Marc Antone Godding, 87, born June 19, 1937, died January 23. He served from 1970 until 2005 as university organist of Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and retired in summer 2024 after 48 years as organist of Nichols Hills United Methodist Church, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma. He was named Professor Emeritus after his retirement from the university.
He studied at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas, and Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, before earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance and literature from Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. As a Fulbright scholar, he studied with Helmut Walcha at the Staatliche Hochschule für Music in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Godding was a past dean of American Guild of Organists chapters in Waterbury, Connecticut, and in Oklahoma City. He served nine years as the AGO’s Oklahoma State chairman and as secretary and treasurer of its Oklahoma City Chapter. He led organ repertoire sessions at the local, regional, and national level.
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