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Richard (Irven) Purvis (August 25, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American organist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was best known for his expressive recordings of the organ classics and his own lighter compositions for the instrument.
She initiated National Learn The Organ Year 1990 and participated in the follow-up campaign National Organ Teachers' Encouragement Scheme. Meanwhile, in 1992, she founded St. Giles International Organ School, which became The Royal College of Organists Academy Organ School in 2012.
Karl Ludwig Gerok was born in Oberfischach, the grandson of Karl von Gerok [], a Stuttgart prelate and preacher (Oberhofprediger) at the Schlosskirche, the court church of the Stuttgart palace, and the author of Palmblätter.
The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity [1] and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and development, and professional support for organists and choral directors.
He was the featured organist at the 1977 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the Hartt School of Music. [1] He was one of the leading organ teachers of his time in the United States. Among his more than 100 former students were organists such as Stefan Engels, George C. Baker, Ignace Michiels, Carole Terry and Wolfgang Rübsam.
Among his organ teachers were Eric Chadwick, Gillian Weir, and Lionel Rogg. He also studied piano with Kathleen McGrath, flute with Vivienne Leigh, harpsichord with Robert Elliott of the Alfred Deller Consort, and choir-training with John Bertalot .
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His theatre organ teacher was Al Melgard, famous as the Staff Organist on the Barton organ at the Chicago Stadium. [3] When Melgard retired in 1975 he gave Strony his Oak Park, IL teaching studio. Strony later studied piano with Giulio Favrio of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.