Chase Olson holds a B.M. in organ performance and a B.A. in financial economics from Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he studied with Christa Rakich. He began studying organ with Dr. Angela Kraft Cross in 2016 on his 13th birthday. Chase has been a featured performer in Reno’s Artown Festival, the L’Organo recital series for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, and the 26th Jeux d’Orgues Festival in Blois, France. He has also performed on the Danenberg Honors Recital series at Oberlin Conservatory and with the Oberlin Orchestra, playing on Ottorino Respighi’s Pini di Roma and Camille Saint-Saëns’ 3rd Symphony. Chase holds positions as a board member on the San Francisco Peninsula Organ Academy and as an adjudicator for the Junior Bach Festival. Chase has also studied piano with Dr. William Wellborn, art song with Dr. William Woods, conducting with Dr. Gregory Ristow, and harpsichord with Dr. Mark Edwards.
