Kansas State University Organ Studio

The second Kansas State University organ studio Halloween recital was a great success! Thanks to all for playing so well!

It's ORGAN WEEK in Manhattan, Kansas--three recitals and one masterclass! For those who live in this region, please come! None of these events will be livestreamed. Here are the important details:

TUESDAY, October 31, 9:00 PM, All Faiths Chapel (Kansas State University): Organ Studio Halloween Concert, featuring works of J.C. Bach, J.M. Bach, J.S. Bach, Franck, Gawthrop, Janzer, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger. Free Admission

THURSDAY, November 2, 11:25 AM-12:25 PM, All Faiths Chapel (Kansas State University): Bradley Hunter Welch Masterclass. Free Admission

FRIDAY, November 3, 7:30 PM, All Faiths Chapel (Kansas State University): Bradley Hunter Welch Recital. Works by Albright, J.S. Bach, Drischner, Dupre, Elgar, Gigout, Haan, Swann, Vierne, and Widor. Free Admission

SUNDAY, November 5, 4:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, KS: Dobson Op. 24 Fortieth Anniversary Recital, Daniel Myers, Robert Edwards, and David Pickering, organists. Works by J.S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Cesar Franck, Robert Schumann, and Johann Walther. Free Admission

Hope to see you soon!

The Kansas State University Organ Studio's second Halloween recital will take place at 9 p.m. on Halloween night in All Faiths Chapel on the Kansas State University campus! Come and enjoy hearing J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 and other great works from the organ repertoire. Members of the organ studio will come dressed in costume. Last year Dr. Pickering dressed up as a frat boy. He's taking costume suggestions for this year (preferably something not expensive or time-intensive)! Please suggest in the comments! The performance is free and open to the public!

Dr. Pickering will be playing a faculty organ recital at 7:30 PM this evening in Kansas State University's All Faiths Chapel. The event is free and open to the public and will feature the attached program. Hope to see you there or at the livestream that will be available from Dr. Pickering's personal FB page!

Professor David Pickering has begun service as the organist at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, Kansas this month. The organ he will play, built by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders in Lake City, Iowa, contains two manuals and forty-three ranks. First Presbyterian Church has always been very generous with letting KSU organ students practice there, giving them the opportunity to practice on a fine mechanical action organ.

The Kansas State University Keyboard Division is pleased to announce our upcoming Keyboard Day for high school students on Saturday, September 9! This FREE event is open to any and all high school students who currently play the piano and/or organ. Click on the link below to find out more about the day's events, which include a twenty-minute private lesson, lunch, and interesting classes! Please email me at [email protected] with any questions you may have!

K-State Keyboard Day Kansas State Universtiy Keyboard Division has a full day planned for keyboardists across the state. Events of the day include guest recitals, discussions about career opportunities, individual lessons and FREE LUNCH! See the descriptions of all the events below. We hope to see you on campus on Septe...

Congratulations to KSU organ student Jared Carlton, who received second place in the Regional Competition for Young Organists sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists! Jared played works by J.S. Bach, Max Reger, and Flor Peeters in addition to the hymn “Angels from the Realms of Glory.”

So proud of the Kansas State University Organ Studio for the wonderful recital they played this past Thursday evening! I'm so grateful for the musical growth you've all accomplished this semester! Congratulations! I'm even more excited to hear the further growth you'll experience in the next two weeks as you prepare for juries!

For those in the Manhattan, Kansas area: the Kansas State University Organ Studio Hymn Festival will take place tomorrow (November 11) evening (7:30 PM) at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The event is free and open to the public! Come and support KSU's nine organ students with your presence and singing voice!

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