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The UH organ program offers performance degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The University of Houston supports a serious program of organ study, including organ performance degrees at the Bachelor and Master of Music levels, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts and the prestigious, non-degree, Certificate in Music Performance.

09/16/2026

Congrats to alum Olga Wong on her acceptance into the prestigious Konzertexamen program (Germany's highest-level performance program) at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg!

08/05/2026

Thanks to the team at Wahl for building us an adjustable bench for their practice instrument in room 244!

07/21/2026

Seven Eight Artists is pleased to share the following concert announcement featuring organist Victoria Shorokhova, who performs two solo recitals in Boston on Tuesday, July 21st. The second performance takes place at First Lutheran Church at 8:00 PM.

Victoria will perform the following program:

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 – 1707)
Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne BuxWV 137

Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621)
Unter Den Linden grüne, SwWV 325

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
(trans. Johann Sebastian Bach)
Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 – 1780)
Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren, KrebsWV 556

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532

07/06/2026

UH organ alum JJ Mitchell has been named a finalist in the prestigious American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation (AGO NCOI)! The final round is July 7 at Second Presbyterian in St. Louis; congratulations to all three finalists!

About JJ: https://jjmitchellorganist.com/about

About the competition…
The AGO National Competition in Organ Improvisation (NCOI) seeks to further the art of improvisation by recognizing and rewarding superior performances and encouraging excellence in the art of spontaneous musical creation at the organ. A flourishing tradition of improvisation is fundamental to a truly vital musical culture.

04/13/2026

Molly Berghout will present her master’s recital this Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 pm on the Noack organ at St. Mary’s Seminary. We hope you can join us and support Molly!

Program:
- Improvisation on the Te Deum (Tournemire)
- Three versets on Ave Maris Stella (Bonnet)
- BWVs 654, 655, and 657
- Symphony No. 2 (Widor) - complete

Full program and notes:
https://dpb-web.instantencore.com/program/51330/page/297638?cid=5207824

04/08/2026

Congratulations to UH organ alum Jim Roman on joining the roster of Concert Artist Cooperative! Jim joins UH alum Alison Luedecke, and current DMA student Matthew Dion, on this roster of wonderful organists!

04/06/2026

We are very pleased to share news of a new scholarship endowment for organ studies at the University of Houston!

THE RANDALL “SCOT” McCLELLAN ORGAN PROGRAM ENDOWMENT

Donors Lynn and Marcel Mason are establishing this endowment in memory of Lynn's brother, Scot, who passed away on May 18, 2025. In Scot's memory, Lynn and Marcel wish to ensure that Scot’s life continues to have a meaningful and perpetual impact on the organ program’s faculty and students, as well as all aspects of this distinguished organ program that was so important to him when he was a student and throughout the remainder of his life. This endowment is being established to provide the resources necessary to teach, perform, and preserve this specialized art form.

03/23/2026

Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal)
1117 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX, 77001

Join Matthew Dion for his doctoral lecture recital entitled: “Organ Study at the National Institute of the Blind, Paris: The Influence and Impact on Organ Pedagogy through the Pedagogical Work of Louis Vierne and Jean Langlais.”

The program features a half-hour lecture on some of the more important details of my doctoral dissertation, highlighting the importance of the organ class at the National Institute of the Blind in Paris and the major pedagogical contributions made to the school's pedagogy through the eyes of Louis Vierne and Jean Langlais!

He will follow the lecture with a half-hour playing portion featuring works of Jean Langlais, Adolphe Marty, and Louis Vierne.

03/06/2026

This Saturday, March 7, 5 pm, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Free and open to the public. Mystères Sacrés: French Choral Masterworks invites listeners into a luminous soundscape of sacred music from early 20th-century France. Performed by the Moores Concert Chorale under the direction of Anthony J. Maglione, with organist Daryl Robinson, this program features works by Lili Boulanger, Marcel Dupré, and Maurice Duruflé—offering a journey through exaltation, mystery, and profound spiritual reflection.

https://www.uh.edu/kgmca/explore/kgmca-calendars/msm.php -details/d6b22809-8d63-4755-82dd-382751d4f4b1

03/02/2026

Our Spring Organ Recital Series at Covenant Church Houston continues tomorrow with Matthew Dion and his wife, Anne Pinkerton-Dion, on oboe! 12:15 p.m.--free and a reception follows!

Address

3333 Cullen Boulevard , Room 120
Houston, TX
77204

Telephone

+17137437316

Website

http://www.uh.edu/organmusic

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