23 Season 2017-2018

Friday, October 27, at 9:30 Halloween Organ Extravaganza Frederick Haas Host Peter Richard Conte Organ1 Bryan Dunnewald Organ2 Clara Gerdes Organ3 Monica Czausz Organ4

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 5651 Widor from Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42, No. 2:2 I. Allegro Gounod/transcr. Conte Funeral March of a Marionette1 Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn

Dukas/transcr. Conte The Sorcerer’s Apprentice1 Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn Dupré from Organ Symphony No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 26:3 I. Preludio: Allegro agitato Bonnet “Elves” from 12 Organ Pieces, Second Volume, Op. 7, No. 111 Musorgsky/transcr. Conte A Night on Bald Mountain1 Parker from Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 65:4 III. Allegretto Janáček from Glagolitic Mass:4 VII. Varhany sólo (Postludium)

This program runs approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes, and will be performed without an intermission. LiveNote®, the ’s interactive concert guide for mobile devices, will be enabled for this performance. This concert is part of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, supported through a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation. Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details. 24

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Frederick Haas has just been named artistic advisor of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, a five-year initiative funded by the Wyncote Foundation to enrich Orchestra performances by featuring the organ more extensively. In this new role he partners with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to expand organ programming, create new organ repertoire, and build audience interest in the instrument and its musical capabilities. Mr. Haas hosted the Orchestra’s Halloween Organ Extravaganza since its inception and returns this year by popular demand. His qualifications are many: He is a longtime friend of the Orchestra and former Board member. He is an accomplished organist, with a music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory. He is the Assistant Grand Court Organist for the legendary Wanamaker Organ at Macy’s in Philadelphia. And because he wants to see (and hear) priceless pipe organs continue to thrive, he is the founder of the Historic Organ Trust (HOT). A native of Villanova, he is also a trustee of the William Penn Foundation. But most important of all, Mr. Haas was the driving force who ensured that the Kimmel Center would have a magnificent . It is not easy to oversee the funding, design, construction, and installation of one of these amazing instruments, but he was determined to make it happen, and he did. The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall is the largest mechanical action concert hall pipe organ in the U.S. The Dobson Organ, Op. 76, is named in honor of his grandfather, the Philadelphia jeweler Fred J. Cooper, a devoted amateur organist. Mr. Haas says he was so moved when he finally heard this wonderful organ make its first sounds in Verizon Hall, he started to cry. “It was like having a child, your first child being born and hearing it cry, that’s how emotional it was for me.” A true evangelist for the pipe organ, Mr. Haas predicts a glowing future for the King of Instruments, thanks in no small part to the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, and thrilling showcases like the Halloween Organ Extravaganza. 26 Soloist

For nearly 30 years Peter Richard Conte has been Grand Court Organist of the Wanamaker Organ in Macy’s, Center City, where he presides over the world’s largest fully functional musical instrument and its 29,000 pipes. The organ is heard in recital twice daily, six days per week, with Mr. Conte playing a majority of those recitals. He was appointed Grand Court Organist in 1989 and is only the fourth person to hold that title since the organ first played in 1911. He is also principal organist of Longwood Gardens. Since 1991 he has served as choirmaster and organist of Saint Clement’s Church in Philadelphia, where he directs a professional choir in an extensive music program firmly rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Mr. Conte is highly regarded as a skillful performer of the standard organ repertoire, arranger of orchestral and popular transcriptions, and silent film accompanist. He has been featured several times on NPR and on ABC television’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight. He has two radio shows: The Wanamaker Organ Hour airs on the first Sunday of each month at 5 PM and can be heard at WRTI.org, and on each Wednesday evening at 7 PM his Grand Court concert is streamed live on YesterdayUSA.com. He has appeared as a featured artist at numerous conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society and performed with the Philly Pops as well as numerous around the country. He performs frequently with The Philadelphia Orchestra and in September 2008 was soloist for a historic collaboration of the Orchestra and the Wanamaker Organ, performing Jongen’s Symphonie concertante in the Wanamaker Grand Court. Mr. Conte has served as an adjunct assistant professor of organ at Rider University’s Westminster Choir College, where he taught organ improvisation. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University School of Music. In 2013 the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts’s Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, ProOrgano, Dorian, Raven, and DTR labels. His most recent CD, Remembered, was released in 2016 by Raven. 27 Soloist

