Stetson University’s School of Music, DeLand, Florida, continues the inaugural season of “Great Organists at Stetson”:
November 3, Kimberly Marshall;
January 31, Martin Jean;
March 8, Boyd Jones.
Stetson’s Beckerath Organ, named for the late Paul R. Jenkins Jr., Organ Professor Emeritus, following his retirement, is a mechanical-action concert instrument capable of authentically performing a wide range of organ literature. The first modern European tracker-action organ of its kind built in an American college or university performance space, it was shipped piece-by-piece via boat from Hamburg, Germany, to DeLand, where it was installed in 1961. It comprises 3 manuals and pedal, 48 stops, and 2,700 pipes. In 1992, the organ was taken completely apart for a thorough cleaning, and a new case was built complementing the chapel’s traditional look. In 2004, the organ was arduously cleaned again, and many improvements were made, including a new console and pedalboard.
For information: www.stetson.edu/music/calendar.
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