THE DIAPASON AUGUST 2020 St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Cheektowaga,New York Christ Church, Episcopal, Eureka, California Texas A & M University, Laredo, Texas St. Gabriel the Archangel, Saddle River, New Jersey Kegg Pipe Organ Builders Hartville, Ohio 30th anniversary Cover feature on pages 18–20 PHILLIP TRUCKENBROD CONCERT ARTISTS ANTHONY & BEARD ADAM J. BRAKEL THE CHENAULT DUO PETER RICHARD CONTE CONTE & ENNIS DUO LYNNE DAVIS ISABELLE DEMERS CLIVE DRISKILL-SMITH DUO MUSART BARCELONA JEREMY FILSELL MICHAEL HEY HEY & LIBERIS DUO CHRISTOPHER HOULIHAN DAVID HURD MARTIN JEAN BÁLINT KAROSI JEAN-WILLY KUNZ HUW LEWIS RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE ROBERT MCCORMICK JACK MITCHENER BRUCE NESWICK ORGANIZED RHYTHM RAÚL PRIETO RAM°REZ JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBIN BENJAMIN SHEEN HERNDON SPILLMAN JOSHUA STAFFORD CAROLE TERRY JOHANN VEXO W͘K͘ŽdžϰϯϮ ĞĂƌďŽƌŶ,ĞŝŐŚƚƐ͕D/ϰဒϭϮϳ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ ĞŵĂŝůΛĐŽŶĐĞƌƚĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ ဒϲϬͲϱϲϬͲϳဒϬϬ ŚĂƌůĞƐDŝůůĞƌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ WŚŝůůŝƉdƌƵĐŬĞŶďƌŽĚ͕&ŽƵŶĚĞƌ BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH SEBASTIAN HEINDL INSPIRATIONS ENSEMBLE ϮϬϭဓ>ÊĦóÊÊ'ÙÄÝ /ÄãÙÄã®ÊĽKÙ¦Ä ÊÃÖã®ã®ÊÄt®ÄÄÙ THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Eleventh Year: No. 8, 20 Under 30 Whole No. 1329 The Diapason’s biennial 20 Under 30 program returns in AUGUST 2020 December! We will recognize once again young women and Established in 1909 men whose career accomplishments place them at the fore- Stephen Schnurr ISSN 0012-2378 front of the organ, church music, harpsichord, carillon, and 847/954-7989; [email protected] organbuilding fields, before their thirtieth birthdays. www.TheDiapason.com An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, Nominations will open December 1 and close on February 1, the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music 2021. Begin to consider now the young leader you might nomi- Organ Company and A. David Moore, Inc. nate for this important award! Visit thediapason.com and click on In “On Teaching,” Gavin Black concludes for now his discus- CONTENTS “20 Under 30” to view past honorees and their accomplishments. sion of J. S. Bach’s The Art of the Fugue. John Bishop, in “In FEATURES the Wind . .,” takes us on a visit to several American pipe Creating a pipe organ: Artisans at work, In this issue organbuilding shops. Part 1 Godwin Sadoh surveys the history of the organs of the Cathe- Our cover feature spotlights the thirtieth anniversary of by Steve Riskind 12 dral Church of Christ, Lagos, Nigeria. The first installment of a Kegg Pipe Organ Builders of Hartville, Ohio. The pages herein A historical survey of the organs of the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos, Nigeria photographic essay by Steve Riskind on organbuilding artisans provide an overview of Kegg instruments large and small and by Godwin Sadoh 14 at work gives vivid glimpses into the work of the Peragallo Pipe include an opus list. Q NEWS & DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Notebook 3 Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor 3 Here & There 3 Appointments 3 I read with surprise and interest ago). My dad told me I was required to Among other things Edmund played Nunc Dimittis 4 about the passing of Edmund Shay in attend at least one. Well, the first three was the Toccata in F, and the D Major Carillon News by Carl Zimmerman 8 the June issue of The Diapason, page concerts came and went and my dad Prelude and Fugue. I was inspired to Carillon Profile by Kimberly Schafer 8 7. While I had not been in contact with said nothing. start studying the organ and have played On Teaching by Gavin Black 9 Edmund for many years, he inspired When the evening of the fourth it in various churches ever since my HS In the wind . by John Bishop 10 me to become an organist. Edmund was concert came my dad asked me if I days—all because of Edmund. REVIEWS the organist at our church in Oak Park, was ready? I knew what he meant, but I thought you might be interested in New Carillon Music 21 Illinois, when I was in high school and pretended that I did not. Well, my dad my story. One never knows how much New Recordings 21 played a series of four Bach organ con- picked me up by my left ear (literally) influence one has on younger persons. New Handbell Music 23 certs—part of his doctoral program at and told me to get ready. We were going. Karl Bruhn the University of Cincinnati—if I recall As much as I pretended to not like the Batavia, Illinois CALENDAR 24 this properly. (This was about 55 years music, I really did and was moved. Q RECITAL PROGRAMS 25 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 26 Here & There Events