Bryan Dunnewald of Arvada, CO, is a student in the studio of Alan Morrison at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in organ performance. He serves as an assistant organist at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ and as organ scholar at Saint Mark’s Church, an Anglo-Catholic parish. In May 2014 he graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, where he received both the Young Artist Award and the Young Scholar Award, the two highest honors given at the Academy in the arts and academics. He has since returned to Interlochen to teach organ alongside Thomas Bara. His teachers have also included Steve Larson, Martha Sandford-Heyns, and Joseph Galema. As a composer Mr. Dunnewald has written works for soloists and ensembles and has had recent premieres of works for choir, wind ensemble, and organ in Michigan, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. An avid performer of new music, he has premiered works for solo organ and played for the world premiere of Attack Point at the Kimmel Center, a piece choreographed and performed by Gallim Dance. He also studied improvisation and dance accompaniment for two years privately with Mr. Larson, and in his senior year at Interlochen began accompanying classes—entirely improvised—for the Interlochen Dance Company. In 2013 Mr. Dunnewald was awarded first prize, high school division, at the national Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Competition; he also received the David Spicer Hymn-Playing Award. He has performed on NPR’s From the Top, Colorado Public Radio, and Interlochen Public Radio. He gave a solo concert at the 2016 Organ Historical Society national convention. Other solo appearances include performances at the Mormon Tabernacle, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Verizon Hall, and the Washington National Cathedral. He has recently performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Curtis Symphony at Carnegie Hall, the Interlochen Festival and Chamber choirs, and the Colorado Symphony. His new album, Bryan at Bryn Athyn, features the recording premiere of Calvin Hampton’s First Suite for Organ and can be found on his website, BryanDunnewald.com. 28 Soloist

Clara Gerdes is from Davidson, NC. She is a fourth- year student at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studies organ with Alan Morrison and harpsichord with Leon Schelhase. She was the winner of the Albert Schweitzer and University of North Carolina School of the Arts organ competitions. She is also the recipient of the first annual Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. She has performed at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and the Washington National Cathedral, as well as at Spoleto, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Richmond Regional American Guild of Organists convention. Ms. Gerdes serves as one of two organ scholars at Saint Mark’s Church on Locust Street in Philadelphia and enjoys collaborating with early music ensembles in the area. She is a Curtis resident assistant, and she also occasionally performs substitute duties on the Wanamaker Organ. 29 Soloist

Monica Czausz was recognized as one of the top 20 organists under 30 in the May 2016 issue of The Diapason for her “superior accomplishments, leadership, creativity, and innovative thinking.” She has also received first prize in numerous competitions, including the 2015 American Guild of Organists Regional Competition for Young Organists (Region VII: Southwest), the 2015 Albert Schweitzer Competition in the Young Professional Division, the 2013 William C. Hall Competition, the 2012 L. Cameron Johnson Competition, and the 2011 Oklahoma City University Competition. Ms. Czausz recently performed at the 2017 Southwest Regional Convention of the AGO in Dallas and the Northeast Regional AGO/National Royal Canadian College of Organists Convention in Montreal. During the summer of 2017 she was featured in her third consecutive Organ Historical Society convention, headlining a full- length evening performance. In 2016 she performed at the AGO National Convention in Houston, TX, and the Organ Historical Society National Convention in Bryn Athyn, PA, and she accompanied the Christ Church Cathedral Choir on tour to England, where they fulfilled residencies at the cathedrals of St. Paul’s (London), Durham, and Bristol. She recently performed for Pipedreams Live! at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas and at other major venues including Broadway Baptist Church of Forth Worth, Saint John the Divine in New York City, the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, and Trinity Church on Copley Square in Boston. Her performances have been broadcast on Pipedreams, WRTI in Philadelphia, 91.7 Houston, and KTRU Rice Radio. Ms. Czausz is currently a student of Alan Morrison at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she is pursuing an Artist Diploma in Organ Performance. In May 2017 she graduated summa cum laude from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, where she completed a five-year combined Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree program in Organ Performance and studied with Ken Cowan. From September 2015 through July 2017 she served as full-time cathedral organist at Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in Houston under the leadership of director Robert Simpson. 30 Tickets & Patron Services

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