Michael Bauer Professor of Organ & Church Music
Michael Bauer recieved his early training in organ at the Eastman School of Music. He earned a bachelor and a master degrees at the University of Alabama, and a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. Following doctoral work, Bauer spent two years in Geneva, Switzerland, where he earned the Certificat de Perfectionnement from the Conservatoire de Musique. He studied theology while at the Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. His major teachers have been Warren Hutton, Roberta Gary and Lionel Rogg - organ; Frederick Prentice and Elmer Thomas - choral conducting; and Larry Palmer and Susan Marchant - harpsichord.
Bauer has served as director of music at the American Church in Geneva and at Central Congregational Church in Dallas. Currently, he is associate professor of organ and church music at the University of Kansas. In 1995 Bauer held a Keeler Family Intra-University Professorship at KU, which enabled him to work in the art history and architecture departments.
From 1988-90, Bauer served as the associate director of the International Church Music Workshop in Geneva, Switzerland and Cambridge, England. He is a past dean of both the Topeka, Kan. and the Tuscaloosa, Ala. chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
Bauer performs regularly on harpsichord as a member of the Oread Baroque Ensemble, with whom he recently released a CD of French baroque music entitled "La Magnifique." He is in demand as an organ recitalist, and he lectures widely on topics concerning the relationship between religion and the arts.
