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Richard (Irven) Purvis (August 25, 1913 – December 25, 1994) was an American organist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was best known for his expressive recordings of the organ classics and his own lighter compositions for the instrument.
He was the featured organist at the 1977 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the Hartt School of Music. [1] He was one of the leading organ teachers of his time in the United States. Among his more than 100 former students were organists such as Stefan Engels, George C. Baker, Ignace Michiels, Carole Terry and Wolfgang Rübsam.
Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM (born 1972) is a British-born international concert organist and composer, now residing in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016 [1] [2] [3] [non-primary source needed] as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.
The Wanamaker Organ is played twice daily, Monday through Saturday, free of charge, for patrons and those who visit Macy's Department Store in the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia. The Grand Court Organist is Peter Richard Conte, and when he is touring, assistant organists perform to ensure the organ is played every day.
The next year he attained a staff organist position at WLW, where he gained a following on the Moon River program. [1] [3] Erwin also worked other shows at the station including Singin' Sam the Barbasol Man. [3] He returned to theatre work in 1934 when the Paramount Theatre in Cincinnati audience-tested a return of organ music during interludes ...
His theatre organ teacher was Al Melgard, famous as the Staff Organist on the Barton organ at the Chicago Stadium. [3] When Melgard retired in 1975 he gave Strony his Oak Park, IL teaching studio. Strony later studied piano with Giulio Favrio of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Helen Margaret Hewitt was born in Granville, New York.She graduated from Vassar College in 1921, [1] and from Eastman School of Music in 1925. She continued her studies in France, at the American Conservatory, where she worked with Charles-Marie Widor in organ performance, and Nadia Boulanger in harmony.