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Boniface Friends of Music Saint Boniface Episcopal Church Join the Friends who make this special music possible. 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fl. 34242 Pick up a leaflet “Marvelous Music at St Boniface”

Brenda and Jim Albus Phil Hubbell Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Amundson Suzanne and Oliver Janney “ Sundays at Six” Suzanne C. Barksdale Charles and Janet Kiblinger Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bollman Jeanene Kortjohn Dor and Bob Meg and Herbert Larrabee Will Brown D’Arlene Llewellyn ORGAN CONCERT Johanna Cleary William and Nell Martin Edward D. Cohen Connie and Rooney Mereness John Cooper Fred and Molly Moffat Judy and Ted Copland Mary and Bruce Mozelle HAIG MARDIROSIAN Karen and Steve Dakan Paul and Mary Neuhauser The American Organist’s “Vox Humana” Dorothy Davis Neil & Sue Page Gray Davis Beverly W Parker Barbara Diles Fred and Shirlee Parman Bruce Eberlin and Chuck Kelley Muriel Patram David Ellwanger Lou and Ginger Pavloff Sunday, October 12th at 6pm David and Nancy Evans Bob Phipps Evelyn Ferguson Muriel E. B. Quinn Mikal Frey Sue Rector Chuck Frith Roger Roszell Anne and Cope Garrett Barbara Roth-Donaldson and Dyson Gay Frank Donaldson Jon and Mary Gordon Richard and Cynthia Sand Lawrence and Mary Gurley Daryl Schaal Fred and Lorna Hard Winafred N. Schoeffler Liz Harper John and Lyn Simensen Debbie and Don Harvey Cynthia Smyth Katie and Peter Hayes William Spellacy Wilson and Penny Hendry Anno Swain Robert L. Hesse Michael and Jennifer Walker Nancy Hinds Cindy and Wes Wasdyke Stella and Ed Holmes Jean M. Williams-Chase Erskine and Mary Jo Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. John V. Woellner

We give special thanks to these Friends whose generosity helps underwrite our “Sundays at Six” concert series: John Cooper, Gray Davis, Barbara Diles, Fred and Lorna Hard, Fred and Molly Moffat, Cynthia Smyth.

Also to Phil Hubbell whose donation underwrites one of our special Instrumental Masses. Extra Free Admission – Freewill Offering special thanks go to our anonymous donors who sponsor Choral Scholarships with Schola Cantorum. www.bonifacechurch.org 941-349-5616 HAIG MARDIROSIAN, organist HAIG MARDIROSIAN, organist

PROGRAM Haig Mardirosian is Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Music at the University of Tampa. As performing musician, Haig Mardirosian has earned Overture to the Oratorio “St. Paul” Felix Mendelssohn international standing as a composer, conductor, and concert organist and (1809-1847) recording artist. In 1977, he was the first American chosen to play in the (trans. W. T. Best) International Organ Week in Bonn, . In 1989, Dr. Mardirosian was one of two Americans to perform in the first (and only!) Soviet/American Organ Festival. Prepare the Royal Highway (Bereden väg för Herran) Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927) Haig Mardirosian has twenty recordings to his credit on various labels in the United States and Europe. Widely recognized are his recordings of the works by Sonata No. 1 for Organ in D Minor, op. 42 Alexandre Guilmant Eben, Liszt, Langlais, and English composers of the 18th and 20th centuries. His newest recording is a disc of works on the organ of Sykes Chapel, University of Introduction and Allegro (1837-1911) Tampa on Centaur Records. Pastorale Finale Mardirosian’s broadcast credits include major global outlets like Northwest German Radio, Westdeutsche Rundfunk Radio and TV, Belgian Radio, New York’s Adagio in B minor, k. 540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart WQXR, . He has performed live broadcast concerts from (1756-1791) Harvard University's Busch-Reisinger Museum for Public Radio. His own Four Norwegian Dances Edvard Grieg compositions, published by leading presses at the Berlin Festival, the University of I. Allegro marcato (1843-1907) San Francisco, the National Gallery of Art, and heard on ABC-TV, the , PBS, and the BBC. II. Allegro tranquillo e grazioso (trans. Bjørn Andor Dragge) III. Allegro moderato alla marcia As a writer and critic, Haig Mardirosian has contributed nearly 1500 reviews and IV. Allegro molto features to a variety of publications. His has published in Forecast, The American Organist, The Diapason, the Journal of American Organ Building and Fanfare (for Centaur Records Gothic Records which he was a reviewer of new recordings for 25 years). For a decade, he contributed a monthly opinion column, Vox Humana, for The American Organist.

Under the auspices of a grant from the Swedish Institute, he has spent time in to research and write about the music of . He also serves as Director of the Editorial Resources Committee of the American Guild of Organists.

Prior to his appointment in Tampa in 2009, Haig Mardirosian served 33 years as Professor of Music at American University in Washington, DC and was Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs. He was also Organist and Choirmaster of the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes in Washington, a place known nationally for its professional choral music and high standard of music.