Organists

  • Christoph Bull

    Christoph Bull is a concert organist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter who has performed around the world, including in Europe, the U.S., Russia, India and El Salvador, at venues ranging from the Catholic Cathedrals of Moscow, Saint-Denis, Salzburg and Los Angeles to concert halls such as Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Lincoln Center in New York City to rock clubs like The Viper Room, The Roxy and The Whisky A Go Go.

    He is the creator of the genre-crossing multi-media series organica; his collaborators include live painter Norton Wisdom, dubstep DJ Asura, dancer Nehara Kalev, videographer Benton-C Bainbridge and he's been a contributor to projects by artists such as Harry Connick Jr., Steven Spielberg, Cindy Lauper, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Lili Haydn, Nishat Khan, L.A. Master Chorale and Southwest Chamber Music. He recorded and produced First & Grand – Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ Premiere Recording, which was favorably reviewed in publications including Gramophone Magazine, The Huffington Post, and The American Organist.

    Christoph improvised his first tunes on the piano at age five and started playing church services, organ concerts and rock shows at age twelve. Still a teenager, he was a member of the German National Youth Orchestra (Bundesjugendorchester) and part of a 20-year study on highly gifted musicians by Prof. Hans Günther Bastian (Universities of Bonn, Paderborn and Frankfurt; Mozarteum).

    He has won first and second prizes in numerous organ and songwriting competitions, including Jugend Musiziert, Chamber Music Competition of the City of Bad Dürkheim, Michael Masser Songwriting Competition, Berklee Songwriting Competition, International Organ Competition Marcello Galanti.

    Christoph Bull holds degrees from Berklee College of Music, University of Southern California and American Conservatory of Music. His teachers include Cherry Rhodes, Paul Jordan, Samuel Swartz, Charlie Banacos, Hermann Schaeffer, Ludwig Doerr, and Ingrid Kling. He's also participated in master classes with Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet, Rudolf Lutz, Craig Cramer, and William Peterson.

    He's been the organist at Blessed Sacrament Church Hollywood, Christuskirche Glendale, First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica as well as university organist and organ professor at UCLA. In addition to being an international recitalist, he's also produced numerous albums in the fields of classical, rock, pop and educational music.

  • Namhee Han

    Playing from the heart defines Namhee Han's approach to music-making. She was a featured artist at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in 2004 and appeared at the Regional Convention of the AGO in San Francisco in July, 2011. Namhee was selected for the 6th Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition in 2008. Constantly expanding the repertoire of her artistic expressions, she has played the harpsichord and harmonium with the GRAMMY award-winning Southwest Chamber Music.

    A native of South Korea, Namhee studied the piano from age eight. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in English education from Seoul National University, she came to the US to pursue graduate studies in linguistics. It was then that she encountered the organ and became immediately fascinated with the limitless tonal and expressive possibilities of the instrument. She began organ study with Thomas Harmon in 1999 and completed Master's and Doctoral degrees in organ performance at UCLA working with Christoph Bull. In addition, she holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees in applied linguistics from UCLA. Dr. Han has coached with Marie-Claire Alain, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Jean Guillou and Guy Bovet, and participated in master classes by such eminent teacher-organists as David Craighead, Frederick Swann, Marilyn Keiser, Christopher Herrick, Paul Jacobs, Kimberly Marshall and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin. She has also studied with Philip Smith, the Organ Conservator at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

    The resident organist at Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, Dr. Han is keenly interested in contributing to the music community in Southern California and regularly collaborates with instrumentalists, orchestras and choral groups in local performances. She enjoys teaching piano and organ, and maintaining an intellectually stimulating and physically active life.

    More information including her recordings and performance samples can be found at http://organmusicfromtheheart.com.

  • Thomas Mellan

    Born in Lyon, France in 1995, organist/composer Thomas Mellan has lived in San Diego, California since 2000. In 2010 and 2011, he won first place in the Spreckels Organ Society Scholarship Auditions. In 2011, he won the Bach prize in the American Guild of Organists' Regional Competition for Young Organists and he was the youngest winner of the prestigious national competition sponsored by the San Diego-based Musical Merit Foundation. This was followed by the honor to be one of six organists invited to record on the official Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ DVD.

