Leon W. Couch III

Leon W. Couch III presents organ recitals, masterclasses, and lecture-recitals throughout the United States. Every year, he performs in over ten states and has played in major venues, such as the Spoleto Festival and in the recital series at the University of Calgary. He is represented by the Concert Artist Cooperative, as advertised in The Diapason and The American Organist. In August 2007, the respected label Pro Organo released his solo recording Hamburger Rhetoric; selections have been featured on NPR's Pipedreams (public radio). For many years, Couch has also served as a church musician for a variety of denominations. Dr. Couch earned a D.M.A. in Organ Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. His undergraduate music degree is from the University of Florida. His principal organ teachers include Willis Bodine and Roberta Gary.

• AGO CER Resource: Playing Dieterich Buxtehude's Works Rhetorically (released December 2007)
  Sample 1 (Music) (1.5 Mb), Sample 2 (Lecture) (1.3 Mb), and Sample 3 (Application examples) (4.7 Mb)
• ProOrgano CD: Hamburger Rhetorik (released August 2007) or Alternate vendor 1 or Alternate vendor 2 or Alternate vendor 3
  Sample 1 (1.6 Mb), Sample 2 (1.6 Mb), and Sample 3 (1.6 Mb)

• Recital at St. Philips Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia (Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach, Linker, Vierne) (34 megs)

• Recital for Westabou Festival at St. John's UMC, Augusta, Georga (Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach, Linker, Vierne) (45 megs)
• First Half of Recital (Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach) (26.8 megs) and Second Half of Recital (Vierne Sym. 6) Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC September 6, 2009 (27.6 megs)
• "Allegro" (5.9 megs), "Aria" (4.9 megs), and "Final" from Vierne's Symphony No. 6, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC June 21, 2009 (7.1 megs)