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Music for a Great Space presents John Alexander, organ

Date: Friday, September 18, 2009
Phone: 336-638-7624
Location: Christ United Methodist Church, 410 N Holden Rd
Details:
Our latest Young Artist is John Alexander, who has performed across the eastern United States, including a recital at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Also he has been a finalist in several national competitions: the French Organ Music Seminar Competition in New York, the Albert Schweitzer Competition for Young Organists in Wethersfield, CT, and the Arthur Poister Competition in Syracuse, NY. In the summer of 2007, John was invited to study on scholarship in Paris where he played for such noted organists as Marie-Louise Langlais, Daniel Roth, and Susan Landale. He has recently served as Dean of the Greater Greensboro Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. A graduate of UNC Greensboro with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and organ under Robert Burns King, John now serves as the Associate Director of Music and Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. He continues organ study with Andr%uFFFD Lash. Tickets $18 (Senior $15; Student $5), available at the door and in advance through the Carolina Theatre Box Office, 336-333-2605