Schoenstein & Co. Pipe Organ Builders, Benicia, California, has built a new organ for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Florida. Schoenstein Opus 182 comprises 30 voices, 33 ranks, 1,833 pipes over three manuals and pedal.
Noah Smith is appointed organ scholar at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He will accompany the choirs on the organ, Schoenstein Opus 173, under the mentorship of music director Joseph Arndt. Smith is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma pursuing degrees in organ and piano performance, studying with Adam Pajan and Jeongwon Ham.