Martin Jean
Professor of organ, professor in the practice of sacred music, and director of the Institute of Sacred Music.
Professor Jean has performed widely throughout
the United States and Europe and is known for his
wide repertorial interests. He was awarded first
place at the international Grand Prix de Chartres
in 1986, and in 1992 at the National Young
Artists’ Competition in Organ Performance. A
student of Robert Glasgow, in the fall of 1999 he
spent a sabbatical with Harald Vogel in North
Germany. He has performed on four continents and
nearly all fifty states. In 2001 he presented a cycle of the complete organ works of Bach at Yale, and his compact discs of The Seven Last Words of Christ
by Charles Tournemire and the complete Six
Symphonies of Louis Vierne, both recorded in
Woolsey Hall, have been released by Loft
Recordings. Recordings of the organ symphonies
and Stations of the Cross of Marcel Dupré are forthcoming on the Delos label. A.MUS.D., University of Michigan