Scott Foppiano
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Scott Foppiano was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1965. He began private study of the piano with Evelyn Maschmeyer at an early age and, while a student in the Parish School of St. Paul the Apostle, he began playing the organ in church for daily school masses. He eventually began playing weekend liturgies while beginning private study of the organ with Dr. John Hooker at Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis. During his years at Christian Brothers High School he discovered his love for the sound of the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ at Memphis' Orpheum Theatre and soon began playing overtures and intermissions. |
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Following his family's relocation to Charlotte following his senior year of high school he entered the NC School of the Arts as a scholarship student of John and Margaret Mueller and his formal studies also brought him under the continued tutelage of Donna Robertson and David Lowry. In addition to being thoroughly trained as a classical organist, he subsequently continued private study of classical organ repertoire with the late William Whitehead and also the study of theatre and symphonic organ stylings with the late, great Thomas Hazleton, his mentor and best friend. |
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Critically acclaimed and sought after as a recitalist, theatre organist and
silent film accompanist, he has played and recorded some of the greatest
classical and theatre pipe organs in the United States, Canada and Europe. To
date he has four solo organ CD's with future projects pending. In addition, he
has been a featured artist for regional and national conventions of the American
Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society and the American Theatre Organ
Society.
In 2001 he took his choir on a 14 day tour of Italy where they sang in the Cathedrals of Milan, Assisi and Florence and they sang the Solemn Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome under his direction and organ accompaniment. He has served as organist and music director for several prominent congregations and has also held positions on the administrative boards of both the AGO and the ATOS at local and national levels. Additionally he became very involved as an adjudicator for the ATOS’s young organist’s competition at both local and national levels. He holds the Service Playing and Colleague certifications of the American Guild of Organists and serves as the Organist-Choirmaster at a large suburban Parish in metropolitan Indianapolis which he now calls home. In addition to his ecclesiastical duties, he maintains a very active schedule as a solo performer. During the ATOS national convention in New York City, Mr. Foppiano was named the 2007 ATOS Organist of the Year.
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