Actually, this event is a whole bunch of organ concerts taking place all around the country. It is a one-day, nationwide celebration of the pipe organ in America. This project is designed to entertain, inform and engage new audiences for organ music, while giving seasoned listeners a fresh perspective on the organ's expansive repertoire. Admission charges will be set by each chapter. The Dean is asking many members to help us out.
Many hands make light work.
So far we have a positive response from Daniel Cartlidge, Franz Engle, V. Earle Copes, Elizabeth Bharucha, Carl Parks, and Thom Tenny. Participants would only have to play one or two works of their choice. While plans for the Sarasota-Manatee are far from cast in stone, some are suggesting either organ crawls in Sarasota, Venice, and Bradenton or several organists at one venue in each city. National would like an answer by May 1. National mailed big packages of materials to every chapter at great expense.