June 1998
Thelma Olava Michelson died on March 3 at her home in Park Ridge, Illinois, after a long illness at the age of 96. She was a Chicago area music director, church organist and choir director most of her life. Throughout the years she was…
Richard Watson casts bells for Mercersburg
A small, rural town in south central Pennsylvania is home to a fine carillon. In that virtually all carillons in North America--including the one in Mercersburg--were produced abroad, it is…
Harrison & Harrison, of Durham, England, has built a new organ for Trinity Episcopal Church, Vero Beach, Florida. The instrument stands behind the high altar, speaking directly towards the nave, which seats about 350. The east end of…
Marilyn Mason led a group of organists on the University of Michigan's Historic Organ Tour XXXVII in Spain, February 28-March 8. The group gave organ concerts in the Cathedrals of Málaga, Córdoba and Segovia. Performers included Karen…
“Frank Ferko inhabits a unique and unusual musical world. In the background is his love of the music of Olivier Messiaen. In the foreground appears mystery, and thus his intense interest in the visions of Hildegard, her music, and the…
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