Tournemire and Improvisation - Registration Open for October 21-24 Conference at Duquesne Univ.
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    Registration is now open for the upcoming conference "The Aesthetics and Pedagogy of Charles Tournemire: Chant and Improvisation in the Liturgy" to be held in Pittsburgh, PA October 21-24, 2012.

    There will be lectures, recitals, masterclasses, and opportunities to meet other organists, scholars, and church musicians. This is a particularly wonderful opportunity for university and graduate students and church musicians desirous of furthering their education.

    We have a wonderful line-up of presenters and recitalists:

    Benjamin Cornelius-Bates (Duquesne University)
    David Hughes (St. Mary's, Norwalk, CT)
    David Jonies (Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago)
    Ann Labounsky (Duquesne University)
    David McCarthy (Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Penfield, NY)
    Crista Miller (Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston)
    Zvonimir Nagy (Duquesne University)
    Sr. Marie Agatha Ozah (Duquesne University)
    Ron Prowse (Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit)
    Boguslaw Raba (Musicology University of Wroclaw, Poland)
    Kirstin Rutchman (Duke University)
    Vincent Rone (UC Santa Barbara)
    Ed Schaefer (University of Florida)
    Richard Spotts (Doylestown, PA, featured recitalist)
    Alastair Stout (Pittsburgh Compline Choir)
    Robert Sutherland Lord (University of Pittsburgh)
    Mickey Thomas Terry
    Paul Weber (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

    More details, including tentative schedule, lecture topics, and recital programs are available on the conference website: www.musicasacra.com/tournemire.

    We hope you'll be able to join us! Registration is only $100!

    Questions, please contact me at jd1120 (at) nova (dot) edu or (954) 262.7610.