    At the age of six Mr. Mellan began studying classical guitar. Gradually his passion turned to making music on the organ and piano, which he has studied for three and four years, respectively. He has studied composition, music theory and harmony since the age of twelve, and has written over thirty compositions, including works for symphony orchestra, string orchestra, guitar orchestra, various chamber ensembles, string quartet, solo guitar, piano and organ, as well as a collection of pieces for electronic media. Many of these compositions have been performed in such venues as the Chautauqua Institute (New York), Rider University and the Princeton University Chapel (Princeton, New Jersey), the Spreckels Organ Pavilion (San Diego, California) and St. James Cathedral (Toronto, Canada). In November of 2011, the Youth Philharmonic String Orchestra and Soloist Ensemble, under the direction of Alyze Dreiling, gave the world premiere of Mellan's "Impacts", for fourteen solo strings. His organ recitals and compositions are regularly aired by XLNC1 radio in Southern California. Mr. Mellan studies organ with Cherry Rhodes in Los Angeles, California, piano with John-Mark Harris in San Diego, California and composition with Rick Snow and Adam Greene, of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD).

  • John West

    International performing artist John West received his Master of Music degree with Honors from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. His initial organ studies began at the age of 13 under the tutelage of Richard Purvis at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Throughout high school and college years he won numerous awards as a keyboard artist and vocalist.

    ORGAN PERFORMANCES

    Mr. West He has toured extensively throughout the world with performances spanning distances from the Republic of Soviet States to the far northern reaches of Alaska, South America and throughout the United States including Puerto Rico.

    His performance credits include solo appearances with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Pasadena Symphony. With the American Guild of Organists he has been a featured artist of Region IX Convention, the Los Angeles Chapter, and clinician for the 2004 National Convention. In March 2008 he performed a solo concert in Ottawa Canada to rave reviews. He also has performed on all the major instruments in Southern California including the Hazel Wright Organ at the Crystal Cathedral, Disney Hall and First Congregational Church Los Angeles where he has performed on numerous occasions since 1993.

    In February 2000 he was the featured solo artist for the longest running radio show for the organ, ’Pipedreams’ with Michael Barone.

    In June of 2010 John was one of eight organists asked to play at the Los Angeles Chapter of the AGO prestigious 100th Anniversary Concert. As the Dean exuberantly stated "He brought the house down!" following his rousing performance.

    His recurring performances since 2007 as Guest Artist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) at Walt Disney Concert Hall have been extraordinarily well received. In a review from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune of the LAMC All Los Angeles High School Choir Festival, the reviewer wrote, "The students were rapt in their seats. They cheered on West, the rock star of the event, every time he appeared onstage."

    A HOLLYWOOD CAREER

    John is also very active as a performer/musician in film, television and recordings. Since arriving in Hollywood he has continuously had a successful career in the entertainment field.

    He got his first professional industry job as a staff writer on the Motown Records label. He eventually became staff producer and had the opportunity to hone his skills working directly with founder Berry Gordy, Jr. He has had songs recorded by such singers as Jennifer Holiday and Nancy Wilson, as well as songs recorded by other commercial performers.

    His uplifting spiritual song "Heaven’s Hands" was used to open the Vienna Music Festival, Vienna Austria in May of 2011. The song was performed with a full orchestra, a chorus of 100 plus voices before a crowd of 10,000 people.

    John has had his songs placed in film, and his vocal arrangements can be heard in the following feature films. Disney’s "The Three Musketeers" starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, "Phone Booth" and the 2010 release "Faster" with Duane Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton.

    He became an in-demand vocalist for TV and Film and has worked as vocal contractor for such blockbusters as "Hairspray". "Godzilla", and "South Park" His vocal performances are included in the films "King Kong", "Norbit", "Men In Black", "Night At The Museum 1 & 2", "The Matrix Trilogy", "Happy Feet 1 & 2", "The Lorax", "The Simpsons", "Ice Age II, III & IV", and a host of others totaling over 150 films!

    Television appearances include "Dancing With The Stars", "The Academy Awards", "Boston Legal", "American Idol", and most recently "GLEE" and "90210"

    ORGAN RECORDINGS, COMPOSITIONS & DVD

    John is most honored to be a featured organist on the DVD Documentary of the Glatter-Götz-Rosales organ at Walt Disney Concert Hall

    He has two solo organ compact discs, ’Rev’d Up Organ!’ and "The Roar of The Furies & The Sounds of Sirens". Both are available for purchase by contacting JohnWest@JDoubleU.com.

    For performances and appearances at Mr. West can be contacted through his web site http://www.jdoubleu.com/organbio.html or email at jdoubleu@mac.com.

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  • Philip Smith

    After being introduced to the piano by his mother when he was 5 years old, PHIL SMITH began studying organ at age 12. Soon afterwards, he became the organist for his father's parish church in Toledo, Ohio and gave his first public solo organ recital just two years later. Today, Smith is the Organ Conservator for one of the premiere concert venues in the nation, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, where his duties include bedazzling visitors with "demonstration performances" on what may well be the Hall's most acclaimed feature, its visually astonishing and acoustically unparalleled pipe organ.

    Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organ from Spring Arbor College in Michigan (1974) and a Master of Music Degree in Organ and Church Music from the University of Michigan (1978). He was appointed Organ Conservator of the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ in July of 2004. In addition, he is Minister of Music and Organist at The Church of our Saviour, Episcopal, in San Gabriel as well as the former Organist and Choir Director at Temple Israel of Hollywood. He has served many churches and temples in southern California, including five years as Organist/Director at Wilshire United Methodist Church, Los Angeles.

    Whether appearing as a soloist, a member of the Price/Smith Duo for trumpet and organ, or as an accompanist for choral groups like the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Anglican Chorale of Southern California, the Cambridge Singers, and the Ventura Master Chorale, Smith has earned bravos worldwide – from Stockholm, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark; Wiesbaden, Germany; and Dublin, Ireland in Europe to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Hollywood in the United States. He has also received invitations to perform for the AGO Chapter of Los Angeles and the former Pasadena Chapter. Also he has played at Wells Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral in England, St. Patrick's Cathedral in Ireland, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, The First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Grace Cathedral, Hollywood United Methodist and the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California and many other venues in the United States. The last three years he has been organist for the Holiday Sing-Along concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

    The virtuoso organist can often be found in the classroom as well – offering lessons not only in organ but in piano and voice, too.

  • Wayne Foster

    S. Wayne Foster is one of the nation's most accomplished organists, winning numerous prizes and performing recitals on some of the world's most prestigious pipe organs. In his role as Organist-in-Residence of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, he continues to amaze audiences every week with his vast repertoire and artistry in playing one of the world's largest pipe organs.

    Mr. Foster's advanced accomplishments trace back to his early teen years when he was under the tutelage of Robert Hebble in Palm Beach, FL, who was one of Virgil Fox's closest musical partners. Mr. Foster then attended Interlochen Arts Academy on scholarship where he worked rigorously on piano technique and organ solo performance, culminating in a performance at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. at age of 15.

    Mr. Foster then entered undergraduate college in his native Florida where he completed a double major in French and Organ/Church Music. Upon graduation he was awarded a scholarship to study organ in Paris, France, with Suzanne Chaisemartin, herself a protégé of the great Marcel Dupré. During these years in Paris, Mr. Foster broadened his horizons by working in a French organ-building firm which allowed him to study close up the great cathedral organs of France. As the Organ Scholar of the American Cathedral in Paris, he perfected his skills as a choral accompanist on the organ. He returned to the U.S. after five years of incredible artistic experiences in Paris.

    Mr. Foster then completed an advanced degree in Early Music and Harpsichord Performance, which rounded out his knowledge in different musical styles from Renaissance to Modern music. During his last year of study for this degree, Mr. Foster achieved the greatest milestone of his career when in 1997 he won both the Gold Medal and the Audience Prize at the First Triennial Dallas International Organ Competition. This competition included the top organists from the entire globe, and was judged by Marie-Claire Alain, Gillian Weir, Martin Haselbock and Mary Preston, among others. The cash award of $30,000 allowed him to buy his own custom-built practice pipe organ.

    For ten years following this prize, Mr. Foster toured both the U.S. and Europe playing organ and harpsichord performances to great critical acclaim. In late 2005, Mr. Foster was invited to apply for the position of Organist-in-Residence of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. After a week of strenuous auditions and interviews, Mr. Foster was offered the position, winning out over applicants from around the globe. Since then he has worked diligently to increase the stature and scope of organ events at First Church, and constantly strives to push his own playing to new heights as he plays one of the world's greatest pipe organs on a daily basis.

  • Frederick Swann

    Frederick Swann is past President (2002-2008) of the American Guild of Organists, an organization of over 20,000 members in Chapters throughout the United States and several foreign countries. He is Organist Emeritus of the Crystal Cathedral and of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, and Organ Artist-in-residence at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California. Mr. Swann is also University Organist and Artist Teacher of Organ at the University of Redlands.

    One reviewer noted that in his 65-year career Mr. Swann has probably presided over more ranks of pipes and stop knobs than any other organist in history. This is perhaps true given the size and prominence of the instruments with which his career has been notably associated... Riverside Church in New York City (1957-1982), The Crystal Cathedral (1982-1998) and First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (1998-2001).

