Eric Plutz, Organist at Princeton University, performs in the “Noon-10 Concert,” 12:10 p.m. March 7, St. John’s Lutheran Evangelical Church, 37 S. Fifth St., Allentown, as part of a week-long “Organ Extravaganza,” March 5-12, presented by the Allentown Symphony.

Plutz will perform major pieces by Bach and Mendelssohn as well as selections such as “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies” and “All Through the Night.”

Plutz, Dean of the Central New Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, has released six solo organ recordings and has performed throughout the United States and Europe. He is in his second decade as University Organist at Princeton, where he plays for weekly services at the chapel, during academic ceremonies and in solo concerts.

Plutz coordinates the weekly “After Noon Concert Series” at the University Chapel, is Lecturer in Music and Instructor of Organ at Princeton and maintains a private studio. He is rehearsal accompanist for Westminster Symphonic Choir, Westminster Choir College, Rider University, and Princeton Pro Musica, both in Princeton, N.J. In 2016, Plutz received the Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College.

Plutz has made four solo recordings on the Pro Organo label, including “French Trilogy” (on the Æolian-Skinner Organ, Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C.), about which James Reed of The Diapason wrote, “Plutz is a master craftsman … His performances are sensitive, emotional, stunningly accurate and spectacularly musical … truly a world-class performance by a world-class musician,” and “Denver Jubilee” (on the restored 1938 Kimball Organ of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Col.), about which David Schwartz of American Record Guide wrote, “… he understands, as would a great orchestrator, how to register the more orchestral side of the instrument …”

A free-will offering will be taken for the concert, part of the church’s “Arts at St. John’s” program.

Parking is available in the Community Deck, Sixth and Walnut streets, one block from St. John’s Lutheran Evangelical Church.

Information: stjohnsallentown.org; 610-435-1641