Stuart Forster, Director of Music and Organist, Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Program: Music of Bach, Krebs, Karg-Elert, Howells, Wesley, Harwood, and Vierne

Stuart Forster is Director of Music and Organist at the Episcopal Church in Harvard Square—Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has performed and recorded throughout both hemispheres as soloist, accompanist, and conductor. As a composer, Forster has written orchestral transcriptions for the organ, liturgical music for congregations that includes more than 100 hymn arrangements, and choral anthems. He holds qualifications from Trinity College of Music (London), the University of Sydney, the Sydney University Conservatorium of Music, Yale University, and the Graduate Theological Foundation, where his doctorate focused on the congregation’s experience of flow and music within liturgy. A dedicated organist and choir trainer, Forster’s passion for leading congregational singing has guided his vocation both in the church and in his teaching. Details of Dr. Forster’s compositions, performances, recordings, and his new book on hymn-playing may be found on his web site: www.StuartAForster.com