider University. His program will include works by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Denis Bédard, Florence B. Price, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Thalben-Ball, Alfred Hollins, and John Knowles Paine.

Ocean Grove’s Great Auditorium pipe organ is among the largest working pipe organs in the world. The mammoth instrument of 13,000-plus pipes (made of metal or wood, depending on the tonal characteristics of the individual pipes) was built and installed in 1908 with original design innovations that became standard elements still extant in modern organ construction. The instrument has been played by numerous distinguished organists, including Will C. MacFarlane, Clarence Kohlman, Josephine Eddowes, Harold Fix, Clarence Reynolds, Beverly Davis, Jon Quinn, Robert Carwithin, legendary concert organist Virgil Fox, and many organists from Europe and the U.S.

The Great Auditorium is located at Pilgrim and Ocean pathways. All facilities are handicapped accessible. For more information, visit oceangrove.org/organ.