Christian Lane, M.M.

Biography

“If Christian Lane is an example of the future of our instrument, not only will he bring new converts to it, but the panache, vitality and joy with which he plays may just show people how musical the instrument truly is capable of being!” (Organ Canada)

Winner of the 2011 Canadian International Organ Competition and director of Boston Organ Studio, Christian Lane is one of North America’s most accomplished, respected and dynamic concert organists and teachers.

Noted for his “gratifying musical maturity, demonstrated through playing that is suave, elegant, and exciting,” (The American Organist) he is a frequent recitalist in North America, Europe and Asia.

As founding director of Boston Organ Studio, Christian Lane cultivates the largest private organ studio in the United States. In doing so, he teaches students from all of Boston’s major universities and leads them in group learning experiences, including annual international study tours.

Committed to supporting his profession, Mr. Lane has served in several leadership roles within the American Guild of Organists, most notably as national vice-president from 2014–16. An avid proponent of new music, he has commissioned and premiered works of Nico Muhly and Carson Cooman, among many others. Critical acclaim welcomed his two solo recordings and he is featured on several further discs as choral accompanist.

Mr. Lane holds degrees from Yale University and the Eastman School of Music, and has served in many notable positions, including at Harvard University and Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York). In 2018–19, he served as Visiting Professor of Organ at McGill University in Montréal, Canada.

Christian Lane recently joined the faculty of Towson University and is currently Director of Music at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore. He is represented by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.