 TODD WILSON is Director of Music and Organist at the Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he heads a program of choirs as well as a concert series. He is also Head of the Organ Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Organ Curator of the recently restored E. M. Skinner organ at Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra. Mr. Wilson received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, where he studied organ with Wayne Fisher. Further coaching in organ repertoire was with Russell Saunders at the Eastman School of Music. He has won numerous competitions, including France’s Grand Prix de Chartres and the Fort Wayne Competition. An active member of the American Guild of Organists, Mr. Wilson holds Fellow and Choirmaster certificates, and was a featured performer for the Centennial National Convention of the Guild in New York City in July 1996. Todd Wilson has been heard in concert in many major cities throughout the United States and Europe, including performances at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Cleveland’s Severance Hall, Dallas’s Meyerson Symphony Center, and Uihlein Hall in Milwaukee. In 1992 he appeared as a solo recitalist for Austrian Radio in Vienna, as well as in concert with the Slovakian Radio Symphony. Past orchestral appearances include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, members of the Atlanta Symphony, the Naples (FL) Philharmonic, the Calgary Philharmonic, City of London Sinfonia, the Canton Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, and the Ft. Worth Symphony. A sought-after adjudicator, Todd Wilson has been a jury member for numerous national and international playing competitions. An active interest in improvisation has led to his popular improvised accompaniments to classic silent films. |
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