April 2009
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We call it Classical Music. It may be Renaissance Music, Baroque Music, Contemporary Music, or Romantic Music—but we call it Classical Music. And Classical Music has a bad rap. It’s perceived by many as pricey, snooty,…
Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., Lake City, Iowa
Church of St. Peter Claver,
West Hartford, Connecticut
Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa, has completed its Op. 85 for the Church of St. Peter Claver in West Hartford, Connecticut…
Milnar Organ Company,
Eagleville, Tennessee
Cal Turner, Jr. Residence,
Franklin, Tennessee
I recall the winter morning in January 2006 when I received a call that would begin one of the most noteworthy experiences in my career. At the time…
The centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) afforded the occasion at the University of Michigan’s 48th Annual Conference on Organ Music last October to gather performers, scholars and friends of Messiaen for a consideration…
Old age for most people means a slowing down and a loss of the abilities they once had. If they are among the few who live to their ninth decade, they usually live a very limited existence.
If they are among the very few, often very gifted…
Playing hymns, part 1
This month and next I want to share a few thoughts about hymns and the teaching of hymn playing. There are a few special factors that influence my thinking about hymns and how to learn and teach them. First, I have…
Lukas Foss, composer, performer, and teacher, died in New York on February 2. He was 86. German-born, Foss was trained in Germany, in Paris, and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia; he had studied composition with Randall Thompson and…
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