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gail archer
Senior Lecturer in Music
Director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus
Gail Archer is Director of the Music Program at Barnard College and conductor of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus. Dr. Archer joined the faculty of Barnard in 1988. She is also a member of the faculty at Manhattan School of Music, and serves as college organist at Vassar College.
Dr. Archer is an internationally known concert organist, lecturer, and recording artist who performs throughout North America and Europe.
In response to Dr. Archer's second solo CD, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media, 2007), John Terauds of the Toronto Star wrote: "Gail Archer has become one of the world's few star concert organists. Here she tackles two technically and artistically demanding suites by Messiaen … Archer balances power, clarity and colour beautifully throughout…"
Selected Publications
Cantate Ariete a Una, Due, e Tre Voci Op. 3, by Seventeenth Century Venetiam Composer Barbara Strozzi, transcription and translation by Gail Archer(A-R Editions, 2001)
Barbara Strozzi: Arias and Duets (Compact Disc) (Dorian Recordings, 2001)
A Mystic in the Making: L'Ascension and Les Corps Glorieux by Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992) (Compact Disc) (Meyer Media, 2007)
The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (Compact Disc) (Cala Records, 2006)
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EDUCATION:
M.M., Mannes College of Music
M.A., University of Hartford
B.A., Montclair State College
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SPECIALIZATIONS:
Organ registration techniques
Vocal music
17th-century music and culture