Casavant Frères, Limitée, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, has recently completed several new organs.
On September 26, 2021, Bradley Welch played the inaugural recital at First United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a four-manual organ of 47 stops, 59 ranks. That same day, Jan Kraybill presented the dedicatory recital for the new organ at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Omaha, Nebraska, a three-manual instrument of 53 stops, 65 ranks.
In early November, the Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia presided at a special liturgy to bless the renovated nave of Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington, Virginia, and its new organ of two manuals, 19 stops, 23 ranks.
For information: casavant.ca.
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