Alcée Chriss III is an American organist, composer and conductor from Dallas, Texas, known for incorporating jazz and gospel influences into his performances.
[3][2] His interest in the instrument was influenced by watching Catharine Crozier on the Hour of Power.
[4] The churches he attended as a child didn't have organs, so he tracked down local organists to ask if they would take him on as a student.
[6] 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).
[1] The same year he was named the Minister of Music at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Ridgefield, Connecticut.