Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and holds degrees from the University of North Texas, the Eastman School of Music, and the Oberlin Conservatory.
She has performed abroad in Iceland, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Brazil, Israel, Italy, and Norway, and been honored to contribute to convention performances and lectures for the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, and the Anglican Association of Musicians, all of which organizations she serves actively as a member. An ardent teacher, Spritzer is especially regarded as a scholar and champion of lesser-known composers from the Romantic eras of England and France, and her discography of internationally acclaimed recordings reflects this.
She recorded her seventh commercial CD in France on the 1849 John Abbey organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Châlons, released in fall of 2023. Her sixth CD, recorded in England, was released fall 2022 and received a 5-star review from British magazine, The Organ. Spritzer’s acclaimed fifth CD, recorded at England’s Hereford Cathedral in 2018, received five stars from Organists Review: “Damin Spritzer’s performance is spellbinding – and her wide-ranging program notes are fascinating…on so many levels this CD impresses as a serious undertaking.” She was the first American and first woman to record at Hereford, which boasts centuries of extraordinary organ and choral music since 1600. Alsatian-American composer René Louis Becker (1882-1956) was the topic of her doctoral research, leading to three world premier recordings of Becker’s music, two in France and the third in the United States. Her fourth CD, “Fantasia,” was a collaborative project with trombone, and she and Dr. Donald Pinson are planning a second volume. She is in the process of preparing her 8th recording focused exclusively on works by women composers from England, America, Germany, and France. Since arriving in Oklahoma, she has been pleased to be an assisting organist for St. Thomas More University Parish and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral over the past eight years.
Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
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