Ryan Jackson is a native of Bracebridge, Ontario. The winner of the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ 2005 National Organ Playing Competition, Ryan is also the winner of two other major Canadian competitions: the Florence and Stanley Osborne National Organ Playing Competition (2004) and the regional Young Organists Competition sponsored by the Toronto Centre of the RCCO (2004). In 2006, Ryan completed his undergraduate studies in organ performance at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music where he studied with Dr. Patricia Wright and was the recipient of numerous scholarships and prizes. In 2008, Ryan completed his master’s degree at Yale University where he studied with Thomas Murray as a recipient of the Robert Baker stipend. Ryan is currently pursuing his second year of studies in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Juilliard School in New York City where he studies with Paul Jacobs. Ryan is attending Juilliard on full scholarship as a recipient of the C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellowship. In addition to his studies, Ryan serves as Assistant Organist at Christ Church United Methodist on Park Avenue, and regularly appears in concert throughout Canada and the United States.

Program:
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”), BWV 552

Rachel Laurin (b. 1961)
Douze Courtes Pièces pour orgue, Op. 43 (2008)
nnnInvocation
nnnToccatina (dedicated to Ryan Jackson)
nnnFugue “Triangulaire”

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Prélude, Adagio, et Choral Varié sur le ‘Veni Creator,’ Op. 4

Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
Trois Improvisations (transcribed by M. Duruflé in 1958)
nnnImprovisation sur le “Te Deum”
nnnFantaisie-Improvisation sur l’“Ave maris stella”
nnnChoral-Improvisation sur le “Victimæ paschali”