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James Kibbie
James Kibbie is Professor of Organ at the University of Michigan. He also maintains a full schedule of concert, recording, and festival engagements throughout North America and Europe, including appearances at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Royal Festival Hall in London, Dvorak Hall in Prague, and Lincoln Center in New York. During his month-long concert tour of the Soviet Union in 1991, Pravda hailed him as "a marvelous organist, a brilliant interpreter." A frequent jury member of international organ competitions, he has himself been awarded the Grand Prix d'Interpretation at the prestigious International Organ Competition of Chartres, France, and is also the only American to have won the International Organ Competition of the Prague Spring Festival in Czechoslovakia.
James Kibbie's performances have been broadcast on radio and television in the USA, Canada, and Europe. His compact disc recordings include "Merrily on Hill," recorded on the famed Skinner organ in Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, the complete Clavierubung III by J. S. Bach, works of Dieterich Buxtehude performed on the historic 1687 Schnitger organ of Norden, Germany, and discs of music by Alain, Tournemire, Sowande, Morrison, and 20th-century Czech composers. During the "Bach Year" of 2000, James Kibbie presented a year-long series of recitals, masterclasses and workshops in observance of the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, including performance of the complete organ works of Bach in a series of 18 recitals.
Dr. Kibbie is widely regarded as an authority on organ repertoire and its performance. His students perform frequently in recital, competitions and workshops in the USA and abroad. His former students hold key positions in college teaching and church music nationally. A past member of the American Guild of Organists' Task Force on the New Organist, he champions programs for young musicians promoting interest and study in the organ. Among the honors he has received, he is particularly proud of the James Kibbie Scholarship, created by the University of Michigan to support students majoring in organ performance and church music.
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