John L. Edwards_First Presbyterian_Oklahoma City

Chair and associate professor of organ at the University of Oklahoma

Gordon Sibley Auchincloss

Gordon Sibley Auchincloss, 79, died June 11 in Norfolk, Virginia. Born July 28, 1941, in New York City, he was a graduate of the Lenox School, Lenox, Massachusetts. After serving in the United States Navy as a medical corpsman, he earned a bachelor’s degree from The State University of New York at New Paltz. From an early age Auchincloss was fascinated by the sound of pipe organs and, thanks to his grandmother and an aunt, was able to travel widely with them in Europe, playing many organs.

 2019 AGO Endowment Fund Distinguished Artist Award Recital and Gala Benefit

Appointed associate director of music/organist