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** From Carol Williams **

Travels


Dr Carol Williams has just returned from Europe where she performed a
concert at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. While in Europe, she
interviewed Olivier Latry; Daniel Roth; Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer
Choplin and composer Karl Jenkins for the TourBus series. A sample can
be seen at

www.carolwilliamsnow.com

Dr Williams has been the Civic Organist of San Diego since 2001 and
performs numerous concerts here in the USA and abroad. Future concerts
include the Great Concert Hall in Moscow; the Organ Festivals of
Monaco and Luxembourg. For more information on Carol Williams, visit:

www.CarolWilliamsNow.com

Dr Williams is Represented by:
Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, USA
PVA Management, UK

Dr. Carol Williams
carol@...
www.CarolWilliamsNow.com
San Diego Civic Organist
Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society
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** From ORGANPromotion **

ORGANpromotion announces the representation of the winner of the
II. Jordan International Organ Competition 2008/2009
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Founded in 2001, the Jordan International Organ Competition is one of the
premier competitions in the world, offering the largest First Place prize (US $
30,000) and significant additional prizes. Competitors around the globe compete
via CD and live selections rounds in Philadelphia, Seoul and Leipzig, being
judged by a panel of international concert organists and teachers. The
competition culminates in the Semi-Final and Final rounds, held in the visual
and aural splendor of Legacy Hall of RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in
Columbus, USA. This entire event is made possible through the continuing
generosity of the Jordan family and the Jordan foundation.


August 1, 2008: Deadline for CD entries
February 9-14, 2009: Live Selection Round at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian
Church in Philadelphia, USA
February 16-21, 2009: Live Selection Round at Torch Center is Seoul, South Korea
February 23-28, 2009: Live Selection Round at the University of
Music and Theatre in Leipzig, Germany
September 17-26, 2009: Semi-Final and Final Rounds at Columbus
State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA

Prizes for the Jordan International Competition:

First Place: “The Jordan Prize” $30,000
Including artist management by Karen McFarlane Artists
for the U.S. and Canada and by ORGANpromotion for Europe

Second Place: $10,000
Third Place: $5,000
The LeTourneau Prize: $5,000
for the best performance of a newly commissioned work for organ and percussion

JUDGES

NORTH AMERICAN SELECTION ROUND

John Grew
Professor of Organ, Chair of Organ studies and University Organist at McGill
University in Montreal

David Higgs
Professor of Organ and Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of
Music

Peter Sykes
Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at Boston University College of Fine Arts

Todd Wilson
Professor of Organ and Chair of the Organ Department at the Cleveland Institute
of Music


ASIAN SELECTION ROUND

Myung Ja Cho
Professor of Organ at Yonsei University in Seoul

Hans-Ola Ericsson
Professor of Organ at the College of Music in Piteå and the University of Luleå,
Sweden

Ja Kyung Oh
Professor of Organ at the Korean National University of the Arts in Seoul

Lionel Rogg
Retired Professor of Organ at the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland

EUROPEAN SELECTION ROUND

Michel Bouvard
Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris

Bine Katrine Bryndorf
Professor of Organ at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen

Christoph Krummacher
Professor of organ and Church Music. Director of the Church Music Institute at
the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig

Jaroslav Tuma
Professor of Organ at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Musical Arts in
Prague

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet-Hakim

Organist titulaire of the Grand-Orgue Cavaillé-Coll of l'église
Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris

Martin Jean
Professor of Organ at the Yale School of Music and Director of the Yale
Institute of Sacred Music

Tong-Soon Kwak
Professor of Organ at Yonsei University in Seoul

Jon Laukvik
Professor of Organ the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart

COMPETITION COMITTEE

Stefan Engels
Professor of Organ at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig and Artistic
Director of the Jordan International Organ Competition

Jospeh Golden
Professor of Organ at Columbus State University, Executive Director and Founder
of the Jordan International Organ Competition

Gillian Weir
President of the Juries (judging all rounds)



The application deadline is August 1, 2008. All information, including
repertoire requirements and an application form, is also available on the World
Wide Web at http://jic.colstate.edu


ORGANpromotion
Management for the organ (Germany)
www.ORGANpromotion.org
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