Did anyone leave a black rain jacket at my house after the potluck picnic on September 4th?
If so, please reach out to me at 847-769-7447 – Judy Kohl
From Lillian Ng
After reading the 2 articles about Edith Ho’s passing in the Oct issue of The American Organists, I just wanted to introduce myself as Edith Ho’s niece, as she and my mother are first cousins. Here are some photos of us attending the 2009 Regional organ convention together in Boston when I stayed in her house. She really encouraged and supported me when I (almost 50 years old) first took organ lessons from James Hildreth in the late 90s. We talked on the phone every Christmas. I was so shocked and saddened to learn that she passed away so suddenly, as I heard from her sister that she was going to move to California in November. Though I have some of her recordings, I regret that I never had an opportunity to listen to her music in person before she retired from the Church of the Advent in 2007.
(You can read about Edith Ho in the October 2021 TAO and online.)
From Laurie Stivers
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston presents Matthew Wachtman in concert on Friday, October 22rd at 7:00 p.m. The recital will feature works by J. S. Bach, Vaughan Williams, Boulanger, Hindemith, Shearing, and Grayson Ives on Immanuel’s tracker organ.
Matthew Wachtman is the 2020 winner of Immanuel’s Organ Scholar Program, a program now in its nineteenth year. The annual award, consisting of a cash gift and an opportunity to perform a full concert, is given to a student in an organ or church music degree program in an accredited school who has been nominated by faculty. The purpose is to encourage careers in organ and church music. In 2020 we inaugurated a graduate and undergraduate award. Matthew is our undergraduate winner.
Matthew is currently earning the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he studies with Dr. Christopher Young.
The October 22nd recital is free as is a champagne reception which may follow depending on current Covid considerations. Immanuel is located at 616 Lake Street, at the southeast corner of Lake and Sherman in downtown Evanston. Free parking is available in Immanuel’s lot immediately south of the church with an entrance off of Sherman Avenue. We are also close to the Dempster Street EL station just a block and ½ north. For more information, visit https://immanuelevanston.org,
Proof of vaccination and face masks will be required.
From Chris Urban:
Wednesday at Noon Concert
October 6, 12:10pm
Piano and organ duets of favorite hymns.Chris Urban, organ; Chuck Beech, piano
Crossing Borders Music
October 3, 4:00 pm
The 37th Annual Organ Fest
Crossing Borders Music is a chamber ensemble that uses music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures. The program, Reflections from the Arab World, will celebrate composers from Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and the USA. Renowned oud player, Issa Boulos, and several of his new arrangements for oud and string quartet will be featured. The “oud” is a stringed instrument like the Western lute, but with Arabic roots.
In addition, Jordanian composer, Tarek Younis, has been commissioned to write a new work for the CBM string quartet that will be premiered at this concert
