Greetings!

* Iveta Apkalna news page has been updated. Read about her latest CD,
"Himmel und Hölle" (Heaven & Hell) produced by the German label
Edition Hera.
http://www.organfocus.com/features/events/iveta_apkalna.php

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* A final note: Retiring organ maker is crafting his last elegant instruments

Article about John Brombaugh, his upcoming retirement, and what he
plans to do next.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/11/28/ol.organbuilder.1128.html

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* Organ pipes in at Keith-Albee

"Marshall University professor leads way to preserving historic theater"
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/November/30/LNspot.htm

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* Wren organ gets workout from students

"December recitals on tap"
http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=4108

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* HSBC helps in restoration of Mosta dome organ

Bank is helping restore a historic pipe organ in the Maltese Islands
http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=28950

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* Organist to speak about drive to save instruments

Robert Edmunds, president of The Huntington Theatre Organ Project
Inc., was to speak today at the Huntington Rotary Club meeting.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2004/November/25/LNlist9.htm

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* Spencerport man builds sweet music

"Richard Noah is a retired plumber with one big pipe dream."
http://westsidenewsonline.com/OldSite/westside/news/2004/1121/features/spptman.h\
tml

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* New MP3s:

Aarnoud de Groen invites everyone to his website, which was updated
with new downloadable recordings of Bach. I keep Aarnoud's own
brilliant Fantasy on Psalm 75 on my Ipod.
http://www.aarnouddegroen.com/

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* Michigan medley

"Theater organ, U-M professor's music featured on national radio"
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/aanews/index.ssf?/base/features-0/11014962102\
37100.xml

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* New links:

In Church Musician Resources:
http://www.organfocus.com/links/index.php?CID=22

** Presbyterian Association of Musicians

"The Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) is a national
organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for people who are
involved in the areas of worship, music, and the arts. Choir
directors, organists, Christian educators, clergy, and lay people will
find PAM to be a valuable resource for creative worship planning."
Site includes a church jobs listing.
http://www.pcusa.org/pam/

In Festivals, Competitions, Special Projects:
http://www.organfocus.com/links/index.php?CID=13

** Åland Organ Festival

Åland is an archipelago of 6,500 islands and skerries at the heart of
the Nordic region.
http://www.alfest.org

In Individual Organs and Tours:
http://www.organfocus.com/links/index.php?CID=26

** Organ at St Mary Magdalene, Holloway, London

The organ was originally built in 1814, the last church organ of
important English organbuilder George England. The organ is well-known
to organ historians and "may be numbered among the most important in
London"
http://organ.n7parish.net/

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* Today's organ stop:

Copula
http://www.organstops.org/c/Copula.html

Have a great week,

Lana