ATOS Jan/Feb 49-1 F 12/5/06 8:29 PM Page 1 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2007 ORGAN in the New PARAMOUNT Theatre Remarkably significant! The owners of the world's greatest cinema palace, the new Paramount Theatre, New York, regard the Wurlitzer Organ as one of their main feat­ ures. The Wurlitzer Organ can be individu­ ally accommodated to large and small thea­ tres, th e use of which is today considered one of the attributes of superior theatre management. Write today for catalog. Exccuti1 1e Offices: Cin cinnat i, Ohio fa Clorics: Nor th Ton awanda , N. Y. New York C incinnati Chicn1,:o Cleveland Pittsbur gh Detroit Philadelphia Buffalo Sa n Francisco Los Amtele!I St. Lo ui<1 K:msas Citv ATOS Jan/Feb 49-1 F 12/5/06 8:29 PM Page 2 S USAN C OLE K EYBOARD P RODUCTIONS Jeff P RESENTSTHE 9 TH A NNUAL V ILLAGES “Pop” Organ A Complete Line Weiler of Theatre and Concert Series Church Organ —Rob Richards & Ralph Wolf— Parts Organist, Friday, January 19 For information, use our website: Composer & —Choy Lozada— arndtorgansupply.com Silent Film Saturday, February 3 —Paul Roberts— Or send for our CD-ROM catalog Accompanist Friday, March 30 Arndt Organ Supply Co. —Jelani Eddington— 1018 SE Lorenz Dr. Friday, April 20 Artra Artists Management, Inc. 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Blue Tango and Sleigh Ride also each contain Dr. John D. Schwandt world-premiere recordings of unpublished works Anderson wrote specifically for the organ! Highlights include Blue as Associate Professor of Organ Tango, The Syncopated Clock, The Waltzing Cat, The Typewriter, and Director for the newly established Serenata, A Trumpeter’s Lullaby, The Phantom Regiment, The Irish Suite, and many more! American Organ Institute at the University of Oklahoma SLEIGH RIDE A LEROY ANDERSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (VOL 2) This album is the companion disc to Blue Tango. Together, these albums feature Dr. John Schwandt, a nationally acclaimed performer and 50 compositions and over 2 1/2 hours of exciting Anderson classics and are the only collection of Leroy Anderson’s music performed on the theatre pipe organ. Highlights clinician, will teach classical and theatrical organ performance, include Sleigh Ride, The Belle Of The Ball, Bugler’s Holiday, Forgotten Dreams, Promenade, Fiddle- improvisation, church music, silent film accompaniment, and Faddle, Jazz Pizzicato/Legato, and the rarely-recorded Piano Concerto In C. pipe organ building and maintenance. MUSICAL FIREWORKS BM Church Music and Organ - St. Olaf College, 1994 This much-anticipated album has been described as a “landmark” recording that must MM in Organ - Indiana University, 1996 be part of every collection. Recorded at the 5/80 Sanfilippo Wurlitzer, this album features 70 minutes of spellbinding arrangements, including Broadway Rhythm, Medley OM in Organ - Indiana University, 2001 from “My Fair Lady”, Polovtsian Dances, Anything Goes, and Overture from William Tell. To see our complete line of recordings, visit us online at www.rjeproductions.com The University of Oklahoma School of Music Ordering Information: CD only. $18.00 (U.S.). Please add $2.00 for shipping and handling Dr. Steven C. Curtis, Director per item. For all orders shipped outside the U.S. please add $5.00 per item. Send check, 500 West Boyd Street Norman, OK 73019-2071 money order, or Visa/MasterCard number with expiration date and phone number to: (405) 325-2081 http:/music.ou.edu/ RJE Productions USA LLC P.O. Box 44092 • Racine, WI • 53404-7002 • USA ATOS Jan/Feb 49-1 H 12/8/06 11:24 AM Page 1 THEATRE ORGAN JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2007 Volume 49 | Number 1 FEATURES Rex Koury 24 Remembered Creative Reharmonization 28 Part 1 Fundraising 101 30 The Yard Sale A Grand Tour 34 2007 Annual Convention DEPARTMENTS 5 Vox Humana 7 Headquarters 8 Letters 10 Directors’ Corner 12 News & Notes 20 From the Archives 23 In the Spotlight 44 For the Records 49 Professional Perspectives 50 Chapter News 62 Meeting Minutes (ATOS Editor’s Files) 66 Around the Circuit 70 Obituaries THEATRE ORGAN (ISSN 0040-5531) is published On the cover: New York City was home to some of the world’s most famous theatre organs bimonthly by the American Theatre Organ Society, Inc., 5 Third Street, Suite 724, San and organists. Wurlitzer was particularly proud of the instruments installed in the Paramount Francisco, California 94103-3200. Periodicals Theatre and its broadcasting studio in Times Square. Jesse Crawford, Helen Crawford, Don Postage Paid at San Francisco, California and Baker, Fred Feibel, Ann Leaf, Dick Leibert, George Wright, and many others held forth in at additional mailing offices. Annual both locations. These two organs (opus 1458: four manuals, 36 ranks, installed in 1926 in the subscription of $33.00 paid from members’ dues. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to theatre; and opus 1960: four manuals and 21 ranks, installed in 1928 in the studio) set the THEATRE ORGAN, c/o ATOS Membership standard by which all others were measured. 2007 convention goers will be staying at the Office, P.O. Box 5327, Fullerton, California Marriott Marquis, just steps away from the Paramount building which remains hallowed 92838, [email protected]. ground, a monument to days gone by and some incredible music making. (Weiler Collection) JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2007 1 THE RIALTO SQ UARE THEATRE & JATOE PRESENT ... Rialto Pops Weekend Pipe Organ Extravaganza XI e Saturday, April 28, 7 pm Rialto Square Theatre 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet, IL Tickets $38 Our Guest Artists: Jelani Eddington, Clark Wilson, Martin Ellis, Jonas Nordwall and Donna Parker. Featuring Allen Quantum Digital Organs! And, our orchestra!!! The DePaul University Wind Ensemble Our other spectacular weekend musical excursions… Friday, April 27, 7 pm Jelani Eddington and Clark Wilson at the Van Der Molen Wonder Morton Tickets $25 Sunday, April 29, 1 pm The New Trio Con Brio! Jonas Nordwall, Donna Parker & Martin Ellis at the Sanfilippo 5/80 Wurlitzer! Tickets $50 (includes hosted desert buffet) For further information call JATOE at 708-562-8538 e www.jatoe.org 2 THEATRE ORGAN ATOS Jan/Feb 49-1 H 12/8/06 11:26 AM Page 3 Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society Library of Congress Catalog Number ML 1T 334 (ISSN 0040-5531) Printed in U.S.A. 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