May 2007

A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia

Episcopal Church of the Advent, Madison, Georgia

A prominent composer, music educator and administrator, a first-rate improviser and performer, Bonnal was indeed a dignified successor to his master and friend, Charles Tournemire, as titular organist at the Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris.

A prominent composer, music educator and administrator, a first-rate improviser and performer, Bonnal was indeed a dignified successor to his master and friend, Charles Tournemire, as titular organist at the Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris. In spite of the numerous obstacles he encountered during his lifetime, Bonnal’s noble aspirations, along with the faithful support of his friends, enabled him to pursue his ongoing quest for perfection.

Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the site of a centennial celebration of the birth of French organist-composer Jean Langlais (1907–1991).

Wonderful choral music, spacious acoustics, massive organs and gifted musicians—all comprised a successful trip to England last spring for my wife and me.

Size matters.

Kent S. Dennis, August Humer, Herbert James Keeler, Paul S. Robinson, William E. Seifert, John Edward Williams