GEORGE RITCHIE

Program Biography

George Ritchie has performed to critical acclaim throughout the United States and Canada.  Through his performances and recordings, he has become internationally recognized as one of the leading interpreters of the organ music of J.S. Bach.  He is co-author with George Stauffer of the book Organ Technique: Modern and Early. His set of eleven CD’s, surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, has now been released and has received international praise. At the midway point of the recording project, Simon Fitzgerald (The Organ) wrote"…once the remaining volumes are released I know that all other discs of Bach in my collection will be obsolete."  Dr. Ritchie is also in frequent demand for lecture-demonstrations, workshops, and master classes, often focusing on Bach performance practices and modern and early playing techniques.  He is Head of the Organ Department and Marguerite Scribante Professor of Organ at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Current as of August 2005