Andrew Henderson is appointed chair of the organ department for Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, succeeding Kent Tritle, who remains on the organ faculty and continues as director of choral activities. Since 2005, Henderson has served as director of music and organist at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, where he directs the liturgical and choral music program, the Music on Madison concert series, and is executive director of the church’s New York City Children’s Chorus, an auditioned, graded choral program for more than 180 choristers. He also continues to serve as associate organist at New York City’s Temple Emanu-El and as organ instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Henderson, a native of Thorold, Ontario, Canada, holds degrees in music from Cambridge and Yale universities, and in 2007 was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Juilliard School. He was a finalist in the international competition Grand Prix de Chartres in France in 2002, and won first prize in the Royal Canadian College of Organists biennial National Organ Playing Competition in 2003. A Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, his teachers have included John Tuttle, Barrie Cabena, David Sanger, Thomas Murray, and John Weaver.
For information: www.andrewhenderson.net.
