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The Diapason January 2014 Newsletter

January 27, 2014

 

Welcome to THE DIAPASON E-News. 

In this issue we include news of the results of the 2013 International Organ Competition, which took place last October in Biarritz, France. 

We also sadly report the loss of Clyde Holloway, Patrick Quigley, and Phares Steiner. 

Upcoming winter events include concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington (Paul Jacobs plays the 85-rank Casavant organ on February 5), at First Church Boston, which presents harpsichord recitals in February, and at St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City, among others. The Tenth International Organ and Early Music Festival also takes place in Oaxaca, Mexico, February 20–25. 

We also report on the University of Alabama’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of its 86-rank Holtkamp concert hall organ, opus 2005, along with an alumni reunion. Another noteworthy instrument announcement regards the completion of the Dobson Opus 91, for Merton College in Oxford, U.K. 

Other personal news includes Paul Jacobs’s appointment to lead the Oregon Bach Festival, and Andrew Scanlon’s new recording. 

To read the news stories below, click on the link in the headline highlighted in color; that takes you to the full text on our website. From there, you can also link to additional information about the story. 

Our newsletter sponsor this month is John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders. Their organ at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, is the cover feature of the January 2014 issue of THE DIAPASON. Clicking on the ads will take you to their website. 

It's cold out there, a good day to stay in and read THE DIAPASON—if you have friends who are not yet subscribers, contact me by phone or e-mail, and we'll see to it that they receive a sample copy. 

Joyce Robinson

Editorial Director

THE DIAPASON

847/391-1044

[email protected]

Joyce Robinson