James Woodman was born in Portland, Maine, in 1957, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University, and New England Conservatory. He was appointed the first Composer-in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, and currently serves as Monastery Organist for the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Frequently sought as a composer of organ and choral works, recent commissions have included work for Harvard University’s Memorial Church, concert organist and recording artist Peter Sykes, the tricentennial of Green’s Farms Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut, and the 2014 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

His compositions have been widely programmed, including performances at Magdalen College (Oxford), La Trinité (Paris), Festival Internationale de l’Orgue Ancien (Sion, Switzerland), Domkirche (Berlin), Minato Mirae Concert Hall (Yokohama), St. Thomas Episcopal Church (New York), the radio broadcast “Pipe Dreams” (National Public Radio), and on recordings by Peter Sykes, Nancy Granert, Mark Brombaugh, and the Boston Boy Choir.

Last revised: 18 January 2013