Masterclass William Porter during the Smarano Organ Academy 2014

Masterclass William Porter during the Smarano Organ Academy 2014 William Porter is Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and also teaches in the organ department at McGill University in Montreal. From 1985 to 2002 he taught organ, music history, and music theory at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and from 2001 until 2005 he taught improvisation at Yale University. He holds degrees from Oberlin College, where he also taught organ and harpsichord from 1974 to 1986, and from Yale University, where he was director of music at Yale Divinity School from 1971 to 1973. Widely known as a performer in the United States and in Europe, he has also achieved international recognition for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles, ancient and modern. He has performed at major international festivals and academies, including the North German Organ Academy, the Italian Academy of Music for the Organ, the Smarano Organ and Clavichord Academy