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Looking Back

January 29, 2010
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10 years ago in the February 2000 issue of The Diapason
Cover, Martin Pasi and Associates, St. Augustine Catholic Church, Spokane, Washington
Kristin Gronning Farmer received the Organ Historical Society’s 1999 Distinguished Service Award
Paul Jacobs to perform the complete organ works of Bach in 14 recitals
Martin Jean to perform the complete organ works of Bach over the next two seasons
Robert Noehren authored a new book, An Organist’s Reader
Richard and Betty Peek retired as directors of music for Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
Keith Williams appointed director of organ service and tuning for John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders
The American Organ Archives of the Organ Historical Society opened a renovated and expanded facility at Talbott Library of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey
“Playing for Apollo: The Technical and Aesthetic Legacy of Carl Weinrich,” by Ray M. Keck

25 years ago, February 1985
Cover: Berghaus Organ Company, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale, Illinois
James Frazier appointed director of music for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Anthony Newman’s Anthology of Early English Harpsichord Music published by G. Schirmer
Richard Peek received the H. Grady Miller award by the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
Vincent Persichetti’s Fifth Harpsichord Sonata published by Elkan-Vogel
Beth Zucchino plays premiere of Peter Stapleton’s Plaything for Organ
Dobson Pipe Organ Company celebrates tenth anniversary with “An Evening of Music and Celebration”
“AIO Convention 1984—Salt Lake City,” by Jack M. Bethards
“Preparations: Plaudits for Zachau, Buxtehude, and Greco,” by Larry Palmer
“The Organ Works of Egil Hovland,” by David Tryggestad
New Organs: J. W. Walker & Sons, Ltd., Hermes-Adams Pipe Organ Service, Visser-Rowland Associates

50 years ago, February 1960
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to hold organ playing competition for organists under age 35
St. Luke’s Choristers, Kalamazoo, celebrate diamond jubilee
André Marchal to conduct masterclass at Fontainebleau
Elizabeth Paul and Robert Lodine played series of recitals at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
Hugh C. Price honored for 49th year as organist and director, First Methodist Church, Kewanee, Illinois
People: Harold Chaney, Catharine Crozier, Gustav Leonhardt, Harold Mueller, John A. Poellein, Karl Richter, Phillip Steinhaus
Organs by Aeolian-Skinner, Austin, Casavant, Delaware, Möller, Pels, Reuter, Schantz, Wicks

75 years ago, February 1935
Clarence Eddy reminisces at age 84
William Churchill Hammond celebrates 50th anniversary as organist and choir director, Second Congregational Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Ralph Kinder gave his 36th year of organ recitals at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia
Third annual Bach festival at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
“Handicaps of Organ and How ‘Dullness’ May Be Overcome,” by Palmer Christian
People: Allan Bacon, Winslow Cheney, Roland Diggle, Edward Eigenschenk, Virgil Fox, E. Harold Greer, Rachel E. Johnson, Horace Alden Miller, Raymond Nold, Arthur Poister, Hugh Porter, Mario Salvador, Alfred E. Whitehead, William E. Zeuch
Organs by Aeolian-Skinner, Austin, Casavant, Hinners, Kilgen, Kimball, Möller, Reuter

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