Spreckels

Spreckels Organ Society

2012 International Summer Organ Festival

Monday Evenings at 7:30 PM

25 June	Robert Plimpton San Diego Civic Organist Emeritus launches the Silver Anniversary season with musicians conducted by Shannon Kitelinger, Director of Bands at San Diego State University.
2 July	Simon Gledhill http://www.octos.org/bio/gledhill.htm This British organist has performed at all the major theatre organ venues in Britain, as well as touring in Germany, Holland, Australia and the USA. He was The American Theater Organ Society's Organist of the Year in 1997.
9 July	Tom Trenney http://www.concertorganists.com/artists/tom-trenney/ Returning to the Spreckels venue, he was the first organist to be awarded First Prize and Audience Prize in the American Guild of Organists’ (AGO) National Competition in Organ Improvisation in 2006.
16 July	Ty Woodward http://sosorgan.com/photogallery/2010/100314woodward/ http://www.atos.org/node/677 The staff Organist at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, he is the former Dean of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a frequent guest organist at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.
23 July	Diane Bish http://dianebish.org/ The "First Lady of the Organ" returns to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion for the Silver Anniversary Festival. She is the most visible and influential classical organist performing today.
30 July	Youth and Majesty - Carol Williams with Special Guests, including The House of Scotland Pipe Band Carlo Curley, previously scheduled, has cancelled due to illness.
6 August	Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault http://www.concertartists.com/theChenaults.html “Four hands, four feet” is the trademark of this musical couple who since 1975 have been Organists and Choirmasters of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta.
13 August	Gordon Turk http://www.gordonturk.com/pages/ Organ-builder, improvisational artist and globe-trotting concert soloist, Dr. Turk is Organist of Ocean Grove, NJ Auditorium.
20 August	Silent Movie Night with Dennis James http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_James_%28musician%29 Among the world’s foremost players of accompaniment to Silent Movies, Dennis James is a regular and beloved feature of the Summer Organ Festival.
27 August	Carol Williams and Guests – Festival Grand Finale! San Diego’s current Civic Organist assembles a blockbuster finish.