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Gregory Crowell

Gregory Crowell has appeared as organist, harpsichordist, clavichordist, lecturer, and conductor in Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada, and the United States. He has performed in many international festivals and conventions, including the Boston Early Music Festival, Ars Antigua Chicago, Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists, four National Conventions of the Organ Historical Society, the Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival, the Boston Clavichord Society, and numerous meetings of the Southeastern and Midwestern Historical Keyboard Societies. Particularly noted for his performances of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Crowell has been a featured performer at the Weener (Germany) International Bach Series, the Grand Rapids Bach Festival, the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra Bach Concerto Concerts, and the Old West (Boston) Bach Marathon. In the spring of 2000 Dr. Crowell was the only non-Japanese invited to perform and lecture in the Bach Organ Festival held at St. Luke's in Tokyo, during which time he also performed Minato Mirai Hall (Yokohama) and International Christian University (Tokyo-Mitaka), and served as Visiting Scholar at Rikkyo University.

 Broadcasts of Gregory Crowell’s performances have been heard on WCRB Boston, WGUC in Cincinnati, the West German Radio, and Belgian Public Radio, and NPR’s Pipedreams. His compact disc recordings include live organ performances on the OHS label, and a number of harpsichord discs on the FJH label.

 Crowell's solo performances have been described as "beautiful, flexible, expressive" (The Diapason), "full of panache and expression" (Ostfriesen Kurier), "reliable as a sunrise, steady as a rock, especially in the virtuoso finale" (The Grand Rapids Press), and "this listener cannot recall ever having heard better" (The Boston Herald).

 Dr. Crowell holds degrees from The New England Conservatory of Music and the University of Cincinnati, and has studied further at The North German Organ Academy, Academia del Organo (Pistoia, Italy), and Musika Hamabostaldia (San Sebastian, Spain).  He studied organ with Brigitte Dubiel, Yuko Hayashi, Bernard Lagacé, Roberta Gary, and Harald Vogel, and harpsichord with Harald Vogel and Mireille Lagacé. Dr. Crowell serves as the Director of Publications of the Organ Historical Society, Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Rapids, and University Organist and Co-Director of the Early Music Ensemble and Concert Series at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, where he also teaches harpsichord, music theory, and music history.

 Dr. Crowell performs under the auspices of Independent Concert Artists.

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