Franklin D. Ashdown
b. 1942
Franklin D. Ashdown is a composer and medical doctor, who has pursued dual careers for the past 3 decades. Born in 1942, he studied piano for 12 years, and was “recruited” at age 13 to play the organ for a local congregation. He later studied organ with Judson Maynard and James Drake, was was privately coached by Fred Tulan of San Francisco and Leonard Raver of New York's Juilliard School.
A widely-published composer of organ and choral music, Ashdown has had his works performed in venues ranging from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City to St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. His compositions have been featured on American Public Radio's “Pipedreams,” National Public Radio's “All Things Considered,” and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's CBS broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word.” Leonard Raver and Stephen Burns recorded his “Requiem for the 'Challenger'” for trumpet and organ on the Classic Masters label, and James Welch has included some of his solo organ music in his series of CD recordings for various labels. A resident of Alamogordo, New Mexico, Ashdown enjoys a full life as an internist, composer, and organist-choir director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- Six Trumpet Voluntaries Quoting HymnsSKU: 10-037*
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Paraphrase on Two Hymn TunesSKU: 10-887
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Three Folksong Paraphrases for OrganSKU: 10-660
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Toccata FestivaSKU: 10-966
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - A Tuscan AdagioSKU: 10-956*
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Song of the Christ ChildSKU: 50-1092*
SATB, Keyboard
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Three Hymns for the Evening (Organ Solo)SKU: 10-630
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Three Celebratory Pieces for OrganSKU: 10-680*
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D. - Reflections: Nine Hymn Arrangements Celebrating 150 Years of Organ Music in Salt Lake CitySKU: 10-217
Organ
Ashdown, Franklin D.; Christiansen, Clay; Christiansen, Rulon; Elliott, Richard; Goodliffe, Bonnie; Harmon, Neil; Kasen, James C.; Margetts, Linda; Unsworth, Andrew