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Kotzschmar Organ events

Kotzschmar Organ

Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine, announces events featuring the Kotzschmar Organ:

July 31 and August 23, tours of the organ (12 noon, free), followed by open console time (2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., for a fee);
August 11, Kotzschmar Organ Day, featuring free recitals by Maine organists with guided tours.

Summer recitals:

August 7, Chelsea Chen;
8/14, Nathan Avakian;
8/21, Walt Strony;
8/28, James Kennerley and Kotzschmar Festival Brass.

The organ, built by Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut, now consists of five manuals, 104 ranks, with 7,101 pipes.

For information: www.foko.org.

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