Twenty-five year old Texas-born Alcée Chriss wins the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) held in Montréal this month. He is a seasoned competitor having conquered the Fort Wayne Organ and the Miami International Organ Competitions and second places at the Longwood Gardens and the Arthur Poister Scholarship competitions. Chriss says his most elated moment in the CIOC came when he played the last note of his program. Performing in the dead of the night, Chriss was the final contestant to perform at Montreal’s Notre Dame Basilica. He followed five finalists who each performed forty-minute programs on an intense day…
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