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Joe Vitacco III standing in the Echo Organ at Woolsey Hall, photo by Harold Shaprio

Joe’s Amazing Venture #0708

February 19, 2007

A 10th anniversary salute to Joseph A. Vitacco, a young business major from the University of Notre Dame who set out to document some of the world’s finest pipe organs.

2005 Buzard organ at the Church of Saint Bede, Williamsburg, VA

Concert Capers #0707

February 12, 2007

Unedited and without a net, four superb soloists know how to put three pipe organs through their paces.

Barton organ at the Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Archive of Once Upon a Theatre #0706

February 5, 2007

At Ann Arbor’s 75-year-old Michigan Theatre, an aging pipe organ served as keystone to the downtown’s heritage preservation.

2006 Russell organ at First Presbyterian, Ithaca, NY

Decade of Delight #0705

January 29, 2007

A sampler of six new American-built instruments that were inaugurated during the past ten years.

2006 Interlochen Summer Arts Camp Organ Studio. Pictured are (left to right) Ben Blasingame, Peter Godart, Alexis Van Z, Caroline Robinson, Roderick Demmings, Karianne Burns, Chris Prestia, Grace Mackson, and Mason Copeland.

Rootin’for the Youngsters #0704

January 22, 2007

From seventh grade to graduate school, aged 12 to 21, these talented players point the way towards the pipe organ’s future.

1950 Holtkamp organ in Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

A Syracuse Organ Book #0703

January 15, 2007

On four historic instruments in this New York university town, we explore a collection of cordial and creative contemporary compositions.

1651 van Hagerbeer organ at the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dutch Treats #0702

January 8, 2007

The Netherlands, beyond its eye-catching windmills and colorful tulips, is home to an incredible treasure of historic and modern pipe organs.

1898 Henry Willis organ of Lincoln Cathedral

Music for an Epiphany #0701

January 1, 2007

Whether because of a guiding star, or a brilliant flash of inspiration, our composers make more vivid that special moment of clarity.

2005 Kern organ at Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany

An Organist’s Yearbook #0652

December 25, 2006

We ring out the old and ring in the new with reflections on happenings in 2006 and some projections for the future in 2007.

1995 Reuter at Shadyside Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA

An American Organist’s Christmas #0651

December 18, 2006

Our own composers and performers know how to bring a unique and special flavor to the holiday season.

1714 Boizard organ of the Church of Saint Michel, Thiérache, France

Christmas International #0650

December 11, 2006

Performers and composers from many lands celebrate the Nativity Festival.

The 1730 Trost organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, Germany

Advent Anticipation #0649

December 4, 2006

Composers old and new create music of awe and expectation that preludes the Christmas festival.

In Praise of Humanity #0648

November 27, 2006

A commemorative tribute to three American composers and a meditation for World AIDS Day 2006.

1736 Fux organ at Fürstenfeld Kloster, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Postcards from a Tour #0647

November 20, 2006

Some lively aural reminders of the fun we had during our recent visit to southern Germany and beyond.

Hindemith, Howells and Hanson #0646

November 13, 2006

Three contemporaries, a German, an Englishman and an American, embraced the pipe organ in divergent yet harmonious ways.

1871 Ladegast organ at Schweriner Dom, Germany

Another Liszt List #0645

November 6, 2006

Exemplary scores by a titan of the keyboard who liberated the organ in ways we are only beginning to fully appreciate.

1934 Aeolian-Skinner organ at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

A Lively Tradition #0644

October 30, 2006

Exploring a collection of scores, some new, some newer, all by American composers.

Walker on the Wild Side #0643

October 23, 2006

Popular and unflappable church musician John Walker shares insights on his world and an extraordinary modern concerto that he champions.

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