Fenris Pipe Organ, Kilkenny, Minnesota: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minnesota; Martin Ott Pipe Organ Company, St. Louis, Missouri, Opus 100: The Behrend
College, Penn State University-Erie; Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Roca, Nebraska: St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Rogers, Arkansas
Some Vincentian priests of the late 19th century, as this article will show, were talented composers who wrote cantatas for important Vincentian occasions.
The Holtkamp Organ at the University of New Mexico
The Orgelbewegung strongly influenced the work of Walter Holtkamp. One of Holtkamp’s organs, designed shortly before his death in 1962, resides in Keller Hall at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. But before we trace the history of this instrument, its visual impact and articulate good sound, here follows a history of the movement that inspired its creation.
The University of Michigan
The 25th International Organ and Church Music Institute, June 20-22, officially began with a welcome by Dr. Marilyn Mason, chair of the organ department at the University of Michigan. The theme of this year’s institute was the music of French organists Charles Tournemire, Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé.
Dr. Carol Williams, Civic Organist of San Diego, has concertized throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, and continues her musical travels when possible. Carol traveled to Illinois in March, and we had the opportunity to meet with her as she was preparing for a concert at Chicago’s St. Vincent de Paul Church, home of a 1901 Lyon-Healy organ that is undergoing restoration.
