Organists and participants

of all proficiency levels will have the opportunity to participate in the following activities:

Hear and play magnificent instruments
Master classes and private lessons from world-renowned English and French organists
Receive invaluable historic information
Daily master classes and lessons are offered
Regularly scheduled classes at the various churches
Organ practice time is available

We ask that our participants select music suitable for the particular instrument. Although larger works are welcome, there may not be time for them to be played in their entirety, as each participant will have a limited amount of time on some of the organs. Short, intimate pieces are very good for showing the various timbres of the solo stops, celestes and small ensembles, and provide a welcome contrast to large, loud works. Participants will be divided into small groups as needed to ensure playing time for everyone at each instrument.

Walking is extensive, so bring your walking shoes. In London and Paris we use the subway system, both of which contain long flights of stairs. In addition, there are stairways to all of the organ lofts, many of which are precarious spiral stairs. If you have trouble walking or standing, please let us know when registering.

BOMS - FOMS Staff


Christina Harmon, Organist, Park Cities Baptist Church; Instructor of Music, Brookhaven College - Dallas, Texas, Director FOMS & BOMS	Cliff Varnon, Director of Music, John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, Administrative Assistant FOMS; Director BOMS	David Erwin - Minister of Music, First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, Connecticut, Assistant, FOMS.

BOMS Clinicians for 2009:


Richard Townend is Director of Music and Organist at Saint Margaret’s, Lothbury, London. He is employed as Director of Music at the prestigious Hill House School of London, the former school of Prince Charles. He is active as an organ recitalist and clinician throughout Europe.	David Flood	Catherine Ennis

FOMS Clinicians for 2009:


Marie-Louise Langlais is our director and co-ordinator in Paris. Dr. Langlais is the widow of the world-renowned composer Jean Langlais and is the author of an extensive biography of his life. Her degrees include a Doctorate in Musicology and a Doctor of Law from the Sorbonne. In demand world-wide as a concert organist, lecturer, and adjudicator, she is Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire Régionale de Paris. She is especially noted for her extensive research on Franck.	Sylvie Mallet has won several first prizes in piano and organ, most notably as a pupil of Marie-Louise Langlais at the Schola Cantorum of Paris. She is currently the choir organist at the Basilica of Ste-Clotilde in Paris, and teaches organ and piano at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris.	Daniel Roth is the world-famous Titulaire Organist at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St. Sulpice, the organ of Widor and Dupré. He is also Professor of Organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt where he is successor to Helmut Walcha, and the winner of many international awards. He is a composer and orchestral conductor as well as an internationally famous organ recitalist, and has been the featured soloist with several orchestras throughout the world. His teachers have included Marie-Claire Alain and Maurice Duruflé.

Naji Hakim is the favorite protégé of Langlais. He became successor to Messiaen at La Trinité after Messiaen heard him play as titulaire organist of the great Cavaillé-Coll at Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Prizewinner of many international composition competitions, he recently was commissioned by the AGO to compose a work for organ and orchestra for its national convention in Seattle. His compositions include many orchestral works as well as organ and choral works, and he regularly appears on the BBC.	Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet holds a Doctorate from the Sorbonne, and is presently Professor of Music History at the University in Bordeaux and titulaire organist at Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris. She was a pupil of Marie-Claire Alain and Jean Langlais and has been a prizewinner of international interpretation and improvisation competitions, including Rennes, St. Albans, and Chartres. She is internationally known as a recitalist and recording artist.	Christophe Mantoux

Francois Espinasse	Olivier Latry	Aude Huertematte

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2006
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