Arts @ Holy Trinity

IMPORTANT:  This concert will be live-streamed and performed in-person.  For in-person attendance, all CDC recommended safety guidelines will be followed.  For viewing details and safety guidelines, please visit artsholytrinity.org.

Concert and recording artist Christa Rakich has performed widely throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. From now through June of 2021 she is Visiting Professor of Organ at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio.

As a Fulbright Scholar, Rakich studied with renowned Bach interpreter Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Organ and German from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa). After receipt of her Master’s degree with honors from New England Conservatory, she joined the faculty there, where she taught for many years, serving  ultimately as department co-chair. She also served on the faculties at Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, and the University of Connecticut, and as Assistant University Organist at Harvard.

A prizewinner at international organ competitions, Rakich has received particular acclaim for her interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach. She recorded his Clavierübung III, Leipzig Chorales, and Trio Sonatas.  Other organ recordings include Deferred Voices:   

Organ Music by Women Composers, Transcriptions from St. Justin’s, Live from St. Mark’s Cathedral, From the Ashes: Richards-Fowkes Opus 21 in Somers, and A Tribute to Yuko Hayashi: Richards-Fowkes Opus 14 at Duke University (released in 2020).

For more information about Christa Rakich, visit christarakich.com.

Thank you to the following sponsors and underwriters of this event:  Corporate Underwriter, The Leek Pipe Organ Company and Concert & Workshop Co-Sponsor, American Guild of Organists.