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In memoriam Gerre HancockMartin Jean The world has lost a great musician, and the Institute has lost a dear friend and former colleague. Gerre Hancock died the afternoon of January 21 in Austin, Texas; he was 77 years old. Dr. Hancock was an alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin, and the Union School of Sacred Music in New York City, the Institute’s predecessor organization. He was former student of ISM’s founding director, Dr. Robert Stevens Baker. Following his studies, he became assistant organist at St. Bartholemew’s Episcopal Church in New York, and from there moved to Christ Church, Cincinatti, OH. From 1971-2004 Gerre was organist and choirmaster of St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, and for nearly that long taught organ and organ improvisation here at Yale. During this time he raised to an international level, the quality and visibility of both programs. He was one of the greatest church musicians of our time and inspired generations of musicians who worked with and admired him. In the last few days alone, we have read hundreds of testimonies from respected leaders in the field that it was the leadership and musicianship of Dr. Hancock that moved them to pursue church music as a career. The evening of his death, the Schola Cantorum performed the following program under the direction of renowned conductor, David Hill, which, as it happened, was planned fully a year before. We dedicated this concert to the memory of our beloved mentor and friend and now share with the world this recording of Herbert Howells’s “Take him, earth, for cherishing.” See concert program | Listen to Schola: Herbert Howells: "Take him, earth, for cherishing," David Hill, conductor. Recorded by StudioTeo on January 21, 2012, Christ Church Episcopal, New Haven. |
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Thomas Murray, Gerre and Judith Hancock, and Martin Jean, June 2004. Photo courtesy Christopher Jennings. |
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