| \n \n About the artist. \; Gail Archer returns for her sixth concert since 2003 given on the church&rsquo\;s Taylor &\; Boody organ. The international concert organist travels to about fifty concert venues a year\, her travels each year include England\, Poland\, Germany\, Hungary\, France\, the Low Countries\, and Italy as well as locations across the United States. \n \; \n In addition\, her busy schedule includes being a recording artist\, choral conductor\, and lecturer. Ms. Archer was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of the composer&rsquo\;s birth in 2008\; Time-Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as &ldquo\;Best of 2008&rdquo\; in classical music and opera. \n \; \n Her recordings include Franz Liszt\, A Hungarian Rhapsody\; Bach\, The Transcendent Genius\; An American Idyll\; A Mystic in the Making on Meyer-Media\; and The Orpheus of Amsterdam\, Sweelinck and His Pupils on CALA Records\, London. \n \; \n Ms. Archer is college organist at Vassar College and director of the music program at Barnard College\, Columbia University\, where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus. She serves as director of the artist and young organ artist recitals at historic Central Synagogue\, New York City. | \n