festival, but will instead broadcast a number of its concerts via streaming the week of November 8–12. For informa- tion: easttexaspipeorganfestival.com or the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival Facebook page. Competitions The Historical Keyboard Society of North America announces its tenth Aliénor Competition for a commis- Holtkamp organ, Pleasant Hills Commu- sioned work for solo harpsichord. Three nity Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, composers will be selected to compose Brent L. Neuenschwander COVER Pennsylvania Kegg Pipe Organ Builders, Hartville, Ohio a work of 10 to 20 minutes in length. Thirtieth Anniversary 18 The work can be a single movement or Neuenschwander earned a Bachelor Pleasant Hills Community can have multiple movements and must of Music degree in organ performance Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, be playable on a two-manual, GG–e3 from Salem College, Winston-Salem, ′ ′ Editorial Director STEPHEN SCHNURR Pennsylvania, had planned a recital in instrument with two 8 s and a 4 . The North Carolina, in 2012 and a Master and Publisher [email protected] April to celebrate the 50th anniversary commissions will be premiered at the of Music degree in organ performance 847/954-7989 of the church’s 1970 Holtkamp organ. society’s spring 2022 conference. To in 2014 from the University of North President RICK SCHWER This event featuring Adam J. Brakel apply, submit a one-page biography, a Carolina School of the Arts, also in [email protected] has been rescheduled for September pdf score, and an MP3 recording of a Winston-Salem. He studied organ with 847/391-1048 13, 3:00 p.m. George Markey, then at piece or pieces ten minutes or less in Timothy Olsen and piano with Barbara Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, length to [email protected]. Deadline Lister-Sink, with whom he studied injury Editor-at-Large ANDREW SCHAEFFER [email protected] New York City, and Westminster Choir for submissions is October 1; winners preventive keyboard technique. He has College, played the organ’s dedicatory will be announced on January 15, 2021, had additional lessons with Marilyn Sales Director JEROME BUTERA recital on April 26, 1970. and commissions must be fulfilled by Keiser and has performed organ recitals [email protected] 608/634-6253 The September recital is sponsored September 15, 2021. in Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio. Circulation/ by the Harmony Society Chapter of From 2013–2015, Neuenschwander Subscriptions THE DIAPASON the Organ Historical Society and Pleas- was assistant organist at St. Paul’s Epis- P.O. Box 300 Lincolnshire, IL. 60069-0300 ant Hills Church. The program will be Appointments copal Church, Winston-Salem, North [email protected] dedicated to the memory of Bob Frazier, Brent L. Neuenschwander is Carolina, moving to Findlay in 2015. For Toll-Free: 877/501-7540 organist and choirmaster at the church appointed director of music ministries and information: firstpresfortwayne.org. Local: 847/763-4933 when the organ was installed, and Bill organist for First Presbyterian Church, Designer KIMBERLY PELLIKAN Linderg, Pittsburgh organist, resident Fort Wayne, Indiana. He leaves a position Alejandro Reyna is appointed [email protected] of Pleasant Hills, and Brakel’s first organ as director of music for First Presbyterian conducting fellow for the Indianapolis 847/391-1024 teacher. For information: Church, Findlay, Ohio. Neuenschwander Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis, Indiana, Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER www.pleasanthillschurch.com grew up in Berne, Indiana, and began for the 2020–2022 academic years. A Harpsichord or www.adambrakel.com. studying piano at the age of six. He began Houston, Texas, native, Reyna is a 2017 organ lessons at fifteen with Max Stuckey graduate of Wabash College, Crawfords- BRIAN SWAGER Carillon of Bluffton, Indiana, before studying with ville, Indiana, and is currently pursuing a Cancellations Irene Ator between 2002 and 2007 with master’s degree in music at Butler Uni- JOHN BISHOP The East Texas Pipe Organ Fes- many lessons held at the First Presbyte- versity, Indianapolis, with a dual focus In the wind . tival has canceled its 2020 in-person rian Church, Fort Wayne. ³ page 4 GAVIN BLACK On Teaching THE DIAPASON (ISSN 0012-2378) is published monthly by Scranton Gillette Routine items for publication must be received six weeks in advance of the month of Communications, Inc., 3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201, Arlington Heights, Illinois issue. For advertising copy, the closing date is the 1st. Prospective contributors of articles Reviewers Brian Swager 60005-5025. Phone 847/954-7989. Fax 847/390-0408. 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