Madison H. Thompson

Born in 2003, Madison began her musical studies exploring guitar, percussion, and piano. She began piano lessons and singing in the chorister program at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New Haven, CT, and began organ soon after. She earned a scholarship from the New Haven Guild of Organists in 2018 to fund her lessons under the guidance of Dr. Noah Horn. Madison double-majored in Music and French at Trinity College (Hartford) where she studied under Christopher Houlihan, served as Assistant Chapel Organist, and was a recipient of the John Rose Organ Scholarship. Madison also served as Organ Scholar at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hartford under the direction of Dr. Gabriel Löfvall, where she also studied conducting. 

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Highly passionate about French musical traditions, Madison spent a semester of exchange in Paris where she was a student of Jean-Baptiste Robin, professor of organ at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles. She also took harmony and counterpoint with Stéphan Delplace, and improvisation with François Levechin at the Schola Cantorum (Paris V). Most recently, she participated in the Académie d’Orgue de Poitiers, focusing on French Classical Music, in 2025 studying with Jean-Baptiste Robin and Olivier Houette.

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Madison is currently a Master’s student at McGill University, Montreal, in the studio of Dr. Isabelle Demers. She currently serves as Organ Scholar at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Sheehan.​

Her recent projects have included working with the McGill Symphony Orchestra as soloist for Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony no. 3 “Organ”, Organist for Christmas Angelicus, and performing solo recitals in Connecticut, Montreal, and Vermont. 

 

When she is away from the console, Madison enjoys hiking, baking, and wine and cheese tasting.