Members Recital of Music by Michigan Composers and Installation of Chapter Officers
First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn
600 N Brady Rd, Dearborn, MI 48124
Talk and Tour at 6:30 p.m. by Craig McDonald
Director of the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio, Midland, Michigan
Recital at 7:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
Our inaugural program will feature organ music by Michigan composers, played both by the composers themselves and by other chapter members in the iconic sanctuary and chapel designed by Alden B. Dow, a Midland, Michigan native and student of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Music by James and Marilyn Biery, Horst Buchholz, Thomas M. Kuras, among others; also featured will be a three-part improvisation inspired by the architecture of the church by Organist and Director of Music David Stultz.
Don't miss this performance, a marriage of music and place, 20th century form and function, and an opportunity to support and reconnect with colleagues!
Sanctuary Organ:
Three-manual Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1427 (1965), additions by Casavant (1974), 60 ranks
Chapel Organ:
Two-manual D. F. Pilzecker (1985), 24 ranks
See here for more information about architect Alden B. Dow and the church.