Maxine Thévenot at University of New Mexico

Maxine Thévenot performed a concert April 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the installation of the University of New Mexico’s Holtkamp pipe organ in Keller Hall, the performing arts center at the university in Albuquerque. A faculty member at the university, Thévenot collaborated with Eric Lau, saxophonist, and John Marchiando, trumpeter. The program included organ works by Hermann Schroeder, Nikolaus Bruhns, Antonio de Cabezón, Johann Sebastian Bach, McNeil Robinson, Louis Vierne, and Henri Mulet. Featured works with the instrumentalists were by Denis Bédard and Noël Goemanne.

Preceding the concert Lau, chair of the music department, introduced Christian Holtkamp, grandson of Walter Holtkamp, Sr., who designed the instrument, and son of Walter, Jr., who built and installed the organ. Holtkamp spoke about the history of the design and installation of the instrument. The concert was sponsored by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.