The Mount Royal University Conservatory announces the Calgary Organ Festival and Symposium, September 29–October 3. The schedule will feature performances by Alan Morrison, David Briggs and Margaret Phillips, and a keynote address by Marva Dawn.
Three young artists will perform in the festival. Christina Hutten (Canada) received a bachelor’s degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a master’s degree at Arizona State University, studying with Kimberly Marshall. Jean-Willy Kunz (France) studied with Louis Robilliard at the Lyon Conservatory, with Mireille Lagacé at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, and is completing a doctorate with John Grew at McGill University. He won a first prize at the Lynnwood Farnam competition in 2004, and a second prize at the Grand Prix de Chartres competition in 2008. John Morabito (USA) is a senior at the Eastman School of Music in the organ studio of David Higgs, and the harpsichord studio of William Porter. In 2009 he won first prize at the Rodland Organ Competition.
The symposium will offer lectures, workshops, and presentations on all aspects of the pipe organ profession today, including keyboard pedagogy, the business of the music profession (copyright, contracts), and the organist as church musician.
Venues and organs include Mount Royal University, Wyatt Recital Hall, (Létourneau); University of Calgary, Eckhardt-Grammatté Hall, Rozsa Centre (Ahrend); Knox United Church (Casavant); and Grace Presbyterian Church (Casavant). For information: Neil Cockburn, Head of Organ Studies, Mount Royal Conservatory, 403/440-5648;
