University of Alabama Keyboard Festival, January 22-23, 2016

May 23-30, 2005, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Although advertised as an eight-day event,
the third biennial symposium sponsored by the American Organ Archives of the
Organ Historical Society (this year with co-host, the Music Department of the
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University), consisted of four days of
organ recitals, lectures, and panel discussions. The remainder of the eight
days gave participants a generous amount of time to visit the Archives in
Princeton, a short drive from New Brunswick.

William C. Hain, Max Burdorf Miller, William “Bill” Brant Mills, David D. Sly 

William C. Hain, 89 years old, died on December 29, 2012 in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Born January 13, 1923 in Pittsburgh, he worked for the Samuel Bowman Organ Company before serving in the Army during World War II. He returned in 1944, and continued his work with the Bowman Company. In 1950, he and Joseph Kibler started Organcraft, which they continued together until Kibler’s retirement in 1977.

Newly reorganized to meet the needs of the 21st-century

In 2002, Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA brought the Art of Organ Transcription to the forefront by featuring the young Australian organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood. American organist Frederick Hohman, known to audiences worldwide through concert performances, radio, recordings and television, also performed.