Durham Cathedral organist records classical music CD - Sunderland Echo
25 May 2012, 5:06 am
A CHURCH organist has recorded six classical sonatas for release on CD. Durham Cathedral organist James Lancelot made the recordings on the cathedral’s Harrison and Harrison organ. “The six Mendelssohn sonatas for organ have a status out of all ...

Crown Point church celebrates milestone - Press Republican
25 May 2012, 4:23 am
CROWN POINT — The 55-year musical ministry of organist Patricia Lewis Knapp was celebrated recently at the First Congregational Church of Crown Point. The year was 1957 when the Rev. Graham R. Hodges was pastor of the Congregational Church, and Knapp was ...

In review: Tedde Gibson's organ recordings "Let There Be Praise" and "At Last" - Examiner
25 May 2012, 2:57 am
Originally from Seattle, Washington, organist Tedde Gibson came to D. C. quietly a few years ago.  Along with playing the organ at several local church's including Capitol Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, the talented musician managed to record two ...

John Birch: Celebrated organist and master of choristers - The Independent
24 May 2012, 6:00 pm
John Birch was organist and master of the choristers at Chichester Cathedral, where he served from 1958-80, then at The Temple Church, London, until 1997, following in the footsteps of George Thalben-Ball, Walford Davies and EJ Hopkins. He was only the ...

Arturo Sandoval to Pay Tribute to Dizzy at NYC Gig - JazzTimes Magazine
22 May 2012, 7:32 am
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) is co-produced by Gregg Field and features vibraphonist Gary Burton, Yellowjackets saxophonist Bob Mintzer, organist Joey DeFrancesco, clarinetist Eddie Daniels as well as actor Andy Garcia on percussion and vocalist Manolo Gimenez.

organist Ken Cowan takes new IPC organ through the rigors - Birmingham News
20 May 2012, 7:45 pm
The new Joseph W. Schreiber organ at Independent Presbyterian Church bellowed, tinkled, luxuriated, warbled and shook the pews Sunday afternoon, as organist Ken Cowan fired up the Dobson-made instrument for its first solo recital. Part of a ...

organist gives 'voice' to many silent films - Record
18 May 2012, 2:01 am
From the day Clark Wilson sat in a theater and saw "Spanky and Our Gang" and "The Phantom of the Opera" silent movies flicker on the screen with the action enhanced by the sounds of a pipe organ, he was hooked. "I thought it was the most ...

organist Archer headlines recital - The Spokesman-Review
18 May 2012, 1:53 am
International concert organist and recording artist Gail Archer will perform a recital Sunday that features music by American composers: Horatio Parker, Charles Ives, Joan Tower, Samuel Barber and William Bolcom. Archer is in town as the organ ...

Jazz organist Brian Ho keeps it funky with "Organic" - Examiner
15 May 2012, 3:40 pm
If the 1950s were the heyday of the organ as a jazz instrument, we're at least in the midst of a healthy renaissance now. Dozens of top-notch players are pumping the Hammond B-3, reminding us that jazz and funk can get along quite nicely and that -- amidst ...

organist Dr. Brennan Szafron to perform at Trinity Episcopal Church in Abbeville May 20 - Anderson Independent-Mail
12 May 2012, 3:05 am
Dr. Brennan Szafron, organist and choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, will perform an organ concert at 3 p.m. May 20 at historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Abbeville. The public is invited to this free program in ...