Organists and Composers
Here is a list of local organists and church musicians, and composers who have written for the organ.
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Chellan Hoffman
Chellan Hoffman was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in 1967 and grew up on a farm near Ebenezer. She began lessons on electronic organ at age…
Ethan Hill
Ethan Hill is a Calgary-based organist, pianist and composer. He studied composition and theory at the University of Victoria (2015–19) with Anna Höstman, and piano…
Gary Tong
Born in Hong Kong, Gary Tong comes from a Methodist family. His mother and grandmother sang in the choir of the Chinese Methodist Church in…
Matthew Kallio
Matthew Kallio is Music Director at Grace Presbyterian Church in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood. He began studying music at age eight through Canada’s Royal Conservatory of…
Rick Vander Woude
Rick Vander Woude is the organist and music director at Highwood Lutheran Church in Calgary, where he plays the church’s 1870 J.H. and C.S. O’Dell…
Arthur M. Bachmann
Arthur M. Bachmann (b. March 27, 1961) was born and raised in Calgary, where he began studying viola. He completed a Bachelor of Musical Arts…
Gerald Bales
Gerald Bales was born in Toronto on May 12, 1919. He studied piano, organ, composition and conducting at the Toronto Conservatory of Music from 1936…
Carlos Foggin
Carlos Foggin, FRCCO, is a Calgary-based organist, pianist, conductor, and composer. He holds a Master of Music in Organ Performance from the University of Calgary,…
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