Greetings!

** Please join me in sending prayers and good thoughts to composer
and organist Roman Krasnovsky, our member in Carmiel, Israel. Carmiel
is one of the cities that has been hit by Hezbollah missiles. Roman
lives there with his wife and young son. The nature of Roman's job
requires that he stays in Carmiel and is outside in the streets daily.
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** OrganFocus News:
New links added.
http://www.organfocus.com/links


* The Musical Box Society International is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic
musical instruments.

It has a wealth of information on all kinds of dance hall organs, with
pictures and sounds. Enjoy.
http://www.mbsi.org/index.php
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* Kevin Komisaruk
Assistant Professor of Organ at the University of Toronto. Organist at
St. Mary Madgalene Church, Toronto (starting August 2006). Site
contains complete press materials, CV, and unedited sound files from
recent public performances and disc releases.
http://www.komisaruk.ca
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* University of Arizona
B.M., B.A., M.M., D.M.A., Ph.D. offered. Faculty: Dr. Pamela Decker
http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/music/

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** Organ Study Tour to France with Faythe Freeze

Greetings from The University of Alabama! Our next organ tour is the
UA French Organ Study Tour scheduled for June 22-July 1, 2007. We
will visit historical organs at Poitiers, Souvigny, and Paris--in
particular, we will play and hear organs by famous builders such as
Cliquot and Cavaille-Coll. Some contemporary organs will also be
visited. Our tour plans to include visits to fabulous architectural
wonders such as Versailles, Notre Dame, Chartes, St. Sulpice, St.
Clotilde, St.Eustache, St. Trinite, St. Germaine des Pres, St.
Germain-en-Laye, St. Denis, St.Louis-des-Invalides and landmarks such
as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomph, Place de la Concord, La
Madeleine, the Opera, Place Vendome, Palais Royal, and Musee du
Louvre, to name a few. You will have free time to enjoy French
cuisine and Parisian sights and sounds.

More details including the early registration discount, and
application, can be obtained from Dr. Freeze at

Phone: (205) 348-3329
Email: ffreese@...
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** Web News:

* CMU ORGAN PROFESSOR STEVEN EGLER HONORS CHURCH MUSIC COMPOSER ON
LATEST RELEASE

"On his new compact disc set, a Central Michigan University faculty
member pays tribute to the unique musical styling of a premier organ,
choral and church music composer."
http://www.news.cmich.edu/news/index.asp?id=1428
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* Concert Today Might Be Last in Tacoma for Church Organ

"The congregation is trading it for a smaller pipe organ from St.
John's Episcopal Church in Olympia, an instrument that will fit the
new First United Methodist space in a former storage facility on
Tacoma Avenue South. "
http://feed.insnews.org/v-cgi/feeds.cgi?feedid=150&story_id=2026661
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* Modest Master

Organist Gordon Turk brings the beauty and variety of the instrument
to thousands of listeners at Ocean Grove's Great Auditorium.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060722/LIFE/607220395/1006/SHORE
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* Malta: New pipe organ at St George's basilica

A new pipe organ of inestimable value was recently donated to St
George's Basilica by Dr Richard Vendome, an Oxford music scholar and
the Oxford Girls' Choir organist and founder.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=230838
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Today's Organ Stop is:
Fugara
http://www.organstops.org/f/Fugara.html

Coming up: my travel log from Brattleboro, VT where I visited the
Estey Organ Museum.

Cheers,
Lana