November 2015

Nunc Dimittis

Harpsichord Plus: 

The Accompanied Music 

It works for me.

To look or not to look, part II

During its prime in the nineteenth-century, the reed organ was the preferred instrument in American homes and also deemed a fit substitute for the more expensive pipe organ. Large reed organs became common in civic gathering halls and smaller churches.

The 65th Sewanee Church Music Conference offered attendees a packed week under the leadership of new director Todd Wilson.

Musforum, the network for female organists, held its first conference, “The Muse’s Voice,” in New York City on June 19 and 20, 2015, at four churches that boast women as music directors and organists: West End Collegiate Church, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, the Church of the Transfiguration, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Renowned organbuilder GabrielKney, who celebrates his 86th birthday in November, is well known across North America for the many instruments, large and small, which he has lovingly built for universities, homes, concert halls, and churches. His career spans more than 60 years in Canada (and several before that in his German homeland).

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa, Opus 92

The Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, Vanderbilt University,

Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.,

Warrensburg, Missouri

Catalina United Methodist Church, Tucson, Arizona