Gerwin Hoekstra
Hoekstra started playing organ in Eenrum when he was eight years old. He earned a bachelor's degree (cum laude) in Organ Performance at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen where he studied with Erwin Wiersinga and Theo Jellema. Hoekstra moved to the United States and studied organ at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio, with James David Christie and harpsichord Mark Edwards. Hoekstra was in Oberlin organist at Congregational Church of Christ.