Christopher Marks
Organist

Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
4.00 p.m.
 
P R O G R A M
   
Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651
Johann Sebastian Bach
   
(1685–1750)
   
Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein, BuxWV 210
Dietrich Buxtehude
 
(1637–1707)
 
Baroques
Seth Bingham
 
Overture
Rondo ostinato
Sarabande
Rhythmic trumpet
Voluntary
(1882–1972)
   
My Home in Glory
Libby Larsen
  from Aspects of Glory *
(b. 1950)
   
Fugue à la Gigue
David Johnson
   
(1922–1987)
   
* Commissioned for the 1990 American Guild of Organists National Convention in Boston.
     
     
Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau GmbH
Hamburg, Germany (1967)
3 manuals, 55 ranks
Anthony Meloni, organ curator
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Dr. Marks’s performance is made possible by a generous grant from Meloni & Farrier Organbuilders. Additional support is provided by P.B.D.
 
  Dr. Christopher Marks
Dr. Christopher Marks
Christopher Marks is Assistant Professor of organ at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From 1999 to 2006, he taught organ and served as University Organist at Syracuse University. An active proponent of new music, Marks has premiered a number of commissioned organ works. His diverse stylistic interests also steer him towards a variety of other repertoire, especially that of the German Baroque period. Equally comfortable with solo and collaborative playing, he performs frequently with ensembles such as the Boston Brass. He holds degrees from University of Richmond (B.M., piano), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.M., piano and M.M., organ), and the Eastman School of Music (D.M.A., organ), where he studied with Michael Farris. His performances have garnered him top prizes in competitions, including the Arthur Poister Competition, the San Marino Competition, the Fort Wayne Competition, and the Mader Competition. His recent recording on the historic Walter Holtkamp organ at Syracuse University represents his varied musical interests, featuring music spanning four centuries that is rarely performed and recorded. The disc is entitled Discoveries, and is available on the Raven label (www.ravencd.com, OAR-790).