Our
latest Young Artist is John Alexander, who has performed across the eastern United States, including
a recital at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Also he has been a finalist in several national competitions: the French Organ Music Seminar Competition in New York, the Albert Schweitzer
Competition for Young Organists in Wethersfield, CT, and the
Arthur Poister Competition in Syracuse, NY. In the summer of 2007, John was invited to study on scholarship in Paris where he played for such noted organists as Marie-Louise Langlais, Daniel Roth, and
Susan Landale. He has recently served as Dean of the Greater Greensboro Chapter
of the American Guild of Organists. A graduate of UNC Greensboro with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and organ
under Robert Burns King, John now serves as the Associate Director of Music and Principal Organist at First Presbyterian Church
in Greensboro. He
continues organ study with André Lash.