February 2004

When the idea of partnership is used to describe activities between priest and laity, what's usually thought of is a well-run Sunday School, a vigorous outreach program or a successful stewardship campaign. At the Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal) in New York City, a unique and exceptionally creative collaboration between the Rector and a parishoner has resulted in a book, a song, and a liturgy for one of the most glorious Saint's days on the church calendar.

Polar Music Prize for Ligeti; Malcolm Hamilton dies at age 70 ; honoring Gustav Leonhardt's 75th birthday

Corliss R. Arnold, Natalie Ferguson, Dirk Andries Flentrop

Goulding & Wood, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas

We had a delightful interview with the charming Patrick Russill on June 24, 2003, in his office at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is Head of Choral Direction and Church Music, following a weekend of attending services and rehearsals of his choir at the London Oratory.

On Saturday evening, October 25, 2003, a gala banquet and recital in the Music Room of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California celebrated the rededication of the newly restored 1911 Kimball pipe organ. Music at The Inn reached the hearts of people everywhere when, in 1909, the noted song writer Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946) was inspired to write her most famous ballad "A Perfect Day" while visiting The Inn.

James Raymond Lawson ; Fire at Swager residence