The American Guild of Organists will sponsor a recital and gala benefit reception honoring Thomas Murray on May 15 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
The recital at 4 pm in Woolsey Hall will feature Thomas Murray playing the Newberry Memorial Organ.
The benefit reception (tickets required) will follow in the Yale President’s Room.
The gala is sponsored by the AGO national council and the AGO development committee; all proceeds will benefit the AGO endowment fund in Murray’s honor.
For information: 212/870-2311 x4308; www.agohq.org.
Thomas Murray is university organist and professor of music at Yale University, where he has served on the faculty for 30 years. Born in California in 1943, Murray studied with Clarence Mader at Occidental College. He has appeared in recitals and lectures at six AGO national conventions, and received the International Performer of the Year Award from the New York City AGO chapter in 1986.
In 2003, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Organists in England, and in 2005 he was awarded the Gustave Stoeckel Award for excellence in teaching by the Yale University School of Music. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Organ Historical Society in 2010.
