- Arthur Poister
Arthur Poister (1898—
February 25 1980 ) was an eminent Americanorganist , who was especially renowned as one of the country's leadingpedagogue s of future generations of musicians.Arthur Poister served as music director at
Syracuse University 's Hendricks Chapel from 1948 to 1965, and as organ professor from 1948 to 1967. Decades earlier, he taught for nearly twenty years at theOberlin Conservatory of Music , where a large number of famous organists studied with him during their collegiate years.Poister was at Oberlin until 1948, when he moved to Syracuse University. The move was facilitated in part by the building of several new organs at Syracuse, including a pair of concert instruments and several practice organs. He also had shorter teaching stints at the University of Colorado,
Longwood College inFarmville, Virginia andMeredith College inRaleigh, North Carolina . TheArthur Poister Organ Competition was created in his honor in 1976 [ [http://arts.ku.edu/collage/students/fulbright.html Collage On-line, Spring 2001] , from the University of Kansas] , and is one of the leading competitions of its kind in America.Poister's past students have included
Fenner Douglas ,David Boe [ [http://www.oberlin.edu/con/faculty/boe_david.html David Boe Oberlin faculty profile] ] ,Roger Nyquist [ [http://www.rogernyquist.com/introduction.htm Dr. Roger Nyquist - Biography] ] , Elizabeth,Raymond Chenault [ [http://www.concertartists.com/theChenaults.html Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault biography] ] ,Carlo Curley [ [http://www.slee.buffalo.edu/organ.htm Curley biography at "Organ Recitals on the Fisk"] ] ,Judith Hancock [ [http://www.music.utexas.edu/directory/details.aspx?id=210 Judith Hancock UT faculty profile] ] , Donald Sutherland [ [http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/484 Sutherland biography at the Peabody Institute] ] ,David Hurd [ [http://www.paracletepress.com/nstore/store.php?ID=4&mode=show&CID=36 Hurd biography at Paraclete Press] ] ,Roberta Gary [ [http://www.ccm.uc.edu/faculty/facultyProfile.aspx?facultyid=73 Gary biography at CCM] ] ,Leonard Raver and Chris Yorks.Arthur Poister died in
Durham, North Carolina at the age of 81. During his final years, he had been living in Raleigh. He was survived by his wife Dorothy, daughter Wendy, son Theodore, and three grandchildren.Notes
External links
* [http://hendricks.syr.edu/anniversary/stories.html Memories of Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel]
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