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Damin Spritzer plays René Louis Becker

Damin Spritzer plays Marche Triomphale: Ite missa est, by René Louis Becker. This is from her recital at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, February 20, 2022.

Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1399, four manuals, 96 ranks. 
https://www.cathedralatl.org/worship/music/organs/cathedral/

Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and Interim Director of Music and Organist for St. Thomas More University Parish in Norman. She continues to work with the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew in Dallas as Artist-in-Residence for Cathedral Arts. Formerly Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas teaching Organ Literature and Sacred Music, she is active in the Dallas and Oklahoma City Chapters of the American Guild of Organists and serves on committees for the Organ Historical Society, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and Organlive Media Foundation. She received her doctorate from the University of North Texas, her Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, and her Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

See her artist spotlight at https://www.thediapason.com/artists/damin-spritzer-0

Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. www.concertartists.com 

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Dr. Damin Spritzer is Area Chair and Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma and Artist-in-Residence for Cathedral Arts at the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew in Dallas.

Damin Spritzer is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.  
https://concertartists.com/ 

Jack Mitchener plays Franck Choral No. 2 in B Minor

Jack Mitchener plays Franck's Choral No. 2 in B Minor.

The performance was part of a recital at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta.  The organ is by Mander (IV/106 stops; 135 ranks). 

More information is available at this link:  https://www.prumc.org/worship/instruments/

See Jack Mitchener's artist spotlight: https://www.thediapason.com/artists/jack-mitchener

Jack Mitchener is Professor of Organ, University Organist, Chairman of the Keyboard Department, and Director of the Townsend-McAfee Institute of Church Music in the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.  In addition, he is Organist and Artist-in-Residence at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.  

He is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLCwww.concertartists.com 

Damin Spritzer plays Buzard Opus 40, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Damin Spitzer plays Rhapsody, op. 17, no. 3, by Herbert Howells on Buzard Pipe Organ Builders Opus 40 and 40R, St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Shortly after the outbreak of World War One, Germany sought to demoralize England by attacking British cities and towns from the air. Massive airships, beyond the reach of British defenses, bombarded civilian centers under the cover of darkness. In March of 1918, Herbert Howells was in York during a zeppelin raid. While taking shelter from the bombing, he composed the Third Rhapsody in a single night.

The video features Buzard Opus 40 and 40R, St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Gallery organ, three manuals and pedal, 51 stops, 72 ranks. For information: https://buzardorgans.com/buzard-opus-40/

Damin Spritzer is assistant professor of qrgan at the University of Oklahoma with the American Organ Institute. She continues to work with the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew in Dallas as artist-in-residence for Cathedral Arts, and was recently adjunct professor at the University of North Texas teaching organ literature and sacred music. She serves on the board of directors for the Leupold Foundation, dedicated to the preservation of pipe organ music and culture, and is active in the Dallas and Southern Plains Chapters of the American Guild of Organists in various roles.

For information: https://www.daminspritzer.com/

Lynne Davis plays Grigny

Lynne Davis plays Hymne sur Veni Creator by Nicolas de Grigny (1671–1703) on the Marcussen & Søn organ in Wiedemann Hall at Wichita State University. The program was part of the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series, “Wednesdays in Wiedemann,” on September 8, 2021. 
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Lynne Davis is Robert L. Town Distinguished Professor of Organ at Wichita State University and an international concert organist. Though American by birth, Lynne Davis’s career has been richly steeped in French music, culture, aesthetics, and style. Her career was launched by taking First Prize at the 1975 St. Albans International Organ Competition in England—the eighth organist to receive that honor since the competition’s founding in 1962.  Now a leading international concert artist and master teacher, she has performed in nearly every cathedral in France, numerous major cities throughout Europe, and from coast to coast in the United States. Her activities have included being a featured performer and lecturer at two national conventions and several regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, giving master classes and lectures about French organ literature and its history, and serving as a member of Chartres, Dallas, St. Albans, and Taraverdiev (Russia) organ competition juries. In October 2017, she served as juror for the Canadian International Organ Competition in Montréal and was a featured recitalist during the competition week.

Lynne Davis is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.  

See her artist spotlight: https://www.thediapason.com/artists/lynne-davis

The organ program at Wichita State University is the cover feature of the November 2022 issue of The Diapason
https://www.thediapason.com/content/cover-feature-wichita-state-university

For information: www.wichita.edu/organ

Isabelle Demers Plays "The Shrovetide Fair" from Petrushka

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A native of Québec and a doctoral graduate of the Juilliard School, Dr. Demers is the newly-appointed Associate Professor of Organ at McGill University (Montréal, Québec). She was formerly the Joyce Bowden Chair in Organ and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University (Waco, Texas).

Isabelle Demers is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC. 
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