We are pleased to announce that Gail Archer (Professor of Professional Practice, Barnard College) will be the new Co-Deputy Director of our East Central European Center starting on July 1, 2025. Archer joined the Barnard faculty in 1988, and the Harriman faculty in 2017. She is director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Choir and teaches “Introduction to Music,” a year-long survey of Western Classical Music from Gregorian Chant to living composers. She is also an international concert organist and recording artist. Highlights of her recordings include “Dobrich, A Bulgarian Odyssey,” (2025), “Cantius,” (2022), and “Chernivtsi Contemporary Ukrainian Organ Music” (2020). She is the founder of Musforum, a network for women organists.

Archer’s unique expertise is sure to bring the East Central European Center into new and exciting directions!