March 2007
Karl Wilhelm Inc., Mont St. Hilaire, Québec, Canada, Opus 157
St. John’s Catholic Church, Fenton, Michigan
This new 44-stop organ, Opus 157 by Karl Wilhelm Inc., was made possible by the generosity of longtime parishioner Mrs. Alvesta…
Gober Organs, Inc.,
Elora, Ontario, Canada
First Church in Oberlin,
United Church of Christ,
Oberlin, Ohio
The opportunity to build a new tracker organ for First Church in Oberlin, Ohio afforded us the opportunity to interpret…
14. Laetare, Jerusalem, Ouverture pour le dimanche de mi-carême [Overture for the Sunday of mid-Lent], 2004, dedicated to Father Théo Fleury, titular organist at the Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland; Pierre Cogen premiered it in his concert…
14. Laetare, Jerusalem, Ouverture pour le dimanche de mi-carême [Overture for the Sunday of mid-Lent], 2004, dedicated to Father Théo Fleury, titular organist at the Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland; Pierre Cogen premiered it in his concert…
The Sainte-Clotilde Tradition1 is based on the lineage transmitted in a teacher/student relationship from Franck to Tournemire to Langlais.2 Especially beginning with Charles Tournemire, these organist/composers, as well as many of their…
Graduate school was a joy, offering full-time study of music and the use of three fine instruments (two 4-manual Aeolian-Skinners, one 3-manual Schlicker). But that happy situation was not to last, the real world providing a career in…
The 46th University of Michigan Conference on Organ Music took place October 1–4, 2006. The event focused on music of Germany, France and the USA, featuring performances by Marie-Claire Alain, Michigan faculty members Marilyn Mason, James…
In the last decades of the 20th century, Daniel Pinkham was one of the brightest jewels in America’s choral diadem of composers. His creative energy spilled into churches, schools, and concerts of all types. I knew him for over 40 years,…
In the last decades of the 20th century, Daniel Pinkham was one of the brightest jewels in America’s choral diadem of composers. His creative energy spilled into churches, schools, and concerts of all types. I knew him for over 40 years,…
A Night at the Opera
When you think of a night at the opera, what images flash through your mind? Stunning sets and costumes? Brilliant singing? Melodramatic stories transformed into staged magic? The thrill of a lifetime to witness such…
Guilty Pleasures: Reading, Listening, and Viewing
Recreational reading and several reissued recordings from the middle of the 20th century are recommended for pleasure, guilty or innocent:
The Soprano Wore Falsettos by Mark Schweizer (…
Everett Jay Hilty, Sr., 96, died November 1 at his home in Manhattan, Kansas. Born in Queens, New York in 1910, he was the youngest of six children born to George Richard and Grace May Rhoda Lamb Hilty. When Hilty was nine his family moved…
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