Greetings!

** OrganFocus News:

* New link in Church Musician Resources:
http://www.organfocus.com/links/index.php?CID=22

PraiseBuildings.com -- a large directory of services useful to
religious insitutions.
"From architects to web designers, we have everything you need to help
your house of worship prosper"
http://www.praisebuildings.com/

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** Select Events:

* Aivars Kalejs at Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY
Sept.29 at 20:00 -- today!

Latvian organist Aivars Kalejs is the composer of the scintillating
Toccata on 'Allein Gott in de Hoh sei Ehr', introduced to us
brilliantly by his compatriot Iveta Apkalna.
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=8872

* Ruffatti Pipe Organ Dedication at Friendship Missionary Baptist
Church -- this is the largest pipe organ in an African-American
church. Recital played by R. Monty Bennett.
Nov. 18 at 18:00
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=8846

* Organ Crawl -- New York and Pennsylvania
The Chemung Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists invites you to an
organ crawl to Athens, PA, Binghamton, Owego, and Waverly, NY.
Oct. 21.
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=8846

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** Web News:

* Pipe organ provides crown jewel for Ball State's world-class music venue

"Ball State is installing the crown jewel to its world-class Music
Instruction Building"
http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,43969--,00.html

* Church celebrates

"EXETER -- After 14 months, renovations and installation of the new
pipe organ at Christ Church are complete."
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/09152006/nhnews-x-ex-church0915.html

* Organist Christie to Commemorate Death of Dietrich Buxtehude With
Concert Series

"James David Christie will present the complete organ works of
Dietrich Buxtehude in a cycle of eight concerts to commemorate the
300th anniversary of the composer's death."
http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/features/2006-2007/christie_buxtehude

* 'Nosferatu' haunts audience with live organist

"About 950 people nearly filled the vaudeville era Long Center Theater
to be transported back to a time period when live music accompanied
the movies. "
http://www.purdueexponent.com/?module=article&story_id=1798

* A Horse Show Organist?

Yes, this breed exists:
http://www.blandcountynews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=BCM/MGArticle/BCM_Basi\
cArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190724402

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** Free Estey to a good home

Know anyone looking for a 2-manual and pedal Estey reed organ? It
comeswith a blower and is in decent playing condition except for an
occasional dead note and some cyphers in the pedal (which is sort of
concave-radiating). Located in Merrimac, MA - haul it away and it's
yours (the house it's in is for sale).


Stoplist is:
Great: Clarinett 16'. Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Trumpet 8'
Swell: Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8'. Oboe 8', Flute 4', Tremolo
Pedal: Bourdon 16'. Dulciana 16'
Sw-Ped, Gt-Ped, Sw-Gt

Reply to owenbar@... for contact info.

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** Arthur LaMirande has a new CD available:

A new CD of some of my past performances is now available for $25 postpaid.

1. Sept. 9, 2001 performance at the National Cathedral, Washington DC

a. Georg Trexler: Meditations on Themes from the Te Deum of Bruckner (1967)
b. Edouard Commette: three excerpts from Quatorze Pieces Breves*
c. Franz Schmidt: Chaconne

2. Historic recital of April 20, 1980, Church of the Holy Name of
Jesus, New York City, with Wagnerian soprano Virginia Brobyn.

a. Robert Carwithen: Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd
b. Richard Wagner: Three excerpts from the Wesendonck Songs: Der
Engel (The Angel), Schmerze (Tears), Traume (Dreams).

The Washington performance was on the E.M. Skinner organ (with later
additions). I now understand that this historic organ is to be
replaced.

The Holy Name performance was on the historic 1938 77-rank
Whitelegg-Moller (then under restoration). One of the few major
extant examples of Whitelegg's work.

*The third piece is a fantasy on the French Christmas carol "Il est
ne, le divin enfant".

Contact: alamirande2001@...

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** US Debut for Vic Searle's music

I am happy to announce that music from my catalogue of 275 organ
transcriptions will be published by Frog Music.

The first issue is of three lovely Japanese melodies which have been
quite popular with audiences at the International Organ Festival in
San Diego's Balboa Park, on the Spreckels Organ.

1. Lullabye of Itsuki, often sung around July 7 when the souls of
one's ancestors return to earth for a few days.

2. Moon over a Ruined Castle--an atmospheric piece, arranged by the
light of the moon while sitting on a rock in the midst of the ruins
of the Aoba Castle in Sendai, northern Japan.

3. Song of the Beach, very Westernized in harmony and melody, not
particularly Oriental, but a lovely tune.

If you are fortunate to have a MIDI sound module on your organ, you
may find the sounds of the koto, samisen and shakuhachi native
instruments which will increase the effectiveness of your
presentation. But a good Doppleflute and Harp will do also.

The preview of the book may be found at
http://www.lulu.com/content/362186

If you are interested in this work or my many other transcriptions
I can be contacted at:

vcsorgan@...

Hope you will enjoy the works I have done over the past 42 years.

Vic Searle in Tokyo.

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* Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land to Host Saturdays at the Monastery

Washington, DC – (September 2006). Beginning September 23, 2006, a new
recital series will feature the glorious sounds of the Franciscan
Monastery's Lively-Fulcher pipe organ, as played by some the
Washington area's finest organists. Saturdays at the Monastery is a
free, 45 minute recital series that will begin at noon on the 2nd and
4th Saturdays of the month.
For more information call 202-526-6800, or visit www.myfranciscan.org

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Today's Organ Stop is:

Sept-Terz
http://www.organstops.org/t/TerzSepta.html

Cheers,

Lana