Member bio
A native of Longview, Texas, Austin Ferguson led the carillon program at the University of Texas at Austin from 2011 to 2015, performing half-hour concerts seven times per week and teaching lessons to fellow students. He has been a featured recitalist around the country and is an active member of the GCNA, where he serves as co-editor of Carillon News, the Guild’s newsletter, and sits on the Legal and Membership Roster Committees. He was named the fourth carillonneur of the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, in February 2017. In addition to his work at Mayo, Austin serves as a piano and voice teacher at the Rochester Academy of Music and Co-Director of Music at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester.