Orgues Létourneau Limitée, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada: The Pasquerilla Spiritual Center,
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Western classical music was introduced to the main stream of Nigerian socio/cultural life around the 1840s, eventually leading to the emergence of art music composers in Nigeria.
Church musicians from 27 states and the Virgin Islands gathered on the mountain at DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, Tennessee, for the 56th annual Sewanee Church Music Conference July 10–16.
John R. Turnbull died May 4 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the age of 66. Born in Frederick, Oklahoma, he held degrees in organ and piano from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied with Mildred Andrews, and a DMA from the Eastman School of Music, where he also received a Performer’s Certificate and an Artist Diploma. As a Fulbright scholar, he studied organ and harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at Amsterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands. Dr.