The Program
Prelude and Fugue in E Flat, BWV 552 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Scherzo, Op. 2 - Maurice Duruflé
Fantasy in F minor, K. 608 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In thee is gladness - Dale Wood
Gospel Preludes, Book 2 - William Bolcom
      Amazing Grace
Nedelni Hudba (Music for Sunday) - Petr Eben
      III. Moto ostinato
      IV. Finale

About Eric William Suter
Erik William Suter, a native of Chicago, is a musician of international acclaim. For nearly 10 years, he served as the organist at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Yale University, where he studied with Haskell Thomson and Thomas Murray respectively. Previously, he held positions at Trinity Church, Copley Square, and at the Parish of All Saints, both in Boston; and at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut.

Erik has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada as well as many Asian and European countries. He has performed at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. As a continuo artist, he has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra.

Erik won first prize in the 1993 Chicago American Guild of Organists Young Organist's Competition; first prize in the 1995 National Undergraduate Organ Competition in Iowa; the Gold Medal of the Mayor of Musashino/Tokyo in the 1996 International Organ Competition in Japan; and first prize in the 1997 Yale Biennial Organ Competition. He was a two-time finalist in the prestigious American Guild of Organists' National Young Artists Competition in Organ Playing. Erik has been featured numerous times on the nationally syndicated American Public Media show Pipedreams. His recordings, including five solo compact discs, can be found on the JAV Recordings, Gothic and Pro Organo labels.

Erik is a commercial pilot and flight instructor. Based at Washington National Airport, he is a First Officer at Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation where he flies the Canadair Regional Jet for US Airways Express. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland with his wife and son.