Owen Reyda is pictured at an organ. Reyda, an organ performance major at the Oberlin Conservatory, will perform at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Sunday.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will host a special organ concert, 19th Century Organ Masters, at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31, featuring Owen Reyda, a Chautauqua County native and Oberlin Conservatory organ performance major who has served as a guest organist for services at St. Luke’s in the past.

The concert repertoire will feature selections from his junior recital, including works by 19th century German composers August Gottfried Ritter and Robert Schumann, as well as movements from the distinctive works of French organist and composer Louis Vierne.

“I am excited to return to St. Luke’s to present an organ concert this May,” said Reyda. “The repertoire will include works from the German Romantic and French Romantic styles, and it will survey the notion of romanticism as both inward, personal contemplation and outward exuberance. I am sure that the colors of the organ at St. Luke’s will enable me to fully express that, and I hope to see you all there to partake in this musical journey with me.”

Originally from Chautauqua County, Owen Reyda is an organ performance major at Oberlin Conservatory, where he will complete his junior year this spring. In addition to his studies, Reyda has served as an organist at Chautauqua Institution for the past two summers and has performed throughout the region as both a soloist and service musician.

Admission to the concert is free, with an optional free-will donation during the performance to benefit Reyda’s educational pursuits and St. Luke’s ongoing concert series.

“St. Luke’s is so proud to bring generations of musicians to our church to perform and share their talents,” said Karen Hewes Suber, St. Luke’s director of music and community arts integration. “Being able to host Owen and hear his musical return to our Aeolian-Skinner organ is a special moment, and we’re looking forward to celebrating his accomplishments. I also find it moving to listen to music composed in the same era as the church was built; it’s a chance to take a trip through time.”