explore Mexico’s cultural and choral heritage. This year’s composers, Gerardo Cárdenas and Novelli Jurado, have visited quarterly, work- ing with Minnesota students to compose original pieces, which were premiered at the concerts. VocalEssence,
founded in 1969 by artistic director Philip Brunelle, is comprised of the 100-voice VocalEssence Chorus, the 32- voice professional Ensemble Singers, and guest soloists and instrumentalists, offer- ing audiences a broad series of concerts. The ¡Cantaré!
programmarked its fifth year in 2012–13, while Voca- lEssence has announced its 45th season for 2013–14. For more information, visit Voca-
lessence.org.
Jennifer Zoellner Marshall, a collaborative pianist at East Ten-
nessee State University and or- ganist-choir director of Wes- ley Memorial United Metho- dist Church in Johnson City, Tenn., was initiated as a Friend of the Arts by the uni- versity’s Lambda Alpha chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota in October 2012. A member of the Northeast Tennessee- Southwest Virginia AGO Chapter, Marshall earned a DMA degree in organ with a minor in music history from the University of South Car- olina, where she studied or- gan with William H. Bates. A member of Pi Kappa Lambda, she has served as organist, pi- anist, and music director for several churches.
Jennifer Zoellner Marshall HONORED
Binkley’s church responsibili- ties include teaching music in the Sunday church school for children (kindergarten–grade 5); directing three singing choirs—middle school (grades 5–8), kirk (grades 6–12 and adults), and sanctuary (adults); coordinating the church’s mu- sic, art, and drama series; and providing staff support with Pastor David Roquemore for the church’s worship and fine-arts ministry. A new III/39 Schantz organ
David H. Binkley, CAGO, was recently honored at Camp Hill Presbyterian Church, Camp Hill, Pa., on his 40th anniver- sary as the church’s organist- choirmaster. The celebration in- cluded a program and luncheon following the worship service
Norberto Guinaldo celebrated 50 years as organist of Temple Ner Tamid of Downey, Calif., when a gala-dinner celebration for the congregation took place in Octo- ber 2012. Participating were founding members of the congre- gation, the present and a former rabbi, the present and a former cantor, four members of the ju- nior choir of the 1962–65 era, members of the professional
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on April 7, 2013. An honor graduate of Lebanon Valley Col- lege, he earned theMSMdegree from New York City’s Union Theological Seminary. His pri- mary organ teachers have been Robert Clippinger, Karl Moyer, Pierce Getz, and Robert Baker.
quartet, former piano students, and many friends and well-wish- ers. A six-piece band was on hand for entertainment and dancing. Guinaldo was born in Buenos Aires and immigrated to the United States in 1959; he is also organist at the United Meth- odist Church of Garden Grove, having held this position for 47 years. He holds a master’s degree in composition from the Univer-
was installed in 2008 after ama- jor renovation of the church. The church regularly presents organ recitals; there is also a monthly (October–April) lun- cheon and 30-minute concert featuring members of the Har- risburg AGO Chapter. An active member of the AGO and the Presbyterian Association ofMu- sicians (PAM), Binkley has played organ recitals and pre- sented church-music work- shops throughout the central Pennsylvania area. In 1996, he was awarded Certified Church Musician status by PAM.
sity of California, Riverside, and the Diplôme supérieure d’orgue from the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where he studied with Jean Langlais. Other teachers have been Jean Guillou and Clarence Mader. Many of Guinaldo’s com- positions have been performed at regional and national AGO con- ventions. He is the recipient of many awards in this field.
AlanMorrison Stephen Tharp
AlanMorrison recentlymade his Russian debut, perform- ing a solo recital to a capacity audience in Glazunov Audi- toriumat the Conservatory in St. Petersburg. The invitation came fromboth the Conserva- tory and the United States Consulate to promote cultural exchange. He also taught an extended masterclass to six of the 20 organ students at the conservatory. A tele- vision interview was con- ducted and can be seen on YouTube through a link on
Alanmorrison.com. Morrison also recently performed an all-Bach-family recital on the Fritts organ at Princeton Theological Seminary, ap- peared in Overture Hall in Madison, Wis., and played the piano score of Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle with Choral Arts Philadelphia and Matthew Glandorf conduct- ing soloists Julianne Baird, Maren Montalbano, Aaron Sheehan, and Brian
Chu.More information may be found at
Concertorganists.com.
Stephen Tharp recently con- cluded his 42nd world tour, playing recitals in Germany and Switzerland. His pro- gramming continued to fea- ture contemporary com- posers, including George Baker, Jean Guillou, and An- thony Newman, three com- posers who have dedicated music to Tharp. In 2011, the New York City AGO Chapter awarded him the Interna- tional Performer of the Year award; in 2009, his Aeolus Recordings release, the Com- plete Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux, received Ger- many’spremier critic’s award. Upcoming concerts include five further solo European tours; a program with organ and orchestra as part of the dedication events for the
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