New Organs
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois, Opus 35--St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois
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New England Organbuilders, LLC, Willimantic, Connecticut
Portative organ, Joseph Flummerfelt residence
Aspects of French Symphonic Organ Music: L’Organiste Liturgique, L’Organiste Moderne, L’Organiste Pratique?
The context of French symphonic organ music as a part of 19th century music in general is an important concept for those who approach it creatively.
He said, she said: A conversation with James & Marilyn Biery
James and Marilyn Biery are two very active composers, performers, and church musicians. Husband and wife, they share leadership of the music program at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota.
On Teaching
A significant part of the process of choosing appropriate sounds for pieces consists of noting one’s aesthetic or emotional reactions to those pieces and allowing those reactions to suggest sounds that evoke similar, compatible, or complementary reactions.
In the wind . . .
As we discuss the specifications of a pipe organ and the related costs, we are continually reminded of the need to economize. But can we also inspire that committee to think beyond the nuts and bolts of the price and think of the instrument as the fulfillment of a vision?
Harpsichord News
Isolde Ahlgrimm's life story is available at last in Peter Watchorn’s book Isolde Ahlgrimm, Vienna and the Early Music Revival.
Nunc Dimittis
Fenner Douglass, Russell Edward Freeman, Edith L. Wagner Meier, John Howard Wilson
