Christopher Jacobson

on the organs of the Great Upper Church

Charles TOURNEMIRE (1870-1939) (trans. Maurice Durufle)
Choral Improvisation sur le Victimæ Paschali

Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937)
Choral (from Symphonie Romane Op. 73)

Maurice DURUFLÉ (1902-1986)

Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'ALAIN, Op. 7

André FLEURY (1903-1995)

Vif (from Deuxième Symphonie)

Marcel DUPRÉ (1886-1971)

Trois Préludes et fugues Op. 7

B major - F minor - G minor

Christopher Jacobson is Assistant Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Washington National Cathedral where he accompanies and assists in directing the cathedral choirs, and is responsible for the training of the Junior Choristers. Until 2006, Christopher was Organist and Choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Rochester, New York. He holds an M.Mus in Organ Performance and a Sacred Music Diploma from the Eastman School of Music as well as an AAGO diploma. At Eastman he studied organ with David Higgs, improvisation and continuo with William Porter and church music with Peter DuBois. Christopher received his Bachelor of Music degree with distinction in Organ Performance from St. Olaf College where he studied organ with John Ferguson and Catherine Rodland, and piano with Kathryn Ananda-Owens. He is a graduate of the American Boychoir School where he was a treble chorister under James Litton.

Christopher Jacobson has won first prize in several organ competitions including the 2005 John R. Rodland Scholarship Competition, the 2003 American Guild of Organists/Quimby Region VI Competition for Young Organists, the 2003 Schubert Club Competition in Minneapolis and the 2001 Paul Manz Bach and Hymn Organ Competition. He was a semi-finalist in the 2006 AGO National Young Artist Competition and won second prize in the 2005 Miami International Organ Competition. Concert performances have included programs at the 2004 AGO National Convention in Los Angeles, and recitals at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Dublin, Ireland) and St. Michael’s Church (Melbourne, Australia).