May 2012
Michael Proscia Organbuilder, Inc., Bowdon, Georgia: Julius Dayle Harding residence, Douglasville, Georgia
Michael Proscia Organbuilder, Inc., Bowdon, Georgia
Julius Dayle Harding residence, Douglasville, Georgia
In August, 2009, Julius…
A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ
Company, Lithonia, Georgia
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia
The O’Neil-Foster Memorial Pipe Organ
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church is located in my hometown of…
As part of the Organ Historical Society’s 57th national convention in metropolitan Chicago (to take place July 8–13, 2012), we will visit the corner of Milwaukee and Addison streets in Chicago. Located there is Carl Schurz High School…
The Richmond Chapter of the AGO gathered on the morning of November 19, 2011 to observe the centennial of a Kimball organ of three manuals and 29 ranks. The chapter was joined by church members who heard a talk by this writer, as well as…
Wilma Jensen is heralded as an outstanding recitalist, church musician, and teacher. Her extensive concert career has taken her throughout the United States. She has played on countless well-known instruments, including those at First…
Monday, January 9
The 29th Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians took place January 9–12 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio. The conference began with the traditional greeting and introduction of members, which took…
The Keweenaw (the Copper Country) of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has seen a change in their functioning pipe organs. Since the catalog of the Keweenaw organs was published (The Diapason, February 20071), two of the organs have been…
Additional practice techniques
This month and next month I will discuss a number of practice techniques that involve changing something in the music while practicing. This includes practicing in rhythms other than the true rhythm of…
Who do we think we are?
I was a few weeks shy of my sixteenth birthday in February 1972 when my wisdom teeth were taken out. I don’t know whether oral surgery was that much more cumbersome in those days, or if my teeth presented…
János Sebestyén (1931-2012)
by Robert Tifft
There were many sides to János Sebestyén. Few people, even among his friends, knew them all or were aware of his many accomplishments. To record collectors he was an enigmatic figure whose…
Sally Cherrington Beggs, chair of the music department and college organist at Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina, died March 17. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
in 1959, she received her undergraduate education at Susquehanna…