    Mr. Swann holds degrees from Northwestern University and the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York, each granted "with distinction". In addition to his prominent church positions, he was for ten years Chair of the Organ Department at the Manhattan School of Music and served on the faculties of Teacher's College of Columbia University, and the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

    In the past few years he has presented recitals in major churches and concert halls in the United States, England, Germany, Australia, Korea and Russia. In 2004 he was selected by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to perform the Inaugural solo organ recital on the spectacular new organ in The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Prior to that he played the inaugural recitals on the organs in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, and Davies Hall in San Francisco.

    In June of 2008 Mr. Swann performed two Preview Recitals on the William J. Gillepsie Concert Organ in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, and has recorded the first CD on this major new Fisk instrument (released March 2009 by Gothic Records.) His most recent and final recording, on the Casavant organ in Memorial Chapel at the University of Redlands. was released by Gothic Records in January 2010.

    In October 2011 Mr. Swann performed a Farewell Recital before a large audience in the First Congregational Church of Los Angles, marking his official retirement as a touring concert artist.

  • Joanne Pearce Martin

    Joanne Pearce Martin was appointed by Esa-Pekka Salonen in 2001 as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Keyboardist. A native of Allentown, PA and a graduate of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, she balances a busy career as solo pianist, chamber musician, & recording artist. In her position at the LA Phil, she performs on the celesta, harpsichord, synthesizer, and organ, as well as the piano.

    She has been featured playing the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ on many occasions since its installation, most notably in multiple performances of the Saint Saens Organ Symphony conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Charles Dutoit. She also helped to introduce that magnificent instrument to thousands of youngsters who attended her performances on the LA Phil's Toyota Symphonies for Youth series. From Bach to Saint-Saens to Lou Harrison and everything in between, she performed alongside actors & dancers to celebrate the organ and ignite the imagination of the young audiences.

    Ms. Martin has also been a featured pianist with the LA Phil on multiple occasions with conductors such as Salonen and John Adams. She has performed at dozens of music festivals spanning 4 continents, collaborating with artists such as Joshua Bell, Lynn Harrell, James Galway, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, & Joseph Silverstein. She has been guest soloist with many other orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, LA Chamber Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, and England's Huddersfield Philharmonic.

    Ms. Martin also plays as a duo-piano team with her husband, Gavin Martin, and is continually exploring new musical adventures. Her most recent recording releases are a solo piano CD, "Barefoot"(Yarlung & Linn Records), and the track "Theremin's Journey" on composer Gernot Wolfgang's "Short Stories" CD (Albany Records), where she performs the commissioned work on both piano and Theremin. She has been featured in several national television shows, and her playing has been described by the Los Angeles Times as possessing "unusual fervor and fluency" and "stirring virtuosity".

    When she's not making music, you might find Joanne up in the air - she is an instrument-rated airplane pilot and master-rated skydiver.

  • Shin-Young Lee

    Born in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Shin-Young Lee began her musical studies on the piano at the age of four and on the organ at the age of seventeen. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Yonsei University, Seoul, under the direction of Dr. Tong-Soon Kwak. In France, Ms. Lee continued her studies at the Schola Cantorum of Paris with Jean-Paul Imbert. She was awarded the first "Prix de Virtuosité" in 2002, and the first "Diplôme de concert à l'unanimité avec felicitations du jury" in 2003.

    In September of the same year, Lee entered the organ class at the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur Musique (CNSMDP) and received the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure in 2007 with Michel Bouvard and Olivier Latry. She then attended the post-graduate class ("cycle de perfectionnement") until June 2009. While studying organ at the Conservatoire de Paris, she also attended classes in analysis, keyboard harmony, harmony and fugue, basso continuo with Thierry Maeder and Pierre Caez, harpsichord with Francoise Marmin, and improvisation with Thierry Escaich, Jean-François Zygel and Philippe Lefebvre. In addition to her formal studies, she has attended masterclasses with Jean Guillou, Michael Radulescu, Wolfgang Zerer, André Isoir, Louis Robillard, Bernard Foccroulle, Michel Chapuis, and Jean Boyer.

    Lee won the first prize at the Organ Competition of St. François de Sales of Lyon (2007) and she was laureate of the 2nd International Jordan International Organ Competition in Columbus, USA (2009). Ms. Lee has presented solo recitals throughout France (International Organ Festivals of the Cathedral in Laon, St. Eustache in Paris, Cathedral of Sens, Notre-Dame de Paris, La Madeleine, Versailles, Poitiers, Bordeaux, etc.) as well as in Europe and in the USA. She was professor of organ at the academy of Talence (France) in 2008 and 2009.

  • Olivier Latry

    French organist Olivier Latry is considered one of the most notable organists of his generation, not only in France, but on the international scene as well. He was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1962 where he began his musical studies. He later attended the Academy of Music at St. Maur-des-Fossés, studying organ with Gaston Litaize.

