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| After studying piano for twelve years, Marcia began studying organ during her freshman year at Calvin College. Inspired by her role model and aunt, Shirley Boomsma, long-time organist of Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids and professor of organ at Calvin College, she found her musical niche as an organist. She majored in organ and earned her Bachelor's degree in Organ and Church Music. Marcia went on to earn both Master's and Doctoral degrees in Organ and Church Music at the University of Michigan, studying organ with Robert Glasgow. She has also studied organ with Huw Lewis and improvisation with Paul Manz. She was the winner of the 1996 Jean and Broadus Staley Hymn Playing Competition and has earned professional certification as an Associate of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO). |  |
Marcia currently serves as Director of Music Ministry and Organist at Glenview Community Church, a position she has held since 1995. She served as consultant for the installation of a new 49-stop, 3-manual organ at the church in 1999 built by the John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders of Champaign, Illinois, and has developed a concert series featuring the new instrument. Marcia has served as Dean, Sub-Dean, and Board member of the North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has been a performer on many chapter programs. She is a member of the National AGO Committee for Membership Development and Chapter Support. She writes articles for two international pipe organ journals - The Diapason and Choir & Organ, has written CD notes for JAV recordings, and has self-published "A Handbook for Organ Committees." "Visions of Eternity," Marcia's first compact disc featuring the organ at Glenview Community Church was released by Raven Recordings in Fall 2001.Selections from this disc have been featured on the national radio program, “Pipedreams.”
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