Life

Porter studied organ at Oberlin College

Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...

 and Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 where he received the DMA degree in 1980. He taught harpsichord and organ at Oberlin from 1974 to 1986 and taught organ, music history and music theory at the New England Conservatory in Boston from 1985 to 2002. He now teaches organ, organ improvisation and harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...

 and McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

.

Selected discography

• An Organ Portrait (1993), at the John Brombaugh
  John Brombaugh
  John Brombaugh is an American master pipe organ builder, known for his historically-oriented tracker action instruments, some of which are capable of playing at different historical pitches.-Personal life and early training:...
  
   organ in the Haga Church
• Krebs: Clavier-Übung (2001), at the Pehr Schiörlin organ in Gammalkil
• Music Sweet & Serious (2003), at the North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka
  North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka
  The North German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka is a pipe organ in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built within a research project at GOArt, University of Gothenburg and dedicated on August 12, 2000. The goal of the project was to recreate the construction techniques and design philosophies of 17th...
  
  
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ (2006), with David Higgs
  David Higgs
  David Higgs is an American organist. He has given a large number of recitals and is the head of the organ department at the Eastman School of Music.- Life :...
  
   and Hans Davidsson
  Hans Davidsson
  Hans Davidsson is a Swedish organist and teacher. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing the organ research center GOArt in Göteborg, Sweden...
  
  

External links

• Eastman faculty page