Dr. Joachim Segger

Dr. Joachim Segger has been Joint Music Director at First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, since November 2003, sharing the post with Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht. A versatile musician, he performs extensively as a piano soloist and collaborative artist on piano, organ and harpsichord, and has played as a church organist since the age of nine.

Joachim taught piano and theory at The King’s University in Edmonton for 38 years, chairing its Music Department for ten, and is now Professor Emeritus. He also held an adjunct appointment at the University of Alberta. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and the Performer’s Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, and his Doctor of Music at the University of Alberta.

As winner of the Canadian Women’s Club competition in New York he made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut, and he has performed across North America, Europe and South Africa, including concertos with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. His solo piano recording is Bravato.

With Marnie Giesbrecht he forms Duo Majoya, which has commissioned more than twenty works for organ duet and organ with piano and released recordings including Canadian Suite Celebrations (2024). Joachim is President of the Edmonton Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, an Honorary Fellow of the College, and a member of the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame.