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James Bobb (at organ) during New Haven hymn workshop
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Mark Pacoe, David Higgs, Preston Dibble (Metropolitan New Jersey dean), and Keith Tóth (New York City dean) at Metropolitan New Jersey/ New York City recital (photo: BevMcGregor)
REGION I— NEW ENGLAND New Haven, Conn. April 27, the chapter presented a well- attended workshop in cre- ative hymn playing at Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green. Thanks to James Bobb from St. Olaf College for in- spiring teaching, to Walden Moore and Andy Kotylo for hosting the event, and to Maria Coffin for organizing lunch. The participants, who presented diverse styles of hymns and hymn playing, were Maria Coffin, Brett Jud- son, Andy Kotylo, and An- drew Schaeffer. Thanks to neighboring chapters, the New Haven Arts Council, and the Connecticut MTNA for help with publicity. —Lars Gjerde
John Novak (sub-dean) and Jonathan Biggers at Buffalo recital
Syracuse recitalists Abel Searor, A. Hawley Arnold, AlexMeszler, and Jonathan Embry
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REGION II—NEW YORK–NEW JERSEY Metropolitan New Jersey. April 20,
St.Malachy’sChurch (The Actors’ Chapel), New York City (Mark Pacoe, host organist), was the setting for an organ recital played by David Higgs. Higgs is a lead- ing concert organist and also chair of the organ department at the Eastman School of Mu- sic. His program included music by Bonnet, Franck, Creston, Karg-Elert, Lefébure- Wély, and Duruflé. In 2012, Higgs was the third recipient of the Paul Creston Award presented at St. Malachy’s Church. This award is pre- sented annually to a distin- guished artist who embodies the Creston creed of excel- lence in the arts and is a sig- nificant figure in church mu- sic and the performing arts. The Paul Creston Memorial
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Organ,Aeolian-SkinnerOpus 938 (1935), became available in 2007 and was removed from Hillside Presbyterian Church in Orange, N.J. It was restored and rebuilt by the Peragallo Organ Company. An organ demo was provided by Mark Pacoe prior to the recital. The event was spon-
soredbySt.Malachy’sChurch and the New York City and Metropolitan New Jersey chapters. —BevMcGregor
Buffalo, N.Y. April 21, Jona- than Biggers played a recital at Westminster Presbyterian Church (Richard Herr, host organist and choirmaster). Sub-dean John Novak intro- duced Biggers, his former teacher. The program in- cluded works by Craig Phil- lips, J.S. Bach, Herbert How- ells, and Max Reger. As an encore, Biggers played David Craighead’s organ arrange- ment of Saint-Saëns’s “The Swan,’ which will be pub- lished later this summer by Selah. Afterward, attendees greeted Biggers at a reception prepared by Christine Sny-
der.May 19, the final event of the season was the chapter’s annual meeting and dinner, held at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in Getz- ville, chaired by Dean Chris- tina Shrewsbury and hosted by Sub-dean John Novak. —Caryn Lawler
Eastern New York. May 21, chaptermembers and friends joined members of the local chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society (Hud- son-Mohawk) for a noontime concert at the restored vaude- ville house, Proctors Theatre,
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