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EROI Festival 2006

Eastman School of Music and Westfield Center present

Aspects of Organ Building in the Twentieth Century: Featuring the Work of Ernest M. Skinner and John Brombaugh

October 12-15, 2006
Rochester, New York

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Schedule

Thursday, October 12

Opening Reception: Performances on the Wurlitzer Theater Organ: Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Opus 1492, 1926
In collaboration with the Rochester Theater Organ Society (RTOS)
6–8 PM, Rochester Museum & Science Center

Opening Concert: Welcome from Interim Dean Jamal Rossi
Performances by Eastman organ students: Erica Johnson, Robert Kwan, Sangwha Lee, Christopher Petit
8:30 PM, Asbury First United Methodist Church: Austin Organ Company, Opus 2215 (1956); George Bozeman, Jr. and Company, Opus 24 (1984)
Tickets: $8 in advance, $12 at the door

Friday, October 13

Keynote lectures: The American Organ in the Twentieth Century
Orpha Ochse, keynote speaker
Barbara Owen: "E.M. Skinner – The Man"
Jack Bethards: "E.M. Skinner – The Work"
Jonathan Ambrosino: "Skinner Organ Company Opus 325"
Organ Demonstration: Thomas Murray
9-11:45 AM, Kilbourn Hall (Eastman): Skinner Organ Company Opus 325 (1922/1951)

Lunch Recital: Mark Brombaugh
1-1:45 PM, Sacred Heart Cathedral (RC): John Brombaugh, Opus 9 (1972) (from Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, Toledo, Ohio)
Tickets: $5 in advance, $7.50 at the door

Keynote lecture: The Early Brombaugh Organs
David Boe, keynote speaker
George Taylor: "The Building of Opus 9"
John Brombaugh: "The Concept of Opus 9"
2-3:15 PM, Sacred Heart Cathedral (RC)

Presentations:
Jonathan Ambrosino: "Skinner Organ Company Opus 711"
Thomas Murray: Organ demonstration; "Transcriptions – Performance Aspects"
Sverker Jullander: "Edwin Lemare – Performance Aspects"
4-6:30 PM, Episcopal Church of the Ascension: Skinner Organ Company Opus 711 (1928)

Choral and Organ Concert: Music by David Conte and young Eastman composers
Christ Church Schola Cantorum, Stephen Kennedy, director;
David Higgs, organist;
Eastman organ students
8:30 PM, St Mary’s Church (RC): Austin Organ Company, Opus 2186 (1952)
Tickets: $8 in advance, $12 at the door

Saturday, October 14

Panel Discussion: Aspects of the Organ Building of John Brombaugh
Moderator: Roger Sherman
Panel members: William Porter; David Boe; Munetaka Yokota; Erica Johnson
9–10:15 AM, Schmitt Organ Recital Hall (Eastman)

Pedal-piano demonstration:
10:30-11:30 AM

East Avenue Organ Walk:
Presentations: Orpha Ochse, Barbara Owen, Jonathan Ambrosino
Organ demonstrations: James E. Bobb, William Porter

12:15 PM, St. Luke and St. Simon of Cyrene Church (Episcopal): Skinner Organ Company Opus 517 (1925)

1:45 PM, First Church of Christ Scientist: Casavant Frères Opus 37 (1916)/M.P. Möller Organ Company (1957)

2:30 PM, Third Presbyterian Chapel: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Opus 1250 (1952)

3:30 PM, George Eastman House: Aeolian Company Opus 947 (1904) & Opus 1416 (1917)

4:45 PM, St. Paul’s Church (Episcopal): Skinner Organ Company Opus 655 (1926)

5:30 PM, Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word: Holtkamp Organ Company (1964); Samuel Bohler (1868)

Organ Concert: David Higgs, Hans Davidsson, William Porter
8:30 PM, Sacred Heart Cathedral (RC): John Brombaugh, Opus 9 (1972)
Tickets: $8 in advance, $12 at the door

Sunday, October 15

Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative and Organ Building Projects
Presenters: Thomas Murray, Jonathan Ambrosino, Jack Bethards, Ray Brunner, Munetaka Yokota, Joel Speerstra, Mats Arvidsson, George Taylor, Paul Fritts, Frits Elshout, William Porter, David Higgs, Hans Davidsson, and others
1-4:45 PM, The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word

Organ Recital: Francesco Çera
5:30 PM, Memorial Art Gallery
Tickets: $12, $8 for students

Concluding Compline: Christ Church Schola Cantorum, Stephen Kennedy, director;
William Porter, organ
9 PM, Christ Church

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Festival Registration

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Sponsorship

The 2006 EROI Festival is presented by Westfield; Loft and Gothic Recordings; Sacred Heart Cathedral (RC); Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word; Asbury First United Methodist Church; Rochester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists; The Joseph Rippey Trust Fund; Rochester Theater Organ Society (RTOS); Christ Church (Episcopal); Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, Christ Church Schola Cantorum; Third Presbyterian Church; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; First Church of Christ Scientist; George Eastman House; Episcopal Church of the Ascension; St. Luke and St. Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church; Parsons Pipe Organ Builders; Pasi Organ Builders Inc.; Paul Fritts and Co. Organ Builders; St. Mary’s Church (RC); Richards Fowkes & Co. Pipe Organ Builders; C. B. Fisk, Inc.; Taylor and Boody Organ Builders; Flentrop Organ Builders in The Netherlands; Gerald Woehl Organ Builders in Germany; GOArt, Göteborg University, Sweden; Eastman School of Music; EROI Working Committee

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