Vaughn Mauren

Vaughn Mauren began his professional music career at the age of eight with the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, New York. He studied piano with the Cathedral organist, Dr. Lloyd Cast, Jr. and later, with Joseph Fennimore. At age 11, he completed his first England tour with the choir in residence at Hereford Cathedral. At 14, he joined Saint Peter’s Church Choir, Albany, New York, continuing organ studies with Neil Keen throughout high school.

During this time, Mauren served as Organist of the First Presbyterian Church, Rensselaerville, New York. He also returned to England to study organ at the Eton College Choral Courses, performing on BBC Radio 3 and at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Upon graduation in 2003, he made his third tour of England with St. Peter’s as organist in residence at Lichfield Cathedral.

Mauren continued organ studies with John Rose at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. and received his B.A. with Honors in Music in 2007. There, he served as Assistant Chapel Organist and member of the Chapel Singers. In 2006, he went on to study art history in Paris, France, where he served as an assistant accompanist for the Paris Choral Society and presented an organ recital at the American Cathedral. He served as organist for additional choir tours to the Colegio National de Buenos Aires and Cathedral Metropolitana, Buenas Aires, Argentina; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Bristol Cathedral, England.

In 2007, Mauren began graduate studies at the Yale School of Music under Thomas Murray, Martin Jean and Jeffrey Brillhart. There, he concurrently held music director positions at the Episcopal Church at Yale and Berkeley Divinity School. In 2008, he returned to Paris to study with Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin. He also studied the organ works of Olivier Messiaen with Olivier Latry at the International Summer Academy for Organists in Haarlem, the Netherlands. In 2009, Mauren received his Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Yale.