Eternal Praises, by Norberto Guinaldo

The Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians (CRCCM) met at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, for its thirty-seventh annual gathering. Rudy de Vos, director of music, designed and directed the gathering with John Renke, organist and director of cathedral operations; Denise Kogler, cathedral event operations manager; and the CRCCM steering committee.

Monday, January 6

Died April 24, 2024

Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois

Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson, Ohio

Wicks Opus 5809 was originally built for Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Holdrege, Nebraska. It was designed by their guest organist, Leon Nelson, in close consultation with the Green and Kohler Company, who represented the Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois. The organ, commissioned in 1980, consisted of two manuals, fifteen ranks of pipes.

“Stokowski Symphony of Fifteen Thousand”