Kirk M. Rich began organ studies with Douglas Reed in Evansville, Indiana. He is a master’s candidate at Indiana University, where he studies with Christopher Young. He earned a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, where he studied with James David Christie. Winner of the 2007 Region V AGO/Quimby Competition for Young Organists, Mr. Rich has performed in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. He has studied harpsichord with Webb Wiggins and Elisabeth Wright, and piano with Barbara Lister-Sink.