James
Welch, Organist, joined
the Santa Clara Music Department faculty in 1993. He
also serves as organist of St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
Palo Alto. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree
in organ performance from Stanford University, with further
studies in France and Austria. He has concertized internationally,
with performances in such prestigious venues at Notre
Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, National
Cathedral in Washington DC, and the Mormon Tabernacle
in Salt Lake City. He has also performed and taught in
Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Jerusalem. A
particular interest of his is Latin American organ music. He
received a Fulbright award to perform and conduct research
in Brazil; since then he has performed in Mexico and
edited three volumes of organ music by Mexican composers.
He has performed at conventions of the American Guild
of Organists and at the International Congress of Organists;
his articles have appeared in The American Organist and The
Diapason; and he has released numerous CDs, recorded
on a variety of organs.
For
more information, visit: www.welchorganist.com
Organ
music by James Welch
