Organist

Samuel Gaskin is a passionate composer and improviser of music in many genres. As an improviser, he shared 1st prize in the 2023 St. Albans International Organ Competition and received 2nd prize in the 2021 American Guild of Organists' (AGO) National Competition of Organ Improvisation. As a composer, recent premieres include Chase, for the ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, In memoriam, premiered by the Unheard-of Ensemble, and Psalm 118, for choir and organ. Samuel was assistant organist at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas before receiving a Fulbright grant to France, where he is currently pursuing Artist's Diplomas in organ with Jean-Baptiste Robin and in jazz studies with Sylvain Beuf at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles.