EASTON — The Christ Church Concert Series will present Duke University organist Christopher Jacobson in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18.
The accomplished organist was previously the Associate Organist and Choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, S.C., where he assisted in directing and training the cathedral choirs and played for weekly Eucharist and Evensong liturgies.
Jacobson also served on the faculty as instructor of organ at the University of South Carolina’s School of Music. Prior to his appointment at Trinity Cathedral he was assistant organist and assistant director of music at Washington National Cathedral.
As a soloist Mr. Jacobson has presented organ recitals across North America, Europe, and Australia, and has won prizes in numerous organ competitions.
The competitions include the National Young Artist Competition (NYACOP), the Miami International Organ Competition, and first prize in the American Guild of Organists/Quimby Region VI Competition for Young Organists and the John R. Rodland Competition in church music.
As an accompanist Jacobson has accompanied choirs in residencies and tours to Saint Thomas Church, New York City, Wells Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Durham Cathedral in England, the American Cathedral in Paris, and the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy. He has also served as accompanist for many Royal School of Church Music summer courses across the country.
An active continuo artist, Jacobson appears regularly with the early music ensemble, Three Notch’d Road and the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra. He holds the Master of Music degree in organ performance and the sacred music diploma from the Eastman School of Music as well as the associate diploma from the American Guild of Organists. At Eastman, he studied organ with David Higgs, and improvisation and continuo with William Porter. Jacobson received the Bachelor of Music degree with distinction in organ performance from St. Olaf College where he studied with John Ferguson and Catherine Rodland. He is a graduate of Woodberry Forest where he began his organ study with French organist Yvaine Duisit, and the American Boychoir School as a treble chorister under James Litton.
Friday’s concert will present a feast for organ and sacred music lovers on the church’s four-manual Rodgers Infinity. Jacobson’s program will include the Bach Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532, Rhapsody, Opus 17 by Herbert Howells as well as works by Marcel Dupré, William Bolcom, George Shearing, and Louis Vierne.
The concert is open to the public and is sponsored in part by the Talbot County and Maryland State Arts Councils. Doors open at 7 p.m. Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison St., Easton. For more information, call 410-822-2677.
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