This graduate program gives skilled performers in-depth knowledge of organ design, history, literature, and performance practices.
The programs of study for organ majors are designed to develop skilled performers with a knowledge of organ design, history, literature, and performance practices.
Under the direction of Organ Department Chair, Andrew Henderson, the Director of Music and Organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, students will achieve a high degree of professional competence and learn appropriate stylistic approaches to the literature of various historical periods.
SLIDESHOW: MSM students playing the organ at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Procedures By Degree Level
Organ Department Handbook
Plan of Study: Organ MSM Course Catalog
Andrew Henderson ahenderson@msmnyc.edu
Gail Archer Justin Bischof Claudia Dumschat Stephen Jon Hamilton David Higgs Aaron David Miller Timothy E. Smith Maxine R. Thevenot F. Anthony Thurman Carol Williams
“I sometimes look at the list of the faculty members at Manhattan School of Music and it is like a dream come true for me to be mentored by them.” Narek Arutyunyan (MM '18)
“I sometimes look at the list of the faculty members at Manhattan School of Music and it is like a dream come true for me to be mentored by them.”
Narek Arutyunyan
(MM '18)
Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music and Organist of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is a faculty member of MSM's Organ Program
Total Curriculum Hours: 62
NOTE: Curriculum is subject to change. In case of a discrepancy, the MSM Course Catalog is the authoritative source of requirements. View the Course Catalog here.
Andrew Henderson
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