    From 1981-1985 Olivier Latry was titular organist of Meaux Cathedral and at the age 23 he won a competition to become one of the three titular organists of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, beside Philippe Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Leguay, succeding Pierre Cochereau. In 1990 he succeeded his teacher, Gaston Litaize, as an organ professor at the Academy of Music at St. Maur-des-Fossés. In 1995 he became organ professor at the Paris Conservatory. He still runs this position with Michel Bouvard.

    Olivier Latry, who has performed in more than fifty countries on five continents, considers himself an ambassador of seventeenth to twentieth century French organ music. Today he is counted among the most noted "improvisers" in the French tradition. He has also a particular interest in contemporary music and has premiered works of French composers Xavier Darasse, Claude Ballif, Thierry Pécout, Vincent Paulet, Thierry Escaich, and Jean-Louis Florentz. In early 2000 he performed three complete cycles (six recitals each) of the organ music of Olivier Messiaen, at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New-York City and at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. These performances were followed by a recording for Deutsche Grammophon of the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

    In addition to concerts and teaching, Mr. Latry has made his mark through recordings. Thus far he has several CDs to his credit, including music of Bach, Widor’s Symphonies 5 and 6, Vierne’s Symphonies 2 and 3, the complete works of Duruflé. With Deutsche Grammophon, he has recorded a transcription programme called « Midnight at Notre-Dame », and a CD of works by César Franck. More recently, he recorded the Poulenc Concerto and the Barber « Toccata Festiva » with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Jongen « Symphonie concertante » with the Liège Orchestra.

    For his work in the field of organ performance and studies, Olivier Latry was awarded the Prix de la Fondation Cino et Simone Del Duca in 2000, as well as a Fellowship "Honoris Causa" from the North and Midlands School of Music in 2006, from the Royal College of organists in 2007 and the McGill University in Montreal in 2010. He was also awarded "International Performer of the year" by the American Guild of Organists in April 2009 in New-York.

  • Cherry Rhodes

    Photo by Rick Flynn

    Cherry Rhodes is the first American to win an international organ competition. This honor, awarded in Munich, was followed by another top international prize in Bologna. She has played recitals at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and at international organ festivals in Bratislava, Presov, Freiburg, Munich, Nurnberg, Paris, St. Albans, Luxembourg, Vienna and throughout Poland. In addition to performances in International Bach Festivals in Paris and Marburg, Ms. Rhodes has given Bach recitals throughout the United States and has performed at numerous national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists. In July 2004 she was one of the first organists to perform on the new organ in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. This occasion took place at the AGO National Convention when she appeared as soloist with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Continuing with the organ's inaugural season, she performed the monumental Symphonie Concertante by Joseph Jongen on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Subscription Series. Other appearances have included solo recitals at the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Lincoln Center (New York City), Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas), the Performing Arts Center (Milwaukee), Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Philadelphia), Royal Festival Hall (London), Philharmonic Hall (Luxembourg), the International Performing Arts Center (Moscow), Philharmonic Halls of Berlin, Dortmund, and Luxembourg, the Organ and Architecture Symposium and the International September Music Festival of Montreux-Vevey (Switzerland).

    Cherry Rhodes made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age seventeen and subsequently performed with them many times under the baton of Eugene Ormandy as well as many guest conductors. She has been a soloist with the South German Radio Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the French National Radio, the Pasadena Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Phoenix Symphony.

    Ms. Rhodes has recorded for Columbia Records with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Everyone Dance, her critically acclaimed solo recording on the Pro Organo label, has been hailed by The American Organist as "A joyous celebration of unrivaled artistry!" She has been featured on the CDs Pipedreams Live! (Minnesota Public Radio), Comes Summertime (JAV Recordings), Historic Organs of Boston (The Organ Historical Society), Jean Guillou-Colloques (Augure), Cherry Rhodes…live (Pro Organo), Cherry Rhodes in Concert and Cherry Rhodes at the Kimmel Center (Delos International). Many of her performances have been broadcast throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad.

    After graduating from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied under Dr. Alexander McCurdy, Cherry Rhodes received Fulbright and Rockefeller grants for study in Munich and Paris with Karl Richter, Marie-Claire Alain, and Jean Guillou. For two years, she was Jean Guillou's assistant at St. Eustache in Paris.

    Ms. Rhodes is Adjunct Professor of Organ at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California. Many of her students have won awards, grants, and top prizes in competitions both in the United States and Europe. A sought-after musician, she has given master classes and has served as an adjudicator on frequent occasions in the United States, Canada and abroad.