Douglas Cleveland

Douglas Cleveland, a native of Washington State, earned his Bachelor’s degree in 1991 at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, as a scholarship student of the late Russell Saunders. While at Eastman he won first prize in four national competitions, and at the age of eighteen he was a finalist in the American Guild of Organists (AGO) National Competition.

In 1994 Cleveland earned his Master’s degree at the Indiana University School of Music as a student of Larry Smith and was the assistant organist and choirmaster at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Indianapolis. He won first prize in the 1993 Fort Wayne Competition and the prestigious AGO National Young Artists Competition in 1994. Since winning the AGO prize, Cleveland has played over 70 recitals throughout the United States, twice with the National Symphony Orchestra at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He has performed in Norway, Sweden, Denmark Finland, Russia, Australia, Westminster Abbey and the Cathedral of Berlin.

Douglas Cleveland’s debut recording, The Grand Organ of Princeton University Chapel (RBW Record Co. RBWCD004), has received critical acclaim and is still a much sought after recording.

In 1997, Cleveland was a visiting professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and is presently completing his doctorate at Indiana University, Bloomington. Cleveland performed at the 1997 Organ Historical Society National Convention and was a featured recitalist at the 1998 AGO National Convention in Denver.