David Chalmers

A performer of wide-ranging interests and experience, David Chalmers has given numerous organ concerts in the United States and abroad. His foreign appearances have included such notable churches as St. Sulpice in Paris, France, and St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England, at the invitation of the late George Guest. He has also performed in Moscow's Conservatory Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, St. Peterburg's Kapella Hall, and in 1992 was among the first American organists to perform in Siberia giving concerts in Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk. A native of Newark, Delaware, Chalmers began organ studies with Lee Dettra, and received his Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College where he studied with George Markey. He received the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with David Craighead. The winner of a Fulbright fellowship, Chalmers spent two years studying in Paris with Daniel Roth, specializing in French organ music of the 19th century.