Douglas Fossek is a third generation Californian who holds three degrees in English and American Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is Professor Emeritus from Santa Barbara City College. He is an organ enthusiast who has performed in amazing venues such as Notre-Dame-de-Paris and Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Loving travel and having lived and worked abroad, Douglas has sampled organs and organ music throughout France, Switzerland, Italy as well as parts of Germany and England. Currently he is co-director of the French Organ Music Seminar, a US-based group of musicians who delight in discovering and playing the finest organs of France and neighboring countries. Since 2018, he has co-sponsored programs for the Santa Barbara Music Club and the American Guild of Organists.