Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series: Christa Rakich, Organist

Battle of the Sexes

Christa Rakich has championed the music of women composers throughout her long and distinguished career. In her program titled “Battle of the Sexes,” she will playfully juxtapose works written by both men and women. Her program will include works by Johannes Brahms and Ethel Smyth, who had a personal (and sometime contentious) relationship with one another, along with music written by Edith Boroff, Margaretha Christina de Jong, and PLU Professor Emeritus David Dahl.

Concert and recording artist Christa Rakich performs widely throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. She also serves as Visiting Professor of Organ at Oberlin Conservatory, where she teaches organ, clavichord, and improvisation. Former positions include New England Conservatory (department co-chair), Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, the University of Connecticut, and the Memorial Church at Harvard. She studied at Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory, and the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, where she was a Fulbright Scholar and student of Anton Heiller. Her compositions are published by Oxford University Press, with many available for free on IMSLP or www.christarakich.com.

Tickets are available online ahead of the concert, or at the door. No refunds. Learn more at www.plu.edu/music.