Friday,
October 19, 2007 7:30 p.m.
Charles
Callahan, organist
Charles
Callahan is one of America's leading organist-composers. A native of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, he is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where
he had the distinction of being the last pupil of legendary organ instructor
Alexander McCurdy. In addition to compositions and performances,
Charles Callahan is a noted educator and author. His two books on American
organ building, “The American Classic Organ”, and “Aeolian-Skinner Remembered”
have become standard reference works. In addition to his recital
on Friday evening, Dr. Callahan will be leading an organ workshop/masterclass
on Saturday, October 20 at 9:00 a.m., co-sponsored by the Southern Mississippi
Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. The public is invited
to attend this class for organists.
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