November 2002

The conference "Cavaillé-Coll in Oberlin: A Celebration of the C.B. Fisk Organ at Oberlin College," took place June 12-15 in Oberlin, Ohio. Celebrating The Kay Africa Memorial Organ, Opus 116 of C.B. Fisk, Inc., built in Finney Chapel and incorporating many features of the symphonic, French Romantic organ, Oberlin Conservatory and The Westfield Center combined forces to present a series of expert lectures, panel discussions, recitals and organ demonstrations devoted to the Cavaillé-Coll organ and its aesthetic in the musical world of 19th- and 20th-century France.

Travelogue III

This is the third and final installment of my travel journal
with candid reflections on a 10-week carillon and organ recital tour through
Europe.

Jeffrey Paul Radford died on August 12 at St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island, Illinois. He was 48. Mr. Radford was music director of Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, where he had served for 30 years and conducted the church's 75-voice choir. Born and raised in Chicago, he studied at Quigley Seminary, Governors State University, and Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University. His choirs sang throughout Chicago, and traveled to nearly a dozen U.S. cities.

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Hendrickson Organ Company,

St. Peter, Minnesota

Church of St. Peter,

St. Peter, Minnesota

To mark the anniversary of my first published article"Hugo Distler: 20 Years Later," included in The Diapason for November 1962, I return to the subject of that early research interest to present some recent items about the still under-appreciated German composer.

Robert J. Powell is one of the most recognized names in contemporary church music. He has a countless number of publications in every genre and has led sessions in conferences across the country. Since 1968, Mr. Powell has been organist-choirmaster at Christ Church, Greenville, one of South Carolina's oldest and largest Episcopal churches. During his nearly thirty-five year tenure, Mr.