May 2013
Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders, Bellwood, Illinois
Trinity Lutheran Church,
Auburn, Ilinois
Located a few miles southwest of Springfield, Illinois, Trinity Lutheran Church is home to a new organ consisting of pipe resources from a 1958…
Juget-Sinclair Organbuilders, Montréal, Québec, Canada
St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montréal, Québec, Canada
From the builder
The idea to fully restore the Beckerath organ at St. Joseph’s Oratory came from then Organist Titulaire Philippe…
On Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, 2012, a concert and workshop focusing on the medieval organ were held at the Basel (Switzerland) Peterskirche. They dealt with concepts, designs, repertoire and the medieval organ used in ensemble.1…
Sacred spaces
Several years ago the Organ Clearing House was assisting a colleague firm installing a large renovated organ in one of our country’s great cathedrals. Halfway through the project we encountered a logistical issue requiring a…
Organ Method VIII
This month’s excerpt continues the discussion of heel playing, with many exercises. It then deals briefly with double pedal and with pedal substitution. This wraps up the chapter on pedal playing as such. The next part of…
Memorial tributes by Betina Maag Santos, Jane Clark, and Larry Palmer
Homage to Rafael Puyana (October 14, 1931–March 1, 2013)
Rafael Antonio Lazaro Puyana Michelsen was born in Bogotá, Colombia. At age sixteen he entered the New England…
Appointments
St. Thomas Church and Choir School, New York City, has announced the appointment of Stephen Buzard and Benjamin Sheen as assistant organists.
Stephen Buzard is a Master of Music candidate at the Yale Institute of Sacred…
