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Schoenstein organ for St. Michael & St. George
Three-manual, forty-rank organ for the Church of St. Michael & St. George, St. Louis, Missouri
James Russell Brown celebrates 40 years at St. Giles Episcopal Church, Northbrook, Illinois
Forty years as director of music and organist
Dennis Janzer retires
After ten years as director of music and organist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Memphis, Tennessee
Organ Historical Society 2026 calendar
Featuring instruments in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Boston Bach International Organ Competition
September 6–13, 2026, at Old West Church, Church of the Advent, and First Lutheran Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Elizabeth B. Stephens International Organ Competition 2026
June 25–27, 2026, at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia
Saint John’s Abbey Organ Builders Opus 5
Saint Louis Bertrand Catholic Church, Louisville, Kentucky
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll book by Gerald Sumner
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Organ Builder of Paris: The British Connections, by Gerald Sumner
17th International César Franck Competition
April 14–18, 2026, in the Catholic Cathedral and Basilica of St. Bavo, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Richard Tanner to St. Thomas Church, NYC
Appointed the Nancy B. and John B. Hoffmann Organist and Director of Music
Victoria Shorokhova to First United Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama
Appointed assistant director of music and organist
Andrew Peters to Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Appointed associate director of music
