Live Again: Music is in the air after a year of silence Ken Glickman
When Spanish-born Octavio Mas-Arocas first came to Michigan State University last July to head up the College of Music’s orchestra program, he was a bit disappointed. How does a young, passionate conductor begin breathing fire into his orchestra if there is no orchestra to lead? Covid restrictions put a huge damper on his plans.
“It was very frustrating for every single person in the program. During the first semester it was not possible to meet with the musicians. How can you conduct an orchestra online? We brought in guest artists for master classes and I taught conducting students – all online.”
Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, Part 8: Grace Lutheran Church June 27, 2021
Stephen Schnurr
Stephen Schnurr is editorial director and publisher of The Diapason
, director of music for Saint Paul Catholic Church, Valparaiso, Indiana, and adjunct instructor in organ for Valparaiso University.
. The information was delivered as a lecture for the Midwinter Pipe Organ Conclave on January 19, 2015, in La Grange, Illinois. The research for this project provides a history of a number of pipe organs in the village, but not all. For instance, organs in residences and theaters are not surveyed.
Grace Lutheran Church of La Grange was organized on April 14, 1887, as the Swedish Lutheran Church, the sixth congregation founded in the village. The lot at the southeast corner of Ogden and South Kensington Avenues was purchased the next month for $600. In June, an architect’s plan for a church measuring twenty feet by fifty feet was accepted, and ground was broken.
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Cover Feature: Orgues Létourneau Opus 135 May 25, 2021
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Even when measured by expansive Texan standards, First United Methodist Church in Lubbock is extraordinary in scale. The church’s Gothic bell tower is visible from just about anywhere in downtown Lubbock. The church campus sprawls over two city blocks and includes spacious wings for music, Christian education, youth, and even physical fitness. Completed in 1955, the sanctuary seats over 1,800 people, and its spectacular rose window is reportedly among the eight largest in the world. Confronted with such a voluminous space, organ enthusiasts and builders alike would be forgiven if their thoughts gravitated towards grand schemes. Nonetheless, First Methodist’s sanctuary opened its doors in March of 1955 with M. P. Möller’s Opus 8530, a positively ascetic instrument of 38 ranks spread over seven divisions and located in all four corners of the sanctuary. The organ was pl