David Britton Artist Bio

David Britton (1942-1992) was a concert and church organist who taught music at the Caltech Division of Humanities and Social Sciences in Altadena, Southern California. Educated at the Eastman School of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Britton came to Los Angeles originally to teach at Loyola Marymount University. He taught and performed at Caltech from 1977 until 1992.

A recording artist under contract to Delos Records, Britton had served as organist and minister of music at the Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades since 1986.

His recordings include “Masterworks for Organ by Grunenwald and Langlais” in 1978; “Virtuoso Baroque Organ Toccatas” in 1980; a selection of Bach in 1985; “Gargoyles and Chimeras” in 1987, and “Organo Deco” in 1990.

In addition to his work at Loyola Marymount, Britton had taught at Whittier College, Cal State Northridge and Mount St. Mary’s College, where he had been artist in residence since 1980.

Before his arrival in Southern California, Britton taught organ performance, history and design for two years at the Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus, Ohio. He also served as organist for several churches. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.