Jacques Stinkens open house

Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis houses a four-manual Aeolian-Skinner organ of 108 ranks, the
firm's opus 892. The organ was installed in four stages from
1932-1935 in a large organ chamber located in the ceiling in front of the
proscenium arch. The organ remains fully intact, all original, unaltered,
mostly operational and an excellent representative of its style and era. One
can see and hear what the large civic concert hall pipe organ of an earlier
time is all about--it is impressive.

Some composers’ reputations, such as those of Bach and Mozart, are secured by their masterpieces in various genres. Some composers are remembered for their contributions to specific genres, such as Verdi in opera, Chopin in piano miniatures, and many favorite organ composers. Still other composers are remembered for a single composition that becomes their signature piece.

Earl V. Kelone, 82, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died on May 10 from a stroke. He was born on November 18, 1919 in Little Rock and was a member of Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, where he served as organist and choir director for 48 years. He also served as treasurer of the Central Arkansas AGO chapter for several years, and was an Army veteran of World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Mr. Kelone is survived by his wife of 55 years, Gertrude Kelone, a daughter, a brother, a sister, and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Msgr.

Program for 15 February 2014, 7:30 PM Sonata BWV 1014 in b minor Sonata BWV 1015 in A major Sonata BWV 1016 in E major Program for 16 February 2014, 7:30 PM Sonata BWV 1017 in c minor Sonata BWV 1018 in f minor Sonata BWV 1019 in G major

Katharina Uhde, born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, began playing the violin at the age of six. She holds MMS and DMA degrees from Michigan and an Artists Diploma from the University of Music, Karlsruhe. She founded the Viktor Ullmann Quartet in 1998, which won 1st prize at the International Competition Concertino Praga, 1st prize in the International Competition Verfemte Musik, 2nd prize in the International Competition Charles Hennen.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, the Goettinger Musikfreunde Orchestra, the Marburg University Orchestra, and the Belgrade University Orchestra. In September 2013 she performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Natal Symphony Orchestra (Brazil). She has toured as a soloist and chamber musician through Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel and Brazil. In May 2013 her first CD appeared featuring romantic Brazilian piano trio repertory. She is currently engaged in a recording project of all ten Beethoven Sonatas. In her final year of her PhD studies, she is working on a dissertation titled “Joseph Joachim, Psychologische Musik, and the Search for a New Music Aesthetic in the 1850s” advised by Prof. R. Larry Todd.

Dr. Shin-Ae Chun, a native of Incheon, South Korea, received her doctoral degree in Organ Performance and her master’s degree in Harpsichord Performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. As a concert organist and harpsichordist represented by Concert Artist Cooperative (Sebastopol, CA), Dr. Chun has given concerts in the U.S., Europe and South Korea on both organ and harpsichord. Her recent concert engagements included all Liszt organ concert at Bethlehem United Church of Christ of Ann Arbor, joint organ concert Traveling Baroque at St.Peter’s Episcopal Church in Tecumseh, Bach and Sons with organ and two flutes on the Lansing Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series in Lansing, organ recital on St. Francis Summer Organ Recital Series in Ann Arbor and organ and harpsichord duo concert at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Clair Shores, MI. Chun is currently organist at First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, MI.

As the concert series director, she runs two concert series: Ad Libitum (formal) and Coffee Break Concert Series (informal). Dr. Chun’s two organ solo CDs with the music from the Lutheran heritage were released upon the request by Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Clair Shores, MI: The Angels Dance (2005) and On Cherubim Wings (2006). Well reviewed by several newspapers, the music selections from these CDs were featured on Pipedreams, a nationally broadcasted radio station devoted to organ music, in 2008- 2010. Dr. Chun holds a bachelor’s degree in Church Music and a master’s degree in Organ Performance from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Her teachers were Marilyn Mason, Edward Parmentier, Tong-Soon Kwak and Kyung-Hee Jung.