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Thomas Mantle Murray (born October 6, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is an American organist, known as an interpreter of Romantic organ music. He is currently a Professor of Music and university organist at the Yale School of Music. He is also Principal Organist and Artist in Residence at Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut. ==Life and career== Thomas Murray studied organ with Clarence Mader at Occidental College. He studied choral conducting as well, and graduated with his B.A. from that university in 1965. The next year, he won the National Competition of the American Guild of Organists. From 1966-1973, he was organist at Immanuel Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles,〔 and from 1975-1980 he was choirmaster and organist of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston. In 1981, he joined the music faculty at Yale University, becoming university organist in 1990. Murray has also been active as a concert organist for more than 40 years. In the United States, he has appeared as a soloist with the Pittsburgh, Houston, Milwaukee and Portland Symphonies and with the National Chamber Orchestra in Washington, D.C. He has also performed in most European countries, South America, Australia and Japan, and was featured as a soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at the Lahti Festival in Finland.〔http://pipeorgancds.com/thomasmurray.html〕 Thomas Murray is best known for his performances of Romantic organ works and transcriptions of works originally written for other instruments. He is especially knowledgeable about the organ music of Elgar, Mendelssohn, Franck, and Saint-Saëns, and his recordings of organ works by Mendelssohn and Elgar are regarded as authoritative. As university organist at Yale, he has access to the famed Skinner organ in Woolsey Hall, one of the largest and most important Romantic instruments in the US, and has made numerous recordings on this instrument. Additionally, he has recorded numerous organs by the Hook firm, one of the most prominent organ-building companies in American during the 19th century. He is not a firm adherent to the school of organ playing that places a strong emphasis on historical performance practice, though he has frequently performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach.〔http://www.rccotoronto.ca/index11TM.html〕 When not teaching or performing, Murray can usually be found pursuing his other passion: antique cars, particularly Rolls-Royces. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Murray (organist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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