Full Program

 

Friday, September 21

3:30 PM, Anabel Taylor Chapel and then Sage Chapel

Welcome (Provost Kent Fuchs)

Recital: “Variations on America”: Annette Richards and David Yearsley, performing works by J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, Ned Rorem, Daniel Pinkham and Charles Ives

8:00 PM, Anabel Taylor Chapel

Recital: “A New World Emerges”: Guest organist Kimberly Marshall, performing works by Margaret Sandresky, Libby Larsen, Arnolt Schlick, J. S. Bach and Dan Locklair

 

Saturday, September 22

9:30 AM, Barnes Hall

The Historically-Informed Organ in America
Michael Barone, Moderator

Kimberly Marshall: Eclecticism in American Organbuilding

Phil Cooper: The Organs of David Tannenberg: Gentle Old Teachers for Today’s Performers

Robert Bates: Some Thoughts on the Historically-Informed Organ in Houston

Jonathan Ambrosino: Art, Imitation, and Taking Things Seriously

[Lunch: Founders Room, Anabel Taylor]

12:30 PM, Anabel Taylor

Recital: “21st-Century Baroque”: Randall Harlow performs music by American composers from Cornell (Taylan Cihan, Charles Cacioppo and Kevin Ernste) and the Eastman School of Music (Steven Rice, John Liberatore), with a presentation by the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE)

2:00 PM, Barnes

New Music for Old Organs
Michael Barone, Moderator

Martin Herchenröder: Composing for Historically-Informed Organs

Zachary Wadsworth: Composing with an Accent: New Old Music for New Old Organs

Randall Harlow: Maximizing Affordances: Contemporary Music and the Analog Mechanics of the Baroque Organ

Kevin Ernste: Beyond Extension: Instruments as Physical and Sonic Objects

5:00 PM, Anabel Taylor and then Sage Chapels

Recital: “Old Meets New at the American Organ”: Guest organist Robert Bates performs music from the French renaissance and J. S. Bach, to works by Hindemith, Joan Tower, Michael Horvit and Bates.