Faculty Profile

G. Fredrick Guzasky

D.M.A., Boston University
M.M.A., Eastern Illinois University
B.M.A., Millikin University

G. Fredrick Guzasky is an adjunct professor at Bridgewater State College and is an Affiliated Artist at MIT in Cambridge.  As a recitalist, he has performed in New England and the Midwest, as well as Russia, Latvia, and England, receiving the Boston University Outstanding Performance Award and the EMACT Award in conducting. Highlights of more recent seasons include tours of Russia and Latvia, with engagements at the Cathedral of Riga, the Kapella Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as teaching master classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Other venues have included performances at  St. Paul’s Cathedral, Holy Trinity Church in New York, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.

As a composer, he has to his credit several Masses, numerous choral anthems, including a series based on Russian Orthodox texts, and a number of instrumental works. Dr. Guzasky is also author of the Gregorian Chant Handbook, and is known as a chant clinician in the Boston area. He is also director of the Slava Chorale, a Boston based group of professional singers that perform Russian and Greek music. 

Dr. Guzasky has done extensive research on the organ works of Josef Rheinberger,  and  is a founding member of the Rheinberger Foundation.  Guzasky’s recordings include Comes Autumn Time, a CD of organ favorites, and g. fredrick guzasky – LIVE.

He has taught at Millikin University, Eastern Illinois University, Boston University, the Clinton Fine Arts Center, and had served for several years as the director of The Boston Conservatory Satellite School in Cohasset, that has developed into Conservatory Teaching in Your Community, where he maintains a  studio of organ, piano, harpsichord, and cello students.  At his current schools, he teaches piano, music theory, music history, Russian studies, and keyboard fundamentals.

Guzasky had also worked for Berghaus Organ Builders and the Schneider Orgelbau Werkstadt, where he had specialized in tuning and woodworking.

Last year, Guzasky’s first mystery novel was published, and recently his performer’s guide  Gradus Ad Parnassum for the Organist  was published by XLibris. Soon to be available is a collection entitled Rheinberger, the Master from Liechtenstein: Music for the Organ Student.

Dr. Fred enjoys composing, writing, cartooning, and scuba diving.

Office: Maxwell Library 312E
Website: www.fredrickguzasky.com

Last Modified: September 8, 2008