Franklin D. Ashdown (born 1942) is a retired New Mexico physician who is also an organ composer.
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.
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