Posted by Sean Flynt on 2011-03-21
Junior Samford University music major Josh Bullock won first-place in the upper division of an organ performance competition sponsored by the Birmingham chapter of the American Guild of Organists March 12. The Anniston, Ala., native is working on a Bachelor of Music degree in organ at Samford. He studies with James Dorroh, Director of Music and Organist at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Birmingham.
 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.