October 1, 2011, Oberlin Conservatory
1:00 - 2:00 ~ Lecture by Dr. Aurélie Decourt: "Jehan Alain: Musician and Poet"
 
2:00 - 3:00 ~ 2nd Lecture by Dr. Decourt: 
"Jehan Alain: His Musical and Creative Inspiration"
 
The two lectures will be given by Dr. Aurélie Decourt, the niece of Jehan Alain and the daughter of Marie-Claire Alain.  The lectures will take place in KING 127 (the building on the northwest corner of Professor and College Streets - across from the large arch in Tappan Square).
 
4:00 - 5:30 ~ Concert in Finney Chapel

About Jehan Alain

For many of us, the mention of Jehan Alain, brings to mind his organ compositions, particularly "Litanies", "Deuxieme Fantaisie", or the "Trois Danses". His compositions for piano, instruments, choir and voice are perhaps not so well known.

Alain was born in 1911 in the western suburbs of Paris and to a musical family. His father, Albert, was a composer, organist, and organ builder. His younger sister, Marie-Claire, became an organist as well as a champion of her brother's works.

Jehan enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Marcel Dupre, Paul Dukas, and Jean Roger-Ducasse. He began to compose at the age of 18 and continued through the outbreak of World War II. His musical language was influenced by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. Alain's interest in the music, dance and philosophies of the Far East heavily influenced his music.

On Saturday, 1 October at Oberlin College, we have an opportunity to hear organ, instrumental, and vocal works of Jehan Alain and to attend the lectures of Dr. Aurélie Decourt, the daughter of Marie-Claire Alain. (Find out more about Jehan Alain, his life and music.)

October 28, 29, 30, 2011
See the full schedule of events 
(with even more detail to come)

Cleveland Organ Weekend poster is now available for download as a PDF from the chapter web site. Please help advertise this exciting weekend of organ music. The poster was designed to be printed on legal size paper. Natural and cream papers look quite rich with the color scheme, but white is also fine.   If you don't have legal paper at home, please print it at your church if possible.   If you print on letter size paper, please consider trimming the sides.   A supply of posters will be available at the October meeting in Oberlin or you may contact Don Jackson at donclef@aol.com.

William Porter

Internationally-known organist William Porter will play a free recital at First Lutheran Church, 603 Washington Ave., Lorain on Sunday, September 25 at 3:00 p.m. Widely known as a performer and teacher in the United States and Europe and a professor at Eastman School of Music and McGill University, Mr. Porter is a leader among organists working toward recovery of an historical approach to musical performance, and has achieved international recognition for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles.

Mr. Porter will be performing on John Brombaugh's Opus 4 at First Lutheran Church, 603 Washington Ave., Lorain, OH. This instrument, finished in 1970, is Brombaugh's first large instrument, and was a ground-breaking instrument for its re-employment of historic building principles such as flexible wind supply, hammered pipe metal, and unequal temperament. In 2011, Opus 4 received a Historic Organ Citation from the Organ Historical Society, recognizing it as "an instrument of exceptional historic merit." This organ is only the 9th in Ohio to receive such a citation, and is the 5th-youngest organ ever to receive one. A plaque acknowledging the citation will be formally presented at the concert.
 
This concert is free and open to the public. It is part of First Lutheran's FIRST·music concert series, whose goal comes from the church's vision statement: to "use our musical resources to enhance our experience of God and as a gift to the community." First Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in downtown Lorain, known for good music and social service.

Leslie Adams

The Music of H. Leslie Adams is featured at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 23, 2011, on the national
2nd Annual "Back-to-School" program of the HistoryMakers.

The composer appears in person to share his life and work with Grades 1,
2, 3. Live performance of his "L'Extase D'Amour" by Cleveland Orchestra
Violist Eliesha Nelson and noted Pianist Dianna White-Gould. The public
is invited.

Glendale Primary School; 400 West Glendale Street; Bedford, Ohio 44146.mation on your website.

Gerry Mass, our Cleveland Chapter Placement Officer collects and updates job openings in the area.  Although they are not listed in the weekly updates, there is a link in the "Quick Links" section every week that will take you to the updated list on the chapter website.  Questions or need help finding a position? Email: placement@agocleveland.org