James David Christie

"One of the outstanding concerts of the entire [AGO] convention week....performance was one of transparent charm and graceful energy perfectly suited to the style of the music...one of those rare evenings when program, instrument, space and performers, all of high quality, came together for real music making." (The Diapason)

"An outstanding organ recital. He exhibited a remarkable synergy with the instrument resulting in a most musical performance! No organist we have presented in the past 14 years has measured up to his quality in performance, variety in programming, and interaction with the audience. Bravo!"
(Mark Hoenecke, Salem Lutheran Church, Wausau, Wisconsin)
As a featured performer at national convention of the American Guild of Organists, Seattle WA, 2000: "There's a reason James David Christie keeps getting invited to play Baroque music on instruments like this. He does it with both intellectual understanding and visceral flair--and, where appropriate, playfulness. He makes the music live and breathe and dance." (The American Organist, Scott Cantrell)

"In this literature Christie has few peers. Beneath his hands and feet Sweelinck, Scheidt, and Scheidemann, music as much as 400 years old, lived and breathed, danced and sang. Subtly buoyant throughout...exquisitely registered." (The American Organist)

"A summit experience...superbly impressive, yet wittily personal." (Waterloo Courier, Iowa)