Bryan Dunnewald was chosen as one of The Diapason’s 20 under 30 Class of 2019. His achievements at that point included work as an organist (holding positions at Saint Mark’s Church, Philadelphia, Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, and the Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia, along with working with orchestras and chamber ensembles), as a conductor (both choral and orchestral, including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra), and as a composer.
Martin Franz Pasi, 72, organ builder, died September 6. He was born December 21, 1953, in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. He began his career as an apprentice with Rieger Orgelbau in Austria, becoming a pipe maker and voicer. For several years, he voiced organs for Rieger all over the world before settling in North America, working for the firms of Jaeckel, Inc., Karl Wilhelm, Inc., and Fritts-Richards Organ Builders (later Paul Fritts & Co.).