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He is an organist and composer who became interested in music from
a very young age. He taught
himself to play and write music from the time he was in the sixth grade took
private lessons in organ study and studied piano at the Cincinnati
Conservatory, followed by gaining a degree at the Eastman School of
Music. He took further studies
in Copenhagen. Denmark, on a Fulbright scholarship completed by graduate
studies at the University of Illinois. As a Music Director he has led the San Diego Chamber
Chorus and the American Boychoir, and as an organist and a composer he has
composed for, and performed with, many ensembles including the Colorado
Childrens Chorale, The Denver Brass, the Denver Gay Men's Chorus, the
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Ars Nova Singers and the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. His list of works includes the
music for the Denver visit by Pope John Paul II, the cantata "A Balm
in Gilead" and the opera An Island of Sand
. He has been the Minister of Music
at Montview Presbyterian Church in Denver and a Music Composition Fellow on
the 1999 Colorado Council on the Arts.
The Denver Brass and the Colorado Isle of
Mull Saint Andrew Pipes and Drums recordings
Leroy Anderson
Girl
I Left Behind Me, The
Klavier K-11107
Organ - John
Kuzma
Sources:
- http://www.johnkuzma.com/bio.html
- http://www.yrmusic.com/v2/artists/bios/artist.php?ID=25
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