Background
Kosowicz, Francis John was born on July 20, 1946 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stanley Marion and Mildred Helen (Lavigne) Kosowicz.
Kosowicz, Francis John was born on July 20, 1946 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stanley Marion and Mildred Helen (Lavigne) Kosowicz.
Student, Harvard University, 1960-1964; student, Manhattanville College, 1963-1966; student, Iona College, 1964-1966; student, University Massachusetts, 1971-1973; student, University Salamanca, Spain, 1983; Master of Music, Lancashire School of Music, Blackpool, England, 1988; studies with numerous master teachers including Charles A. MacGrail, Edgar Hilliar, E. Power Biggs, William Harms, Richard Casper, Walter Ehret,, Montserrat Torrent, Guy Bovet.
Director music, St. Catherine's Church, Graniteville, Massachusetts director music, Chapel of Peace, Kings Point, Bermuda director music, Holy Trinity Chapel, Gia Le, Socialist Republic of Vietnam artist-in-residence, St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts artist-in-residence, Holy Ghost Monastery, Conyers, Georgia artist-in-residence, Christian A. Herter Center, Boston. Consultant unites states department Defense, Washington, 1970, Cabin Creek (West Virginia) Quilts.
Advisor to President of the United States, Washington, 1968. Founder Roane Arts and Humanities Council, Inc., Spencer, West Virginia, 1977, The Jehan Alain Foundation, Romainmotier and Geneva, Switzerland. Co-founder, treasurer The Roane County Humane Authority/Society, 1990-1993.
With United States Navy, 1966-1972, Vietnam. Member American Musicological Society, Organ History Society, Consociatio Internationalis Musicae Sacrae, Universa Laus, American Guild Organists (state chairman West Virginia 1980-1985), Royal College Organists, Royal Canada College Organists, Southeastern History Keyboard Society (life).
Married Augusta Benning Blundon, September 15, 1985.