Judy A. Congdon

Professor of Organ & College Organist

E-mail: judy.congdon@houghton.edu
Phone: 585.567.9415

Dr. Congdon holds the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and Literature (Class of David Craighead) from the Eastman School of Music. Additional degrees include the B.Mus. in Organ from Wheaton College (Illinois), the M.A. in Theory from Eastman, and the Diploma in Organ Performance from the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Her current and former organ pupils include winners of organ-playing competitions at local, regional, and national levels.

An active performer, Dr. Congdon has played organ recitals in many parts of the United States, and during 1996 was featured as soloist in Poulenc's Organ Concerto with the Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra. In addition to her duties at Houghton College, she served for eight years as Organist/Choirmaster at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Olean, NY. She has also served as Dean and Board Member of the Allegany Chapter AGO and member of the Music Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York.  She served as presenter, recitalist, and service organist at the January 2006 Calvin Symposium on Worship. Dr. Congdon is featured on a 2005 CD release entitled With Heart and Hands and Voices: Hymns and Chorales for Organ, available through the Houghton Campus Store or from www.apadrecordings.com.

Courses: Organ, Organ Literature, Organ Pedagogy, Church Music Administration, Music & Worship, Service Playing (Organ), Counterpoint, Harpsichord.