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With Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory, Salle Gounod, 1977
With Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen at Trinité Messiaen 2008: «Un arc-en-ciel théologique» performance, in honor of Messiaen’s centenary
With Ann Labounsky and Dean Kauffman at 2009 Duquesne University performance of Bach’s Art of Fugue
With Yuko Hayashi at Messiaen Festival, Musashino-Tokyo 2008
With Yuko Hayashi, Shinjuku Cultural Center, Tokyo, 2004
Surrounded
by students and friends, AGO Centennial Convention, NYC
With
Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
Receiving
the International Performer of the Year Award, NYC
At
Trinité, Paris
With
Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen
At
St.-Sulpice, Paris
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Press
and public alike proclaim American organist Jon Gillock for
his sensitive and moving performances. Known for his ability
to express and interpret the mystical and sublime, the deep
and profound, to communicate with and move his audiences, he
is especially fond of performing the "French spiritual
repertoire". This includes the music of such composers
as César Franck, Maurice Duruflé, Louis Vierne,
Nicolas de Grigny, François Couperin, Charles Tournemire,
and, of course, Olivier Messiaen and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Often
a soloist in international festivals, he has also been a featured
recitalist and master teacher for conventions of both the American
Guild of Organists and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
In 1996 he was chosen to give the opening recital for the National
Convention of the American Guild of Organists in New York City,
which celebrated the centennial anniversary of this organization.
Jon
Gillock grew up in Oklahoma where he began studying the piano
at an early age. He received the BM with high honors and the
MM degrees from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville); his
major teacher there was John Cowell. He did graduate study at
the College of Church Musicians, Washington Cathedral, with
Leo Sowerby and Paul Callaway. He earned his DMA degree from
The Juilliard School under Vernon de Tar (organ) and Gustave
Reese (musicology). It was while he was still a student there
that he began his long teaching association with Juilliard.
Later, he studied with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory.
Jon
Gillock has established an international career both as a performer
and as a master teacher.
Chronology
of Career Highlights
| 1970-94 |
Member
of the Organ Faculty, The Juilliard School, NYC |
| 1974 |
NY
Premiere of Messiaen's Méditations sur le Mystère
de la Sainte Trinité, and in many other American
cities |
| 1975 |
First
NY Performance of Messiaen's Complete Works for Organ |
| 1977 |
Study
with Olivier Messiaen in Paris at the Conservatoire Nationale
Superieur de la Musique |
| 1978-94 |
Member
of the Organ Faculty, Montclair State University, Upper
Montclair, New Jersey |
| 1978-96 |
Duo
concerts with harpist Kathleen Bride |
| 1981 |
Featured
Artist, RCCO National Convention, London |
| 1987 |
NY
Premiere of Messiaen's Livre du Saint Sacrement from
the manuscript, and in many other American cities, authorized
by the composer before publication of the work |
| 1993 |
Move
to Paris to concentrate on concertizing and writing |
| 1994 |
Special
Member of the Organ Faculty, Manhattan School of Music,
NYC |
| 1995 |
Only
American to participate in Festival Messiaen organized
by L'Église de la Sainte Trinité in Paris
(the church Messiaen served as organist for over 60 years)
to commemorate the third anniversary of his death |
| 1996 |
Featured
Artist, AGO Centennial Convention, NYC |
| 1999-00 |
Celebration
Messiaen (The Complete Works for Organ) at The Riverside
Church, NYC, to honor the 90th Birthday of Messiaen, including
premieres of Monodie, Prélude, and Offrande
au Saint-Sacrement from manuscripts recently discovered,
6 concerts, feature articles in The New York Times |
| Named
International Performer of the Year by the American
Guild of Organists, NYC |
| 2000 |
Celebration
Messiaen, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 3 concerts |
| Named
One of the Most Notable Organists of the 20th Century
by the AGO |
| Special
Concert for the Jubilee of the Catholic Church, L'Église
de la Sainte Trinité, Paris |
| Featured
Artist, The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Grand
Rapids and Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 2001 |
Celebration
Messiaen, for the Boston, Merrimack Valley, and Worcester
AGO chapters, 3 concerts |
| 2002
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Celebration
César Franck (The Complete Organ Works) and
Kindred Spiritualists, The Riverside Church, NYC, to honor
the 180th birthday of Franck, 3 concerts |
| All
Saints' Day. Featured organist in a televised Mass from
La Trinité in Paris remembering the 10th anniversary
of the death of Messiaen |
| 2004 |
Featured
Artist and Lecturer, 30th Anniversary Festival of the
Japan Association of Organists, Tokyo |
| 2004-09 |
Artist Faculty, Boston Organ Academy, sponsored by the Old West Organ Society, with Yuko Hayashi |
| 2005 |
Celebration César Franck (The Complete Organ Works), and Kindred Spiritualists, Boston, sponsored by the Old West Organ Society, Music at Mission Church, and the Boston AGO |
| 2007 |
Featured Artist in the Region II Convention of the AGO, Temple Emanu-el, NYC |
| 2008 |
Olivier Messiaen’s Centenary: Celebration Concerts, Masterclasses, and Lectures around the world: France, Japan, and the United States |
| First performance of Messiaen’s Complete Organ Works in Japan |
| Member of Jury in the International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo |
| 2009 |
Bach’s Art of Fugue (duo piano): Celebration Concerts (with Dean Kauffman) honoring the Life and Heritage of their Teacher and Mentor John Cowell with performances across the US |
| 2010 |
Publication of Performing Messiaen’s Organ Music: 66 Masterclass by Indiana University Press |
| 2011 |
Inaugural/Dedicatory Concert for the Manton Organ, Church of the Ascension, NYC, by French organ builder Pascal Quoirin |
| Ascension Organ Academy, New York City, inaugural season: Artist Faculty with Dennis Keene, Church of the Ascension |
| Member of Jury and concert artist in the 60th Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg, Germany |
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