Dr. James Nissen, conductor of AACB, native of Ann Arbor, began his music studies on the trumpet at age 7. He attended the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor's and his master's degrees in organ, studying with Dr. Marilyn Mason. In 1984-5 he studied organ, composition, and improvisation with Jean Langlais in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship. In 1986 he studied organ and composition at the Music conservatory in Madrid, Spain. Jim then returned to the U-M where he completed his doctorate in organ.

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