Alcée Chriss III

Alcée Chriss III is an American organist, composer and conductor from Dallas, Texas, known for incorporating jazz and gospel influences into his performances.

Chriss was raised in Dallas, where his father was a United Methodist minister.

Chriss appeared in Stacey Tenenbaum's 2019 documentary Pipe Dreams alongside Yuan Shen, Thomas Gaynor, Nick Cappozoli and Sebastian Heindl as they prepared to compete in the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC). He credits the blending of the pipe organ with jazz music for his win at the competition, explaining: "I think the CIOC was looking to choose someone who represented the future of the organ, and I certainly can't say that I'm that, but I can say that I'm trying to do things that haven't been done before."

In 2019 Chriss joined Wesleyan University as university organist and artist-in-residence.

Recordings Art & Rhapsodie (2019)