Meyer Media announces a new organ CD, Cantius (TBR 03.25.22), featuring Gail Archer with her tenth recording release. Dedicated to drawing attention to Eastern European composers through ongoing research, performances, and recordings, Archer performs rarely heard works by six Polish composers of the 19th through 21st centuries. Named in honor of St. John Cantius, a popular saint in Poland, the album was recorded in Chicago’s St. John Cantius Church with its 1926 Casavant organ. (For information on the church and its Casavant and other organs, see “A history of the organs of Saint John Cantius Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois,” by Stephen Schnurr, in the January 2022 issue, pages 12–19.)
Archer began a CD release tour in March with appearances as follows:
March 13, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Omaha, Nebraska; 3/13, St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Omaha, Nebraska; 3/16, First United Methodist Church, Corvallis, Oregon; 3/20, Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa; 3/26, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
April 3, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2:30 p.m.; 4/24, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2:00 p.m.; May 22, Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, Massachusetts, 4:00 p.m.; and June 12, Internationale Zuger Orgeltage, Oberwil, Switzerland, 8:00 p.m.
Gail Archer is college organist at Vassar College, director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Singers, and a faculty member of Harriman Institute, Columbia University. She is artistic director of the artist and young artist recital series at historic Central Synagogue, New York City, and is the founder of Musforum, www.musforum.org an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work.
For information: meyer-media.com and gailarcher.com.
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