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East Texas Pipe Organ Festival 2021
November 7–11, headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana
Top Rung Tower Chime & Organ Service project
Repairs to the 1932 Deagan Tower Chime, city hall, Asheville, North Carolina
Larry Visser wins Hymn Society Hymn Tune Search
Visser’s tune, Embrace, is a setting of “With open arms Christ welcomes you,” a text by Thomas H. Troeger.
Dale Warland honored
2021 recipient of the American Prize National Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement
University of Michigan 61st annual organ conference
“Passions and Visions” for the future of organ, harpsichord, carillon, and sacred music, October 3–6
Joseph Ripka to St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Oklahoma City
Appointed canon musician designate
Kevin Neel to All Saints Episcopal Church, Worcester, Massachusetts
Appointed director of music and organist
Shannon Murphy to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Alabama
Appointed assistant director of music and organist
Jackson Merrill to Christ Church Episcopal, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Appointed interim assistant director of music and organist
Theodore Cheng named intern at Rye Presbyterian Church
Named the Peter B. Knock Intern in Sacred Music at Rye Presbyterian Church, Rye, New York, for the 2021–2022 year.
Royal Canadian College of Organists competition
2021 National Organ Playing Competition, held during the RCCO’s Organ Festival Canada in Hamilton, August 8–13
Jackson Borges to Statesboro First United Methodist Church
Appointed organist and minister of music
St. Michael and All Angels, Dallas, anniversary events
Special music events marking the parish’s 75th anniversary in 2021–2022, available in person and livestreamed
