Historical Eclecticism: Organ Building and Playing in the 21^st 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 will feature leading performers, organbuilders, and scholars and will showcase 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

TO REGISTER: register

FOR A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: full schedule

TO BOOK A HOTEL ROOM (The Hilton Houston Post Oak): hotel