Christopher Mark Houlihan (born October 6, 1987) is an American concert organist noted for his clarity,[1] flexibility of rhythm,[2] and technical achievement.
Houlihan later studied at the French National Regional Conservatory in Versailles where he was a student of Jean-Baptiste Robin and where he earned the “Prix de Perfectionnement” (equivalent to a university artist's diploma in the US).
While in France, he served as an assistant musician at the American Cathedral in Paris and had the honor of performing for the then President and First Lady of the United States, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bush.
[4] His second CD, Joys, Mournings, and Battles: Music of Duruflé and Alain, recorded on the historic Aeolian-Skinner organ in All Saints Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, was released in January 2010.
Houlihan played the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne in six North American cities (New York, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, and Dallas).