Thursday, September 10, 2009

Midsummer Night's Organ Concert, July 19, 2009

(L-R) Margaret Lloyd, John McCreary, Joey Fala, Katherine Crosier, Jordan McCreary,
Yuri McCoy, Nyle Hallman and Gregory Bietz) Click the photo to enlarge it.

For twenty summers, there has been a Midsummer Night's Organ Concert at Central Union Church. The tradition was begun by organist Nyle Hallman and has been continued by her successor, Margaret Lloyd. This year's concert featured nine organists:


Central Union Church

JOEY FALA: Processional for Organ (William Mathias)

MARGARET LLOYD: Andante for Organ in B major (Albert Alain)

NYLE HALLMAN: Chorale in A minor (César Franck)


St. Andrew's Cathedral

JOHN McCREARY: Legend of the Mountain (Sigfrid Karg-Elert)

JOHN RENKE: Organ Fantasy on ‘O Paradise’ (Malcolm Williamson)

YURI McCOY: Suite, op. 5: Toccata (Maurice Duruflé)


Lutheran Church of Honolulu

JORDAN McCREARY: Lost in the Night / Alleluia! Let Praises Ring (Michael Burkhardt)

KATHERINE CROSIER: Toccata in D minor (Max Reger)


Grace Episcopal, St. Helena, CA

GREGORY BIETZ: L’Ascension: Outbursts of joy (Olivier Messiaen)


This concert is the annual fundraiser for the Hawaii Chapter’s scholarship programs. Although the crowd was a little smaller this year, the offering was very generous and will allow us to fund our scholarship program for another year. Traditionally the scholarship winners are also announced for the coming year.


The scholarship winners for 2009-2010 are:


Christy Cho

Abednigo Guevarra

Amy Johnson

Karen Leatherman

Michelle Manuel

Stephen Peters (Aloha Music Scholar)

Joshua Rosales

Megumi Taketa

Miki Yamamoto

Naomi Yuen-Schat

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