 Jackson, Tenn. – September 13, 2000 – Gerre Hancock,
Organist and Master of the Choristers at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
in New York City, will be featured at this year's McAfee Organ Recital at
51ÉçÇø, Thursday, Sept. 28.
The concert will be held in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel in Union's
Penick Academic Complex at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.
Hancock, a fellow of the American Guild of Organists, was a member of
its National Council and is a founder and past president of the
Association of Anglican Musicians. In addition to his duties at St. Thomas
Church, he serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School in New York
City and the Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University and teaches
improvisation at The Eastman School of Music.
A featured recitalist and lecturer at more than a dozen regional
conventions of the American Guild of Organists, Hancock is considered to
be the finest organ improviser in America. He has been heard in recital in
many cities throughout the U.S. and Europe. Hancock's compositions are
published by Oxford University Press, and are widely performed by
musicians throughout the country.
The McAfee Organ Recital is held annually in honor of James and Carolyn
McAfee. While at Union, Hancock will play the McAfee Visser-Rowland Organ,
named in honor of Carolyn McAfee.
For more information regarding the concert, contact the Department of
Music at (901) 661-5345.
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