One of the most striking and haunting bits of the recent national AGO convention was a screening of the film Apparition of the Eternal Church by filmmaker Paul Festa. A couple of months ago I had stumbled on the trailer for the film on youtube. The description on his web site says it best:
In [...]
July 2, 2008
Film: Apparition of the Eternal Church
July 2, 2008
Cameron Carpenter, outlaw virtuoso organist
Last week I was at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Too much for one post, so I’ll be adding several posts about events of note over the next few days. The of the most outrageous recitals (in a mostly good way) was Cameron Carpenter’s program. He [...]
July 2, 2008
In memoriam: Paul Jerabek
Overnight on Sunday/Monday Paul Jerabek, my friend and 65-year member of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Choir, died after a few weeks of declining health. What is remarkable is that Paul was 98 years old, almost 99, and until a few weeks ago he was very active, still doing many things around the church, living [...]
