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Historical Eclecticism: Organ Building and Playing in the 21st Century
Sponsored by the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies and produced in collaboration with the University of Houston.
April 12-14, 2012 - Houston, Texas
This conference featured leading performers, organbuilders, and scholars and showcased three of Houston’s historically-inspired organs:
- Paul Fritts Op. 29 at St Philip Presbyterian Church (2010, III/Pd, 48 stops)
- Martin Pasi Op. 19 at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (2010, IV/Pd, 75 stops)
- Fritz Noack Op. 128 at Christ the King Lutheran Church (1995, II/Pd, 30 stops)
Performers:
- Gustavo Delgado (Mexico City)
- Stephen Tharp (New York)
- Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra (performer and author)
- Kimberly Marshall (Arizona State University)
- Robert Bates (University of Houston)
- Mel Butler (St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle)
- and three outstanding young organists: Naomi Shiga, Damin Spritzer, and Tom Schuster
Speakers:
- Paul Fritts (organbuilder)
- Martin Pasi (organbuilder)
- Fritz Noack (organbuilder)
- Gustavo Delgado
- Kimberly Marshall
- Robert Bates (University of Houston)
- Christopher Anderson (Southern Methodist University)
- Matthew Dirst (University of Houston)
- Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra
- and three student paper competition winners