Alcée Chriss III. Photo © Emily Gan.
Greetings, and welcome to Northrop! I’m delighted that you are joining us during the 2023-24 Northrop Season. In true Northrop fashion, this season brings a breadth of preeminent artists to the Twin Cities, offering audiences the chance to revisit long-time favorites, discover new gems, and even catch two world premieres of works that are part of the Northrop Centennial Commissions program. I hope you will explore everything we have to offer across dance, music, film, and this year’s Spotlight Series, Moving Through Injustice.
The performances that you see onstage are just one facet of each artist’s engagement with Northrop. In support of our mission to cultivate intersections between arts and education, there are a plethora of opportunities to dive more deeply into the artists and their work. Community roundtables, performance previews, workshops, classes, Q&A’s, and more offer insight into artists’ histories and processes, and give context surrounding the works you will see. Make sure to visit the “Learn More” section on each company’s event page on Northrop’s website to find interdisciplinary thematic connections, discover resources that provide more information on the performers, art forms, and artistic processes, and explore questions that will help engage you in conversations and reflections. Each of these elements are intended to complement and add new depth and dimension to the way you see the performances. I encourage you to visit the website now and often, as new engagements and resources are added throughout the year. While you’re there, explore the many other events happening at Northrop including concerts, lectures, comedy, and more!
Thank you again for joining us during the 2023-24 Northrop Season. I want to give a special thank you to our subscribers and donors. Your support is more important than ever before. Through your attendance and contributions, you help to ensure that Northrop can continue to bring world-class artists to the Twin Cities community. Thank you.
Gratefully,
Kari Schloner
Executive Director
Greetings and welcome to Northrop,
We are thrilled, honored, and grateful that you are joining us for this performance. Northrop presents some of the greatest dance and music performers from all around the world and has been doing so for almost 100 years! We are happy that you are a part of our community who supports this amazing work and helps us achieve our belief that the arts are essential to the human experience. We are committed to cultivating intersections between performing arts and education for the benefit of all participants now and for generations to come.
Northrop has been an integral center for the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota arts community for close to a century and we need your help to continue to do so. We hope you can be a champion and advocate for Northrop by sharing your experiences at Northrop with your friends, family, and community at large, as well as supporting our work financially when you can. You can learn more about how to support Northrop here.
As Chair of the Northop Advisory Board, we are delighted to share that we are growing in our work to increase the impact of Northrop on the stage, in the schools, and in the community. If you are interested in learning more about being part of the Northrop Advisory Board, learn more here or contact Cynthia Betz, Director of Development, at betzx011@umn.edu.
Thanks again for joining us and don’t forget to say “Hi” and introduce yourself when you are attending a performance. I can’t wait to meet you!
Jeff Bieganek
Northrop Advisory Board Chair
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission
The Program
'Comes Autumn Time
(Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968)
Six Canonic Studies, Op. 56, No. 4 in A-Flat Major
(Robert Schumann, 1810-1856)
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: I. Non-Allegro
(Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873-1943)
Transcribed for organ by Alcée Chriss III (b. 1992)
Epilogue
(Rachel Laurin, b. 1961)
-- Intermission --
Symphony in D Minor, M. 48: II. Allegretto
(César Franck, 1822-1890)
Arranged by Alcée Chriss III
Holiday Suite: I. Waltz in the Ballroom
(Percy Whitlock, 1903-1946)
Retrospection
(Florence Price, 1887-1953)
Fugue on B-A-C-H, op. 46
(Max Reger, 1873-1916)
A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams (2019), Alcee Chriss III is an organist and keyboardist from Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Chriss is the winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition and the Firmin Swinnen Silver Medal at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. He has been celebrated for his “grace, skill and abundant proficiency” by the Journal Assist News, Albuquerque. And of his most recent solo recording at Montreal Symphony Hall, Art et Rhapsodie (2019), the American Record Guide wrote that “he plays with clarity, imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality.”
Dr. Chriss has performed throughout North America and Europe. Recent and upcoming performances include the International Orgelsommer (Stuttgart, Germany), Stockholm City Hall (Sweden), and as soloist with the Montreal Symphony in a performance of Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Other engagements include the Princeton University Chapel, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, and International Organ Summer Karlsruhe, Germany. In Jul 2022 he was a featured performer at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists, held in Seattle, WA.
In Jul 2019, Dr. Chriss was appointed as University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, where he teaches courses in organ and keyboard skills. In Oct 2019, he was awarded his Doctorate of Music degree from McGill University, where he studied with Hans-Ola Ericsson. He previously studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received his Master’s degree in historical keyboard and a Bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance, studying with Olivier Latry, Marie-Louise Langlais, and James David Christie.
Dr. Chriss is active as a church musician, guest lecturer, and remains engaged with his lifelong love of gospel and jazz music. He is currently Assistant Organist at Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City, and serves on the editorial board of Vox Humana magazine.
Northrop Acknowledgments
The Northrop Advisory Board
The Northrop Advisory Board is committed to the growth and awareness of Northrop’s mission, vision, and the continued future of presenting world-class dance and music in our community. If you would like more information about the advisory board and its work, please contact Cynthia Betz, Director of Development, at 612-626-7554 or betzx011@umn.edu.
Northrop Advisory Board Members
- Cynthia Betz
- Jeff Bieganek, Chair
- Kristen Brogdon
- Dr. Robert Bruininks
- John Conlin
- Deb Cran
- Susan DeNuccio
- Karen Hanson
- Cari Hatcher
- Jill Hauwiller
- Holly Kellar
- Kelly McQueen
- Bob McMaster
- Katheryn Menaged
- Gary Reetz
- Robyne Robinson
- Toni Pierce-Sands
- Kari Schloner
- Kao Lee Vang
- Donald Williams
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This season’s listing is current as of 10/23/23
Please contact Trisha Taylor at taylort@umn.edu if you have any corrections or questions.
Northrop's Aeolian-Skinner Organ
Thank you to the generous donors who continue to support programming for Northrop’s beloved Aeolian-Skinner Organ. It is because of you that this magnificent instrument’s voice will be enjoyed by many for years to come.
Organ Supporters
- Dean Billmeyer
- Drs. Robert Bruininks and Susan Hagstrum
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- Salvatore Franco
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The Northrop Organ Advisory Board
- Michael Barone
- Cynthia Betz
- Dean Billmeyer
- Kristen Brogdon
- Dr. Robert Bruininks
- Dee Ann Crossley
- Laura Edman
- Nils Halker
- Cari Hatcher
- David Jenkins
- Pamela Neuenfeldt
- Emily Roth
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- Lindsey Siders
The Heritage Society Members
The Heritage Society honors and celebrates donors who have made estate and other planned gifts for Northrop at the University of Minnesota.
- Nancy M Allen*
- Jerry L Artz
- John W Follows*
- Stephen Gordon and Pat Gavan-Gordon
- Peter S Lund
- Darlene M Sholtis
*Deceased
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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