November 2009

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois, Opus 38

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas

This article traces the histories of over a dozen pipe organs in private homes, social clubs, school and church auditoriums, and even a home furnishings store. It provides a glimpse of organbuilding—and life—in a more glamorous, pre-Depression age

Since 1951, the Sewanee Church Music Conference has offered a rich musical and spiritual experience to musicians who serve primarily in Episcopal churches

Start with two world experts on French organ building and organ music, add seven qualified, eager American organists, stir them together with extant examples of the finest French organs, and let steep for a couple of weeks in the rich culture of Bordeaux and Epernay, France

This month I want to address some ways of implementing the philosophy of letting students work on whatever music they want to work on

In the past twenty-four months, the Organ Clearing House has shipped organs to New Zealand, China, and Bolivia. If you know a church that needs an organ, let me know. We’ll go anywhere.

Michael James McGrew, Robert Bostwick “Bob” Mitchell