Dr. Wendy Markosky, professor of music at CUC since 1997, presented a recital of works for both organ and harpsichord at the First Presbyterian Church in Edmonton, Sunday, November 20. In what was the first recital of the Royal Canadian College of Organist's 2011 concert series, Dr. Markosky performed works by Buxtehude, Clerambault, Frescobaldi, and others.
Dr. Markosky holds the degree of Doctor of Music in Organ Performance and Literature, with minors in Music Theory and Baroque Studies (1999), from the Indiana University (IU) School of Music at Bloomington, where she also earned her master's degree in performance. Dr. Markosky was an associate instructor of music theory for five years at the IU School of Music and also served as university chapel organist. Her doctoral research focused on the music of 17th-century organist Matthias Weckmann, and the crucial role of musical rhetorical concepts in composition and performance in that era.
In addition to her teaching and duties as organist at the College Heights SDA Church, Dr. Markosky maintains an active professional schedule of concerts, lectures, master classes and workshops in both Canada and the US. This past season took her to recital venues in Alberta, Manitoba and California. She has lectured on her doctoral research at Northwestern University, Illinois, been a recitalist and lecturer for the "Travelling Clinician" program of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and been a faculty member of the American "Pipe Organ Encounters" program, an educational outreach program of the American Guild of Organists. She has done research, study and performance on a number of important Baroque organs in Germany and France. Dr. Markosky also is an active continuo performer (organ, harpsichord) with several Alberta ensembles.
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