The allocation of resources sufficient to achieve at least a “good” acoustical setting for speech (Alcons), general sound quality (Reverberation Time), and noise control (NC) is essential, and can be the beginning of the path to a truly excellent sacred environment.
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois, Opus 34: Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church (ELCA), Racine, Wisconsin
Johnson Organ Company, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota: Voorhees Recital Hall, Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota
Levsen Organ Company, Buffalo, Iowa: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia
This article describes the career of D. Steuart Goodwin: the experiences and individuals who shaped his philosophy of organbuilding, details of several instruments in his opus list, and his contemporary voicing and tonal finishing assignments. Steuart has won the admiration and respect of organ committees, organists, and builders as evidenced by his assignments across the country.
John Weaver, one of the America’s finest concert organists, celebrates his 70th birthday on April 27, 2007. This interview is offered in honor of this milestone.
Join me in celebrating the organ as high culture in the modern age. Look for ways to make the organ, its history, and its music relevant and exciting to your listeners.
Iowa State University Carillon Festival; 2007 GCNA Congress at University of the South, Sewanee; Belgium gives bells to Virginia Union University.
Mary Ann Dodd, H. Ronald Poll, Bruce V. Schantz, Malcolm Wechsler, Martin H. Wittig
