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2020–2021 Rie Bloomfield Organ Series

Died on September 23

At the Cathedral of Saint Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wicks organ was severely water damaged when the church roof was ripped off by a recent hurricane

Pipedreams programming is available for global 24/7 online listening

Olivier Messiaen, Volume 5 (OAR-985)

Danish Perspectives (Pro Organo CD 7292, $24.98)

Singing the Faith: A Short Introduction to Christian Hymnody (MorningStar Music, 978-0-944529-80-5, $15)

Begins a new chapter in the company’s history

A marathon of the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne, premiering on YouTube on October 8

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue at One West 53rd Street, New York, New York

Appointed a member of the service department

October 5–8

Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Ocala, Florida

Chernivtsi: Contemporary Ukrainian Organ Music

Organists and Me: Half a Century as an Agent for Musicians

Organ Playing from the Very Beginning by Carsten Klomp

Appointed as visiting faculty

Voices of the Hanse, Volume 1 (LRCD-1165, $18.98)

Complimentary PDF booklet files to be featured in the course of 2020–2021

Appointed as visiting faculty

Towards the Rebuilding of an Italian Renaissance-Style Wooden Organ, by Walter Chinaglia

Featuring the cathedral’s 1962 Beckerath organ (four manuals, 67 stops, 97 ranks)

September 26 at 7 p.m., livestreamed

The auction is on view 24th August (by appointment only) and the sale closes 26th August.