Thatcher Dow Lyman

Thatcher Lyman graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance in 2005.  He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Oberlin College.  While there, Thatcher studied organ with Haskell Thomson and James David Christie.  He has played in master classes for Daniel Roth, Jean Pierre LeGuay, Marie-Louise Langlais, Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Lionel Rogg, Cherry Rhodes, Jon Laukvik, and Harald Vogel.  He won First Prizes in both the Cleveland Chapter and Region V levels of the AGO Regional Competition for Young Organists in 2005.
        
An early music enthusiast, Thatcher is a founding member of the five-voice ensemble Uncloistered, which has performed concerts in the United States, England, and Italy.  In October of 2005, Uncloistered traveled to England together to study with John Potter, formerly of the Hilliard Ensemble, and Anna Maria Friman, of Trio Medieval.  Thatcher joined the choir of York Minster as a paid Alto Choral Scholar, singing Evensong six days per week.  He received a Master of Arts degree in Ensemble Singing with distinction from the University of York, England.

Thatcher earned a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance in 2008 from the Eastman School of Music, where he continues to study in the doctoral program with Professor Hans Davidsson.  In 2009, Thatcher received Eastman’s Gerald Barnes Award for Excellence in Pipe Organ.  He was also a finalist for the 2010 John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship.  He has performed extensively in and around Rochester, NY, including performances for the 2009 EROI Festival and the Candlelight Concert Series at Christ Church, Rochester, NY.  He is Director of Music at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Webster, NY and is an Assistant Director of the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Rochester, NY.