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Andrew Scanlon plays recitals on East Coast this fall

Alan Morrison chosen to serve on the jury of the 2013 St. Alban’s International Organ Competition

Royal Canadian College of Organists appoints Nicholas Fairbank national president

Second East Texas Pipe Organ Festival to be held November 12–15

St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wisconsin, presents Canon John Bruce Memorial Concerts

Trinity Chamber Singers in residence at England's Wells Cathedral in July

Crystal Records releases David Craighead CD

Stephen Schaeffer retires from Birmingham's Cathedral Church of the Advent

Diane Belcher named adjudicator for Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival

Organists to play benefit for Holy Cross Cathedral & Our Lady of Refuge's pipe organs October 5

Fifteenth Annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival to be held September 7-9

Carlo Curley dead at age 59

Paul Goussot wins 49th International Organ Improvisation Competition in Haarlem

Marie-Claire Alain elevated to Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur

Distinguished French concert organist, scholar, and teacher Marie-Claire Alain was elevated to the rank of Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by the President of France, François Hollande, on July 14

Identical twins present concert at Florida's Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine

Kennedy Center releases Casavant façade design for new concert hall organ

University of Michigan presents 52nd organ music conference September 30–October 3

Houston Chamber Choir announces 17th season

Church Music Association of America presents Tournemire symposium October 21–23

Oberlin Conservatory of Music welcomes two visiting professors of organ for 2012–13

Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square releases multi-disc CD set

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square has released Bravo! The #1 Albums, a multi-disc CD set of three albums that topped the Billboard® music charts

Naxos releases Gregory Hand recording of Bolcom's Gospel Preludes

Wilma Jensen named interim director of music at Chicago's St. James Cathedral

Robert Bates named Fellow of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Senior Research Scholar at Yale University for 2012–13

Kotzschmar Centennial Festival

The Kotzschmar Centennial Festival marks the 100th birthday of the Kotzschmar Organ