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GREENSBORO, NC – Music for a Great Space presents the 24-25 Musical Mosaic season, an arrangement of small ensemble performances that come together to showcase the diversity and inspiration that chamber music offers.

Our October program features organist Alcée Chriss performing on the Fisk Op. 82 organ that inspired the beginning of the Music for a Great Space series. Alcée brings us works by J.S. Bach, Robert Schumann, Florence Price, Rachel Laurin, and his own arrangement of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” among others.

Join us at 6:30pm for a pre-concert talk and then enjoy the music beginning at 7:30pm. All events take place at Christ United Methodist Church. 410 N Holden, Greensboro, NC 27410. To learn more about the music and composers on this program check out our Fun Facts!

For concert info and tickets visit: https://musicforagreatspace.org/events/138

Alcée Chriss III standing in front of organ pipes

Alcée Chriss III, photo by Emily Gan

About Alcée Chriss III

A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams (2019), Alcée Chriss III is an organist and keyboardist from Fort Worth, TX. Chriss is the winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition and the Firmin Swinnen Silver Medal at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. Chriss has performed throughout North America and Europe. Recent and upcoming performances include the International Orgelsommer (Stuttgart, Germany), Stockholm City Hall (Sweden), the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and as soloist with the Montreal Symphony in a performance of Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Other engagements include the Princeton University Chapel, Longwood Gardens, Spreckels Organ Pavilion and International Organ Summer Karlsruhe, Germany. In July 2022 he was a featured performer at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists, held in Seattle WA.

In July 2019, Chriss was appointed as University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, where he teaches courses in organ and keyboard skills. In October 2019, he was awarded his Doctor of Music degree from McGill University, where he studied with Hans-Ola Ericsson. He previously studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received his Master’s degree in historical keyboard and a Bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance, studying with Olivier Latry, MarieLouise Langlais, and James David Christie.

Chriss is active as a church musician and guest lecturer. He also remains engaged with his lifelong love of gospel and jazz music. He is currently Assistant Organist at Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City, and serves on the editorial board of Vox Humana magazine.

About Music for a Great Space

The mission of Music for a Great Space is to annually present a culturally diverse series of inspiring small ensemble and solo concerts. Founded in 1990, the series features world-class artists in significant venues in Greensboro for audiences from across the Piedmont Triad. MGS accompanies each concert with related educational experiences for children and adults.

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