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David
Boe is Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at the Conservatory of Music at
Oberlin College. Joining the faculty of the Conservatory in 1962, he was
appointed Associate Dean in 1974 and became Dean of the Conservatory in
1976, a position he held until 1990. Throughout the period of his Deanship
he continued to perform and teach. He served also as Organist and Director
of Music at First Lutheran Church, Lorain, Ohio, from 1962 until Pentecost
Sunday 2002. He received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from St. Olaf
College and was a University Fellow at Syracuse University where he received
his Mus. M. degree, studying organ with Arthur Poister. On a Fulbright
grant, he went on to study with Helmut Walcha at the Staatliche Hochschule
fŸr Musik in Frankfurt, Germany. He returned to Europe in 1968 to study
with the Dutch harpsichordist and organist, Gustav Leonhardt. On subsequent
trips to Europe, he has appeared in concerts and on the radio, and has
done research on North European instruments and early keyboard temperaments.
He appears frequently in recital in this country and has recorded on the
Gasparo and Veritas labels. He appeared on the nationally televised program
"The Wind at One's Fingertips." He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and
served a four-year term as National President of Pi Kappa Lambda, the
national music honor society. From 1981 until 1987 he served as elected
Secretary of the National Association of Schools of Music and has continued
to serve that organization as a consultant. He has chaired music accreditation
teams or served as a consultant to the music programs at over 35 institutions.
He has served as Vice President of the American Organ Academy and is presently
on the Board of Trustees of the Westfield Center. He chairs the scholarship
committee of the Presser Foundation. On leave from the Oberlin Conservatory
during the 1990-91 school year, he served in the spring semester as Visiting
Professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. For the fall semester
of the 1991-92 academic year, he was a visiting professor at the University
of Notre Dame.
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Organist
James David Christie, Education B.M.,
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 1975; M.M., 1977, Artist Diploma, 1978,
New England Conservatory of Music; D.F.A. (h.c.), New England School of
Law, 1980. Organ study with Byron Blackmore, David Boe, Marie-Claire Alain,
Harald Vogel, Yuko Hayashi, and Bernard LagacŽ; harpsichord study with
Fenner Douglass and Lisa Goode Crawford. Awards and Honors First prize
and Prize of the Audience, Bruges International Organ Competition, 1979.
Professional Affiliations International concert and teaching career. Member
of international competition juries in Dallas, Boston, Calgary, Dublin,
Worcester, Paris, Lausanne, St. Omer-Wasquehal, Bruges, Leipzig, and Speyer.
Soloist with major symphony orchestras, including Boston, San Francisco,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Seattle, New York, London, Paris, Stuttgart,
Koblenz. Period instrument performances with Boston Baroque, Bach Ensemble,
La Chapelle Royale, Academy of Ancient Music, Boston Early Music Festival
Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, Christ Church Baroque. Founder/music
director, Ensemble Abendmusik. Former faculty member, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, The Boston Conservatory, Boston University. Former artistic
director, International Artists Series at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA;
former artistic consultant and principal keyboardist, Handel & Haydn Society.
Organist, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1978- . Recordings for Philips, Koch,
Decca, Dorian, JAV, Northeastern, GM, RCA, and Naxos. (Appointed 2002). |
