IAN WATSON will play the 21-stop, two-manual tracker organ purchased for the
Ian Watson is Music Director and Organist at the First Parish in Lincoln, MA. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he is a top church musician and educator, with wide-ranging experience embracing novice, advanced and professional levels. His most recent church post was the Music Director at Cathedral of St. Paul in Worcester, MA.
He is also an internationally-known, dynamic, multi-faceted music
professional who maintains an active performing and recording career in
collaboration with major artists and ensembles as an organist, pianist,
harpsichordist and conductor in both standard and historically-informed
practices.
Ian is currently
principal keyboard player with the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and
Artistic Director of Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra. During his first year
at First Parish, he initiated a concert series which has been quite successful
and has increased the church’s visibility in the community.