Alcée Chriss, III & Rashaan Rori Allwood: May 27, 2022
Our artists, Alcee and Rashaan, in the last several days have recorded many of the works heard on tonight's program for the first recordings to be released worldwide of our Maurine Jackson Smith von Beckerath organ.
The Raven Recordings label plans on good luck permitting the CDs to be available before Christmas ($16.95 for the 2-CD set, free shipping included). If you would like to be notified when this historic recording becomes available for purchase, please sign the sheet on the table in the lobby.
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Alcee Chriss, III
Alcee Chriss, III appeared on our recital series January 24, 2020. First prize and Bach prize winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, he is regarded as one of the leading young organists of our time. His PhD in music was earned at McGill University in Montreal studying with organist Hans-Ola Ericsson. Dr. Chriss is on the faculty and serves as the Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Rashaan Rori Allwood
Mr. Allwood is currently the Director of Music at St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Toronto and was first prize winner of the Concours d’orgue de Quebec in 2017. He is pursuing his doctorate in composition at The University of Western Ontario. The closing concert of the 2022 American Guild of Organists National Convention to be held in Seattle this July will include the World Premier of his 2021 Marilyn Mason Competition-winning work "In memory of..." for solo organ and speaker.