January 2004

It is so exciting to take a piece of early music and find
the rhythmic flexibilities within isolated motives, give and take within a
smaller metric framework, good and bad, strong and weak beats.
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together a 15-minute Romantic work like Franck's Prière
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Arthur Carkeek, Halbert Scranton Gillette, Thyra Nichols Plass

Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Denver, North Carolina, Christ Church, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

I have visited Finland many times but never in the autumn. Although it was a long journey from San Diego, it was well worth it!

Catching up with a well-traveled recitalist

Advocate and proponent of new organ music as well as transcriptions of older works, Stephen Tharp is one of today's most active concert organists, having already made over twenty intercontinental tours since 1987. We recently spoke with Stephen as he was preparing for another trip abroad.

On October 20, 2003, Dr. Herbert L. Huestis, contributing editor of The Diapason, hosted a "Well-Tuning" seminar for 20 members of the British Columbia Chapter of the Piano Technician's Guild.

September 18-20, 2003, College of New Jersey, Ewing

Hosted annually by the American Boychoir and focusing on the choral art of children's voices, the 15th National Choral Conference attracts participants chiefly for two reasons: one, the American Boychoir, principal resident choir for this conference; and, two, the internationally recognized clinicians who in open rehearsals and workshops are featured each year.

The carillon atop Century Tower on the campus of the University of Florida has recently undergone an extensive renovation.