Organ Lessons

     
 
  Dr. Marcia Van Oyen
DMA University of Michigan
Marcia Van Oyen earned her Bachelor's degree in Organ and Church Music at Calvin College.  She earned both Master's and Doctoral degrees in Organ and Church Music at the University of Michigan, studying organ with Robert Glasgow.  She has also studied organ with Huw Lewis and improvisation with Paul Manz. She was the winner of the 1996 Jean and Broadus Staley Hymn Playing Competition and has earned professional certification as an Associate of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO).

Marcia was previously Director of Music and Organist at Glenview Community Church (UCC) in Glenview, Illinois, a position she held for ten years (1995 - 2005).  Marcia has served as Dean, Sub-Dean, and Board member of the North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has been a performer on many chapter programs.  She is a member of  the National AGO Committee on Membership Development and Chapter Support.  She teaches organ privately and writes articles for The Diapason and Choir & Organ, international pipe organ journals.  Marcia is the author of "A Handbook for Organ Committees," a book which she has self-published.  She has performed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and historic Bruton Parish in Williamsburg, Virginia.  “Visions of Eternity,” Marcia’s compact disc featuring the organ at Glenview Community Church was released by Raven Recordings in Fall 2001.  Selections from this disc have been featured on the national radio program, “Pipedreams.”