James David Christie

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James David Christie is an acclaimed American organist with an extensive performance career throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is on the organ faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and College of the Holy Cross. He has made several recordings and is a highly sought-after performer. He has been the organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1978.

[edit] Life

Christie was born in Wisconsin in 1952. In 1971 he attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying with David Boe, graduating in 1975 with a B.Mus. He then attended the New England Conservatory, where he earned a M.M. in 1977, and an A.D. in 1978.

In 1979, he became the first American to win the International Organ Competition in Bruges, Belgium, and the first competitor to win both first prize and prize of the audience.

[edit] Recordings

• The 1985 Taylor & Boody Organ (JAV)
• Sweelinck: Organ Works (Naxos)

[edit] External links

• Philip Truckenbrod publicity page
• Oberlin Conservatory faculty page
• Holy Cross faculty page