About James...
- In 2016, James Wagner retired from church music, after more than thirty years of service. His last appointment was at First Congregational Church of Wayne, Michigan, where he was Music Director/Organist over eleven years. At his departure from the position, the church graciously granted him emeritus status.
- Studies in organ have been with Marilyn Mason, Michael Burkhardt, Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, and Mary Ida Yost. He studied composition with Anthony Iannaccone, Daniel Eller, and James Aikman.
- Compositions include the Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion; Suite in G for harpsichord (or piano); Fanfare/Overture to Life for Concert Band; the opera Anastasia; and In Paradisum: Ten Meditations on the Entrance into Eternity for Chorus, Soloists, Organ, and Two Saxophones.
- James plays percussion and keyboards with the Washtenaw Community Concert Band, which he occasionally conducts as Assistant Director.