June 2009
Fabry, Inc., Antioch, Illinois
Steven Jensen Residence,
Milwaukee, WisconsinOften, the desire to practice at home is easily met with a short trip to the living room where the piano sits. The fact that there is no pedalboard, or second…
Hupalo & Repasky Pipe Organs, LLC, San Leandro, California
Zion Lutheran Church,
Piedmont, California
Church history
The Zion Lutheran congregation established itself in Oakland in 1882 and by 1886 had purchased their first house of…
The first installment in this series, “From the Dickinson Collection: Reminiscences by Clarence Dickinson, Part 1: 1873–1898,” was published in the July 2008 issue of The Diapason; next appeared “From the Dickinson Collection: Memorizing…
After more than thirty years and hundreds of instruments restored with the highest technical qualities, the restoration of historical organs in Italy still holds surprises and offers us opportunities for growth and knowledge. In the last…
An increasingly popular composer of organ and choral music, Craig Phillips was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1961. By the time he was in his early thirties, Phillips had won First Prize in the Clarence Mader Competition for organ…
More about pedals:
looking at heels
This month I am returning to the subject of pedal playing, this time to discuss heel playing. I have some general thoughts to share with students, and a few practical suggestions and exercises.
It is…
Circumstantial pomp
Music is the stuff of ceremony. For scores of generations our graduations, coronations, installations, and celebrations have been accompanied by musical flourish. Music is with us when we marry and when we die—it marks…
Stefania Björnson Denbow died October 18 in Athens, Ohio. She was 91. Born in Minneota, Minnesota, to Icelandic immigrants, she earned BA and MA degrees from the University of Minnesota, where she studied organ with Arthur Poister, and…
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