Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Second Annual Summer Organ Concert Series

March 9, 2007 Trinity Church Wall Street will present its second series of free summer concerts featuring performances on its state-of-the-art virtual pipe organ. This year's theme, Conservatory Stars, offers the talents of Cameron Carpenter, Nathan Laube, Tom Trenney, Felix Hell, Alan Morrison, and Paul Jacobs. Performances are scheduled from July 5, 2007 through August 9, 2007, Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. All concerts will be available for viewing live and on-demand at www.trinitywallstreet.org. The Marshall & Ogletree virtual pipe organ is serving as a replacement for the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ damaged by corrosive dust and debris following the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. Installed in 2003, the new instrument is actually two 85-stop organs comprised of two consoles, a 2,000-pound tone generation system, two audio systems, and proprietary software operating on the Linux platform.
"In the hands of these gifted performers, our virtual pipe organ will fill Trinity Church with the sounds of vibrant and inspirational music. Their virtuoso performances will showcase the tone and range of this extraordinary instrument," said Owen Burdick, Music Director of Trinity Church.
The July 5 concert by Cameron Carpenter will serve a dual purpose, as the opening of Trinity Church's 2007 Organ Festival and as the closing concert of the National Convention of the American Theatre Organ Society, which is meeting in New York during the first week of July. The American Guild of Organists New York Regional Convention is concluding that same afternoon, and AGO members are also invited as special guests.
The concerts, which are open to the public at no charge, feature the organ console in full view of the audience. In addition, large, flat screen monitors are positioned so that the performers' hands and feet can be seen close up. A list of dates and composers (subject to change) follows:

Conservatory Stars Organ Festival at Trinity Church Wall Street
All performances will be held at Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m, with the July 5 opening concert lasting until 3:00 p.m. Concerts are free to the public.

July 5, 2007
Cameron Carpenter, 2006 master's degree graduate of New York's Juilliard School, performs works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Grainger, Mozart, Dupré, Karg-Elert and Carpenter.
July 12, 2007
Nathan Laube, organ major candidate at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, performs works to be announced.
July 19, 2007
Tom Trenney, 2002 recipient of two graduate degrees from Rochester's Eastman School of Music, performs works by Ives, Franck and Bach, plus improvisation.
July 26, 2007
Felix Hell, former Juilliard and Curtis scholarship student, and currently a master's candidate at Baltimore's Peabody Institute, performs works to be announced.
August 2, 2007
Alan Morrison, head of the organ department at The Curtis Institute, performs works to be announced.
August 9, 2007
Paul Jacobs, head of the organ department at The Juilliard School, performs works by Adler, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Reger and Reubke.


Source: Virgil Fox Legacy Newsletter March   March 9, 2007