This session will provide an in-depth look at several organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performers are graduates of the Potomac Organ Institute who have gone on to become music majors. The Potomac Organ Institute is administered by the Northern Virginia, Potomac, and District of Columbia AGO chapters, and is an organization which yearly auditions pianists (high school age and older) and provides free lessons and organ education with local teachers for one year. Performers are Andrea Boudra and Jonathan Hellerman.

James David Christie, Professor of Organ at Oberlin Conservatory, has been internationally acclaimed as one of the finest organists of his generation. He has performed around the world with symphony orchestras, period instrument ensembles, and in solo recitals. He has been organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1978. Christie received his degrees from Oberlin and New England, including the coveted Artist Diploma. He studied with David Boe, Yuko Hayashi, Bernard Lagacé, Harald Vogel and Marie-Claire Alain. In the fall of 2010, he and Olivier Latry will exchange positions during their sabbaticals from Oberlin and the Paris Conservatory.