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February 2020

From the Organbuilder Forever ago it seems, in the year 1991, C. B. Fisk, Inc., was commissioned to build a three-manual, 49-stop teaching and recital instrument in McCray Hall on the campus of Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas…
Randall Dyer & Associates, Inc., Jefferson City, Tennessee First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, Tennessee From the first time I walked into the church unannounced one day while passing through town and happened to meet Charlie…
On July 27, 2018, my dear colleagues and friends, Yannick Merlin and Béatrice Piertot, introduced me to Pierre Labric at his residence southwest of Paris in Dreux. Labric is perhaps best remembered in this country for recording the…
The 59th annual University of Michigan conference on organ music took place on the Ann Arbor campus September 29 through October 1, 2019, with important pre-conference events on the Friday and Saturday preceding. The theme for 2019 was “…
Saturday is market day in Alkmaar. On the way to the Sint-Laurenskerk from my hotel there were stalls filled with fresh fish, cheese, fruits and vegetables, breads and desserts. Tempting as they were, I hurried through to make the 9:00 a.m…
J. G. P. Leek When I was a student at Oberlin (Class of 1978), students were not allowed to own cars, ostensibly to limit traffic and parking congestion in the small town. I lived in an apartment off campus during my senior year, and since…
Gottlieb Muffat and his Componimenti Musicali Since February is the shortest month (even though this leap year does add a twenty-ninth day), it seems right and proper to submit a shorter essay! After all, one must cram a month’s work into…
Appointments Joshua Stafford is appointed interim organist for the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, for the 2020 summer assembly season. In this interim capacity, Stafford, a native of neighboring Jamestown, will succeed his…
Nunc Dimittis Alis Dickinson Adkins, former faculty member of the University of North Texas College of Music, died December 6, 2019, in Denton, Texas. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 25, 1936, she grew up in Brownwood, Texas, and…