Foley-Baker, Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Part 2

Appointed executive director

The Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine

Editor’s note: the first part of this series appeared in the February 2022 issue of The Diapason, pages 12–17.

Andrew Schaeffer: Let’s begin by hearing a little bit about your formative years in California.

Thomas Murray: I must begin with the single most important thing, which is that my mother and father were unsparingly supportive of my musical interests. I had piano lessons early and was fortunate to be a member of the Pasadena Boy Choristers when it was still directed by its founder, Dr. John Henry Lyons.