- Craig Cramer
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Craig Cramer is an organist and professor of organ at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, where he teaches organ performance and organ literature to undergraduate and graduate students of the university. He is active as a recording artist and concertizes frequently under the management of Penny Lorenz Artists, both across America and in Europe. He is also the organist of St. David's Episcopal Church in Elkhart, Indiana.
Cramer studied with William Hays at Westminster Choir College and subsequently attended the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Russel Saunders and James Drake. He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance and literature from Eastman in 1983, and also was awarded the Performer's Certificate in organ. He has studied additionally with David Boe and André Marchal. He has won several competitions, including the Fort Wayne International Organ Competition and the Alexander McCurdy Competition in Organ Performance.
Cramer recently oversaw the building and installation of the O'Malley Organ by Paul Fritts (opus 24) in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame.
External links
- University of Notre Dame faculty information
- Penny Lorenz Artist Management [1]
Categories:- Living people
- University of Notre Dame faculty
- Westminster Choir College alumni
- Eastman School of Music alumni
- Organist stubs
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