It is the most modern of early instruments. Mastering it requires effort and a great deal of passion. Five organists —ranging ...

Rochester, N.Y. — The Memorial Art Gallery, located on University Avenue in Rochester, is home to North America's only full-size antique Italian organ. The organ was discovered in Florence around 1980 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Master organist Leslie Martin of the American Guild of Organists Peninsula Chapter will perform at United Trinity Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Saturday. Martin’s free hourlong ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A pipe organ capable of making music the way it was heard during the 17th-century Baroque period will be played for the first time publicly today. “These are the same sounds that you ...

Why baroque music still moves us today Baroque music, with its ornate textures, dramatic contrasts, and emotional depth, continues to captivate listeners centuries after its peak. From historically ...

She’s performed on European instruments nearly half a millennium old. She played the organ at a huge memorial service in her hometown of Miami to honor Winston Churchill when he passed away. Now, ...

Last fall, I had the pleasure of taking David Yearsley’s course on Music Journalism. Within discussions of style, diction and structure, Yearsley’s classes taught close analysis of journalistic ...

The Baroque period is classical music’s gateway drug: Dance-like rhythms, sweet harmonies and lilting melodies make it easy to get hooked. New addicts often don’t know that underpinning every ...

When we finally caught up with Elizabeth Blumenstock, she had just woken from a nap in the Charlotte, North Carolina, airport. On her way back to California from the Göttingen International Handel ...

PORTSMOUTH - The UNH Faculty Concert Series presents Robert Stibler, trumpet, Abbey Hallberg-Siegfried, organ, and UNH Alumni in a concert entitled Baroque Music for Trumpets and Organ. The program ...