Brock Organ Education Fund Scholarship
In a 50-year-plus career, the late John Brock, Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Tennessee, pursued many interests related to the organ, including performing, teaching, research, writing, recording, and organ consulting. His performances took him to many parts of the U. S. and Western Europe. He was the author of Introduction to Organ Playing in 17th and 18th Century Style and co-editor of 101 Chorale Preludes: German Organ Works of the 17th and 18th Centuries, both published by Wayne Leupold Editions. Brock recorded a wide range of organ repertoire on compact discs, including two volumes of A Tennessee Organ Tour and the complete organ works of Hugo Distler.
Brock received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Organ Performance and Church Music from the University of Alabama, where he was a student of Warren Hutton. During retirement, John continued to perform, teach, and write. He was also an Adjunct Instructor of Organ at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN and served churches as a guest organist.
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He was active in the American Guild of Organists on local and national levels, and in 2007 was honored by the Knoxville AGO Chapter with the creation of the Brock Organ Education Fund (BOEF) to award scholarships to promising high school and college organ students. The fund continues to award scholarships even in his memory since his death in 2024. Scholarships from this fund provide financial assistance to students in the Knoxville area who are engaged in organ study. The Knoxville AGO offers two scholarships each academic year, one to a high school student ($750) and one to an undergraduate ($1000) in the area colleges that offer organ instruction.
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If you or someone you know may benefit from the BOEF Scholarship, please click here to find out more about requirements and to apply.