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Vivian Major Robinson Concert series

Lancaster County Council of the Arts

Dear OrganFocus Friends,

I am interested in identifying and scheduling organists for the organ
concert series here in Lancaster, SC.


We hope to identify organists to perform the following dates;


Sunday, October 11, 2009 for a program of about 1 ½ hours to two hours
starting at 2:30 pm

Sunday, October 10, 2010 for a program of about 1 ½ hours to two hours
starting at 2:30 pm


We hope to attract organist such as Sharon & Ken de Boer, who recently
played at the Summer Recital series, Charlotte Chapter. The purpose of
the concert series is to bring fine classical compositions to
Lancastrians of all ages.

Our audiences are usually middle aged and 120 – 150 in size. The organ
to be played is at the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in
Lancaster, SC.
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These concerts are free of charge, underwritten by the Vivian Major
Robinson endowment and sponsored by the Lancaster County Council of
the Arts.


Thank you,

Johannes Tromp, for the Lancaster County Council of the Arts /Vivian
Major Robinson Concert Series

Johannes Tromp
Innkeeper
Kilburnie, the Inn at Craig Farm
1824 Craig Farm Road
Lancaster, SC 29720
(803) 416-8420

johannes@...
Please visit our website at www.kilburnie.com
On your cell phone www.kilburnie.mobi


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FYI

The Vivian Major Robinson classical music concert series is a
bi-annual event in memory of a local musician who left a lasting
musical legacy in Lancaster, the surrounding region and the nation.
The concert is named in honor of Vivian Major Robinson. Through an
endowment in perpetuity from a former student, the Lancaster County
Council of the Arts is sponsoring the concert series.



Born in Greer, Robinson was the daughter of W. B. and Janie Elizabeth
Craig Major. According to an article in the Lancaster News by
Elizabeth Mobley on October 2, 1994, Robinson said, "My mother was
from Lancaster, and we used to visit Grandpa Craig here." It was her
grandfather, John Edgar Craig, who heard her, when she was five or six
years old, "picking out tunes" on his upright piano during one of
their visits. He recognized her innate talent, and insisted on giving
her his piano so she could continue to play.



Robinson played at numerous recitals, weddings and receptions while
growing up. As a freshman at Winthrop College (it was not a University
then), she was chosen as accompanist for all choral performances. She
also played solo concerts, accompanied the many famous guest singers
who came to perform at the campus, and even played the morning and
evening Winthrop chimes. After graduating from Winthrop, she went to
Teachers College at Columbia University in New York, where she
completed her Master's Degree in only one year, studying with
well-known pianist and teacher Edwin Hughes. While studying in New
York, she taught herself to play the organ and served as organist for
the 4th Avenue Church in Brooklyn. In New York, she was a concert
pianist featured with renowned artists and orchestras, appearing at
Carnegie Hall, on tour and repeatedly on the radio broadcasts
"Keyboard Masters" and "Young Artists" over station WNYC.



As a homemaker with three children, Robinson began a teaching career
in the Lancaster area. At first she taught at the college level, and
then gave private piano and organ lessons to many students in her home
over the years. Robinson died at age 76 in 1999. Her influence and
love of music, however, continues to live on in her students, and now
in this concert series.



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FYI 2

Sam Courtney is the Director for the Lancaster county Council of the Arts

Nita Brown is the publicity person for the Vivian Major Robinson Concert Series