Damin Spritzer plays Bach

Damin Spritzer plays Marche Triomphale: Ite missa est, by René Louis Becker. This is from her recital at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, February 20, 2022.

Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1399, four manuals, 96 ranks. 
https://www.cathedralatl.org/worship/music/organs/cathedral/

Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and Interim Director of Music and Organist for St. Thomas More University Parish in Norman. She continues to work with the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew in Dallas as Artist-in-Residence for Cathedral Arts. Formerly Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas teaching Organ Literature and Sacred Music, she is active in the Dallas and Oklahoma City Chapters of the American Guild of Organists and serves on committees for the Organ Historical Society, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and Organlive Media Foundation. She received her doctorate from the University of North Texas, her Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, and her Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

See her artist spotlight at https://www.thediapason.com/artists/damin-spritzer-0

Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. www.concertartists.com 

Jack Mitchener plays the Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548, by J. S. Bach.  Recorded in a recital on the Mander organ at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia

Jack Mitchener is Professor of Organ, University Organist, Chairman of the Keyboard Department, and Director of the Townsend-McAfee Institute of Church Music in the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.  In addition, he is Organist and Artist-in-Residence at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.

Jack Mitchener is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. 
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Johann Vexo plays Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, recorded at the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.

Johann Vexo is Professor of Organ at the Conservatory as well as the Superior Music Academy in Strasbourg. He has performed extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia. He has appeared as a featured artist in numerous international music festivals and organ series in cities such as Atlanta, Auckland, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Montréal, Munich, New York, Porto, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vienna. His performances have been in notable venues such as the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C., the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia, Westminster Abbey in London, the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, the Moscow Conservatory, and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City. He has also performed with various orchestras and musical ensembles.

Johann Vexo has made several recordings of French classical and German romantic music on historic French organs. His most recent recording, performed on the great organ of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, was released on the JAV label. He has over 50 performance videos featured on YouTube.

Johann Vexo is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. 
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Balint Karosi plays "Vision in Flames" by Japanese composer Akira Nishimura (1953–2023) at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, June 26, 2024.

Since winning the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2008, Dr. Karosi has been recognized as one of the leading interpreters of the music of J. S. Bach worldwide. In 2020, he embarked on recording the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in fourteen recitals on different organs in the U.S. and Europe. He has five recorded albums that have been received with critical acclaim.

He has given solo organ concerts in concert halls in Budapest, Leipzig, Osaka, Yokohama, and Geneva, and on some of the world’s most significant historic organs in Lübeck, Leipzig, Norden, Leer, Paris, Freiberg, Merseburg, and Naumburg, among others. He has given masterclasses in improvisation at Eastman School of Music, Yale, Oberlin, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Seoul, South Korea, and the Cuneo Conservatory in Italy. 

Dr. Karosi is the recipient numerous first prizes in organ competitions; the J. S. Bach competition in Leipzig, the International Organ Competition in Miami, and the Dublin International Organ competition that he won at age 22. He was appointed as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in May 2024. Previously he served as Cantor at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City, where he was artistic director of the Saint Peter’s Bach Collegium, which he founded in 2015 for annual performances of J. S. Bach’s Passions, cantatas, and to commission and premier new sacred repertoire. 

For information: https://karosi.org/

Bálint Karosi is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. 
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Adam Brakel plays O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622, by J. S. Bach. 

Performed at Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College; Skinner Organ Company (1931) / Randall Dyer (2022), four manuals, 78 ranks. 
https://www.rollins.edu/chapel/history/the-great-organ.html 
https://www.rdyerorgans.com/collaborations/view?id=1

Adam Brakel is director of music for the Diocese of Orlando and St. James Cathedral in Orlando, Florida. His performances span the globe—from coast to coast in the United States to across Europe and Asia. His expansive repertoire includes the entire spectrum of styles featuring the complete organ works of Bach, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Couperin, Liszt, de Grigny, Franck, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Duruflé. He is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. 
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Photo credit: Majorie Durante