Organ Spectacular will celebrate Nyle Hallman

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Sunday, October 19, 7:00 pm

Central Union Church

1660 South Beretania Street

Honolulu

The public is cordially welcome to join in a spectacular event honoring Hawaii's beloved and extraordinary musician, Nyle Hallman. In celebration of Nyle's 80th birthday and her  many years of dedicated service to the community, Central Union Church and the Hawaii Chapter of the American Guild of Organists are delighted to sponsor this wonderful concert featuring organ and harp solos, duets and special works. The concert also highlights the 2008-2009 International Year of the Organ. Concerts in honor of the "King of Instruments" are being held simultaneously on this date all over the world.

The concert will feature works by Bach, Barclay, Britten and Burton as well as a piece for organ and oboe entitled "Ornament of Grace" by Bernard Wayne Sanders, the first prize winner of an international competition coordinated by the American Guild of Organists specifically for the Organ Spectacular concerts being held all over the world on this specific date.

Performers include Nyle Hallman herself as well as her beloved friends, Margaret Lloyd, Associate Minister of Music at Central Union Church and current Dean of the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists, and Constance Harding Uejio, Principal Harpist of the Honolulu Symphony and wedding coordinator and organist at Central Union Church.

Nyle Hallman is Assistant Director and Organist Emeritus at Central Union Church where she served for 29 years. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and Union Theological Serminary in New York City. Her organ teachers were Lauren B. Sykes, Claire Coci, Alexander McCurdy and Hugh Porter. She holds the degree of Associate of the American Guild of Organists. Since retirement in 1998, Nyle serves as second chair harpist with the Honolulu Symphony and is a wedding and associate organist at Central Union Church.