Graham Farrell, a North Carolina native, received the Master of Music degree from Yale, where he began to explore the organ's potential beyond its traditional role. His concerts at First Presbyterian in Hudson, New York have included Bach, pop standards, opera highlights, jazz, and his own compositions. The "Broadway Goes to Church" program celebrates four of the great individuals and songwriting teams whose works have entered the national consciousness: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and Lerner and Loewe. Says Farrell: "Working on these songs has been a personal odyssey for me. The poetry is ingenious, witty and urbane. This was a golden period."
Discipline:
Music Composition
Graham Farrell
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1986
Studios
Sprague-Smith
Graham Farrell worked in the Sprague-Smith studio.
In January of 1976, the original Sprague-Smith Studio — built in 1915–1916 and funded by music students of Mrs. Charles Sprague-Smith of the Veltin School — was destroyed by fire. Redesigned by William Gnade, Sr., a Peterborough builder, the fieldstone structure was rebuilt the same year from the foundation up, reusing the original fieldstone. A few…