February 2005

Over 2,000 organists from all 50 states and 17 foreign
countries attended this meeting in Los Angeles.

More than 2000 organ enthusiasts spent an exhilarating week
in the City of the Angels, enjoying a well-paced, well-organized schedule of high-quality musical events.

Kenneth Leighton was principally a composer, but he also appeared quite frequently as a concert pianist, and he gave the first performances of a number of his own piano works. In addition, he was a highly regarded teacher of composition. The composer was involved with church music throughout his life.

Organ enthusiasts who wish to learn about organs far outside
their immediate vicinity have at their disposal a number of search engines to
survey the Internet, such as Alta Vista, Google, InfoSeek, Lycos, WebCrawler,
and Yahoo; however, these are neither easy nor efficient for this purpose. A
particularly effective source is offered by the Dutch magazine, het ORGEL (the
ORGAN).

Church musicians from 26 states participated in the 54th annual
Sewanee Church Music Conference July 12-18 at DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, Tennessee, and at the University of the South in Sewanee.

The University of Michigan School of Music held its 44th Conference on Organ Music October 3–6, 2004, under the direction of Dr. Marilyn Mason, Chairman of the Organ Department. This year’s conference featured the organ music of France, focusing primarily on the later 19th to mid-20th centuries, and offered the 12 major organ works of Franck and all ten organ symphonies of Widor.

Enrique Alberto Arias, Lois Rhea Land, Charles Wilson McManis