Gail Archer
Gail Archer is an American organist, music director, choral conductor and an academic. She is a professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College, Columbia University and the founder of an international forum for women organists called Musforum. She directs the ‘Barnard-Columbia Chorus & Chamber Choir’ and the ‘Music Program’ of Barnard College, Columbia University, and is College Organist of Vassar College.
Archer's musical work spans from the 17th to the 21st century, with performances on instruments of the Baroque and Romantic periods. Her work has been compiled in several CDs, including Chernivtsi, A Russian Journey, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody, and The Muse's Voice, among others. Archer's solo debut CD, ‘The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils’, was released in 2006. Archer conducts annual recital series based on musical themes. Her recital series The Muse's Voice, Max Reger: The Last Romantic, An American Idyll, Liszt and Bach.
Archer was the first American woman to play Olivier Messiaen's complete work at his centennial. Time Out New York recognized her work as ‘Best of 2008’ in classical music and opera. She has also received the Teaching Excellence Award at Barnard College. Archer is a member of American Choral Directors Association, American Guild of Organists and International Alliance of Women in Music.
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