Alan Morrison - Piano/Organ
Alan Morrison is
recognized as one of America's premier concert organists and his concert
appearances in some of the most prestigious organ concert venues in North
America emphasize his achievements as a performer and the respect Mr. Morrison
has gained in the concert organ world: including Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts’ Alice Tully Hall (NYC); andVerizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
(Philadelphia, PA) and numerous others. His recent performance during the
inaugural festival of the Dobson organ in Verizon Hall drew laudatory reviews
from numerous national publications. He is a regular performer at The Kimmel
Center where he also serves as an artistic adviser. Highlights of the 2008-09
season feature recitals in Spivey Hall (Morrow, GA), Jacoby Hall (Jacksonville,
FL), a solo closing recital for the Region III AGO Convention in Norfolk, VA
and a CD recording in Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center) on the Fred J. Cooper
Memorial Organ (Dobson).
As a recording artist, Mr. Morrison has recorded ten critically acclaimed CD’s for Gothic Records, ACA Digital Recording and DTR. These and other concert performances are regularly featured on MPR's Pipedreams, Performance Today and on radio stations throughout many countries. On television he has been featured on two episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and on Georgia Public Television in a performance of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto #1. In May 2003, he was selected to appear along with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma for the Fred Rogers Memorial Service, which was telecast live from Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall.
At the age of 33, Mr. Morrison was appointed Head of the Organ Department at the world renowned conservatory, The Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia). He recently was honored with the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies at Curtis. He is in his twelfth year as College Organist at Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA.) and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. He is a graduate of both The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School of Music receiving degrees in both organ and piano accompanying/chamber music. His teachers include John Weaver, Cherry Rhodes, Sarah Martin (organ), Robert Harvey, Vladimir Sokoloff and Susan Starr (piano).
As a recording artist, Mr. Morrison has recorded ten critically acclaimed CD’s for Gothic Records, ACA Digital Recording and DTR. These and other concert performances are regularly featured on MPR's Pipedreams, Performance Today and on radio stations throughout many countries. On television he has been featured on two episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and on Georgia Public Television in a performance of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto #1. In May 2003, he was selected to appear along with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma for the Fred Rogers Memorial Service, which was telecast live from Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall.
At the age of 33, Mr. Morrison was appointed Head of the Organ Department at the world renowned conservatory, The Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia). He recently was honored with the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies at Curtis. He is in his twelfth year as College Organist at Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA.) and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. He is a graduate of both The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School of Music receiving degrees in both organ and piano accompanying/chamber music. His teachers include John Weaver, Cherry Rhodes, Sarah Martin (organ), Robert Harvey, Vladimir Sokoloff and Susan Starr (piano).
