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Organist and pianist, composer, author, arranger, educator and consultant, Len Rhodes has
worked as a church organist since the age of thirteen. His organ mentor, Douglas Hopkins, organist at St. Paul's Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, and the Sandhurst Military Academy (UK) was a significant influence. He received his diplomas from the Royal Academy of Music, and the London College of Music. He also studied composition with a protege of Olivier Messiaen at Morley College, University of London. He recently attended a course on the organ music of Messiaen at Cambridge University (sponsored by the Royal College of Organists.) He is Director of Music and Organist at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
His many composing and arranging credits include
Trinity College of London, the Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Rocky Mountain United Methodist Conference, and BBC Radio.
His teaching credits include music history
at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs as well as public and private
schools in the U.K. and U.S. He has a private music studio where he teaches
organ, piano, composition, ear training, theory and harmony. Many of Len's former students are members of orchestras and (name!) bands throughout the world. Many others are successful teachers. Encouragement from his students and colleagues prompted Len to
establish "lenrhodesmusic.com."
The International Summer Academy of Music (ISAM) in Michelstadt, Germany invited Len to participate on the adjudicating panel in 2007.
He is currently serving as the Colorado State Music Teachers Association's Commissioned Composer Chair.
As consultant, he continues to design music curricula for schools and other musical institutions in the U.S.
Len presented his lecture "Composition in the Private Studio" at the 2005 National Music Teachers Association annual convention in Seattle, WA and has been in demand as a clinician ever since. He has recently published a book on the subject which will be available as a download on this site very soon.
He received the Pikes Peak Arts Council/Arts
Business and Education Award for his work with Pikes Peak Young Composers. This
non-profit organization based in Colorado which he founded in 1995 offering young composers the opportunity for professional critique of their scores as well as a platform for the performance of their original music. Pikes Peak Young Composers now receives enquiries and entries from throughout the world. Len holds the positions of both Artistic and Executive Director.
Len is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (UK), ASCAP, the Royal College of Organists (UK), the American Guild of Organists, and the Music Teachers National Association (USA).
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