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April 1999

From the builder John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois, has built a new organ for St. George's Episcopal Church, Belleville, Illinois. The firm's opus 19 comprises 26 stops, 32 ranks on two manuals and pedal in a free-…
Next GCNA Congress Iowa State University and University Carillonneur Tin-shi Tam will host the 57th Congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America from Wednesday, June 16 through Saturday, June 19.  The congress will be part of…
Gordon W. Brooks died on January 20 in Warren, Ohio, at the age of 82. He was born on February 22, 1916 in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, attended Niles McKinley High School, and earned the BA in organ from YSU Dana School of Music. He was a piano…
How does one mark the birthday of a musician with 80 very productive years? Here is an attempt to outline the 80-year life of Professor Heinz Wunderlich, who will enter the decade of octogenarian on April 15, 1999. Professor Wunderlich is…
Fifty-two registrants from 21 states gathered in sun-soaked Lincoln, Nebraska for the 21st annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln Organ Conference held September 17-19, 1998. The title of the conference was "Perspectives on Recent and…
Part 1 of this article appeared in the March, 1999 issue, pp. 16-18. The four orchestral transcriptions cited above share the following trait: a sharp delineation both of the works' counterpoint and of the phrases and motifs which…