Kyle Ritter, Organist, recorded at The Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, NC
Program:
0:00 Prelude and Fugue in C Major by Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
5:05 Psalm-Prelude, Set I, No. 1 by Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Based on Psalm 34:6 - "I turned in my affliction, and the Lord hear me, and saved me from all my troubles."
12:17 Reverie by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
17:00 Marche Religieuse, Op. 15 (March on a Theme of Handel, "Lift Up Your Heads") by Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Kyle Ritter is Canon for Music at The Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, North Carolina. At All Souls, he oversees a comprehensive choral program involving children and adults. The Cathedral Choir has toured regionally to both St. Philip’s Cathedral in Atlanta and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte, and the St. Cecilia Children’s Choir has toured to Atlanta, where they sang at Holy Innocents’ Church. Prior to his appointment at All Souls, Mr. Ritter was Minister of Music at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia, a position he held from 1993-2002. He earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in organ and church music from Indiana University, where he was a student of Robert Rayfield and Marilyn Keiser. Kyle grew up in Evansville, Indiana, where he began piano lessons at age five with Jan Thornton-Irvine. He started organ lessons with Julian Irvine at ten years of age. He has held various positions of leadership in the American Guild of Organists, including dean of both the Bloomington, Indiana and Western North Carolina Chapters and registrar for the District of Columbia chapter. For four years, he served the Guild as District Convener for the state of North Carolina. Mr. Ritter is a past regional officer and Placement Advisor for the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM), and served for several years on the editorial board for the AAM Journal. He was Adjunct Instructor in Liturgics at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and taught in the Episcopal Dioceses of Washington and Virginia for the Leadership Program for Musicians (LPM). He now serves as chair of the National Board for LPM. Mr. Ritter was for several years on the adjunct music faculty at Brevard College and as chair of the Liturgy and Music Commission of the Diocese of Western North Carolina. For five years, he served as Assistant Director/Accompanist for the Asheville Symphony Chorus. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda honorary music society.
