March 1999
1998 World Congress Report
The 11th Carillon World Congress was held in Mechelen, Belgium, August 9-13, 1998. The welcoming recital was performed in the tower of St. Rombouts Cathedral by Jo Haazen, director of the Royal Belgian Carillon…
James Holmes, organist and choirmaster long associated with the Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy in New York City, died of cancer on January 7 at the age of 59. Born on April 2, 1939, in Pittsburg, Kansas, he was brought up…
Pasi Organ Builders, Inc., Roy, Washington, has built a new organ for West Vancouver United
Church, British Columbia. The firm's Opus 10 comprises 31 stops, 38 ranks, and 1,851 pipes over two manuals and pedal, and features mechanical key…
The University of Michigan's 38th Annual Conference on Organ Music took place October 11-13, 1998. The conference began with three consecutive organ degree recitals performed in Hill Auditorium by U of M graduate students David Hufford,…
A common story of many an American organ builder's career is that they apprenticed in America and subsequently traveled to Europe where they experienced the work of the old masters in Groningen, Arlesheim, Upsala, or some small village in…
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) began composing his Variations on a Recitative, op. 40 for organ on August 25, 1941 and completed the work forty-eight days later on October 12. The work was premièred by Carl Weinrich at the Church of St.…
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