CYCLES IN TIME: AÌýprogram exploring over 500 years of music written for the organ, from the 15th century to works by living composers
Dr. Kimberly Marshall is known worldwide for her compelling programs and presentations of organ music. She is an accomplished teacher and is currently the Patricia and Leonard Goldman Endowed Professorship in Organ at Arizona State University. She previouslyÌýheld positions at Stanford University and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Winner of the St. Albans International Organ Playing Competition in 1985, she has been a recitalist, workshop leader, and adjudicator at nine National Conventions of the American Guild of Organists. From 1996 to 2000, she served as a project leader for the Göteborg Organ Research Center (GOArt) in Sweden.Ìý
Marshall has performed throughout Europe, including concerts in London's Royal Festival Hall and St. Paul’s Cathedral; King's College, Cambridge; Norte-Dame Cathedral, Paris; and Chartres Cathedral. She has also performed on many historical organs, such as the Couperin organ in Paris and the Gothic organ in Sion, Switzerland. Her CD recordings feature music of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance, French Classical and Romantic periods, and works by J.S. Bach. Marshall’s expertise in medieval music is reflected in her recording,ÌýGothic Pipes, as well as through her articles for theÌýGrove Dictionary of MusicÌýand theÌýOxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. To increase awareness of early repertoire, she has published anthologies of late-medieval and Renaissance organ music.
The concert is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.Ìý
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About the Mildred Miles Crew Organ
The Mildred Miles Crew Organ is located in Occidental’s Margaret Brown Herrick Memorial Chapel and Interfaith Center. The three-manual organ has 59 ranks and over 3,000 pipes. The organ is dedicated to the memory of Mildred Miles CrewÌý’45 (1924-1964). It is heard regularly in both organ recitals and accompanying the Glee Club.Ìý
Though built near the height of the neo-baroque movement in organ building, the Crew Organ can convincingly perform a wide variety of repertoire thanks to the versatile design developed by Herman Schlicker in consultation with then college organist Clarence Mader. The organ’s voicing was further refined under the direction of Manuel Rosales in the early 1970s. To mark its 50th anniversary in 2016, the organ underwent a sensitive restoration by Rosales Organ Builders.
View theÌýCrew Organ's Specifications
ReadÌý"Organ Recovery" from theÌýOccidentalÌýmagazineÌý(Spring 2017)
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