Greetings!

* Church in Shaker Heights sees pipe dream come true

"With the completion of a $750,000 renovation, the formerly dull
instrument has become as colorful as the brilliant stained glass in
the soaring sacred space."
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment\
/110094671212880.xml

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* Aspiring organist can reap reward

"FLINT - The Flint Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is
offering a $300 award to a student who is studying or considering
studying the organ."
http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1100958633123500.xml

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* Organists delight at Shadyside Presbyterian concert

'The delights of Michael Barone's "Pipedreams" were just as winning
when experienced in person Sunday afternoon at Shadyside Presbyterian
Church as they have been on the air, where his radio program has
prospered nationally for 22 years.'
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/music/s_270736.html

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* Phelps Award for Organist

"ON THE evening of Saturday, October 30, auditions were held at Hexham
Abbey for the Lawrence Phelps Recital Award 2005. This is a biennial
award designed to provide help and encouragement to aspiring young
organists."
http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/viewarticle.asp?id=153120

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* Organist Johan Hermans invites everyone to visit his website. Johan
is active as a teacher, recitalist, lecturer and much more. Read about
him in five languages:
http://www.johanhermans.com

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* New link:

In The Science of Music:
http://www.organfocus.com/links/index.php?CID=27

** Nature: Music mirrors tone patterns in our speech

"Would Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance or Debussy's Clair de Lune have
sounded the same if the composers had been born in different
countries? Probably not, according to researchers who have found that
the melodies composers write are influenced by the language they
speak."
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041108/full/041108-12.html

I would love to hear your comments on this research finding.

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* Come to Brooklyn!

Daniel Forger will perform a recital at historic Flatlands Dutch
Reformed Church.
Sunday, Nov. 21 at 4 PM
Sweelinck,Buxtehude, Bach, variations on the National Anthem by
America's first music professor and spirituals in a Jazz Style
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=6799

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* Today's organ stop:

Feldflöte
http://www.organstops.org/f/Feldflote.html


Have a great week,

Lana