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Dame Gillian Weir, organ (12:15) - This afternoon's organ concert is our last of the regular season, but please keep your ears open for news about a summer organ series happening in July. Dame Gillian Weir is making her Kimmel Center debut today, and exceptional artistry... | 1 Comments

Hector Olivera, organ (12:00) - Hector Olivera makes his debut on the Verizon Hall organ this afternoon with a program of works including Bach, Micheelsen, Franck, and Drifill.... | 1 Comments

Sing-Along Messiah (16:44) - The second annual Sing-Along Messiah at the Kimmel Center is tonight! Bring your own score: the list of movements is here. Singing City choir, Northeast High School Concert Choir, and Upper Darby High School Encore Singers will be on hand... | 0 Comments

Todd Wilson, organ (12:00) - Todd Wilson makes his Kimmel Center debut this afternoon, opening this season's organ series. Wilson is Director of Music and the organist at the Church of the Convenant in Cleveland, Ohio. His program includes Ives, Bach, Conte, Bizet, Duruflé, and... | 1 Comments

More about Pay-to-Play (09:17) - During the most recent Summer Solstice, the Kimmel Center held its second "Pay-to-Play" event. One of the musicians who attended and played the organ was kind enough to share her photos and comments about the day with us. Go and... | 0 Comments

Summer Solstice Celebration, June 23, 2007 (17:14) - The Kimmel Center's Summer Solstice Celebration is back, starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday and going strong until sunrise, early Sunday morning. View the schedule online to plan your night, links to the artists' sites are included. In addition to... | 5 Comments

Organ Recital Marathon, May 5, 2007 (12:00) - Our second organ concert in one day! This afternoon features four organists in mini-recitals, all performing very different programs. First, Sean Jackson, Director of Music at the St. John's Episcopal Church in Connecticut, performs organ pieces by Bach, Walton, Widor... | 4 Comments
Organ Family concert, May 5, 2007 (09:26) - This morning is Kimmel Center Presents second Organ Family concert. Alan Morrison, one of the organists from last season's recital marathon, returns to Verizon Hall along with the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass. The program for this morning features classical... | 0 Comments

From the Top broadcast, April 10, 2007 (17:23) - The Kimmel Center's second broadcast in a season! Tonight, From the Top will be taping their show from Verizon Hall. The broadcast will feature performances from local high school age musicians and the show's host, Christopher O'Riley. The show is... | 1 Comments

Wayne Marshall, March 14th, 2007 (08:36) - Wayne Marshall made his Kimmel Center debut last night, the second organist this season to do so. The beginning of Mr. Marshall's program featured works by Liszt and Dupré, the second half was selections from several different operas, plus some... | 5 Comments

Cherry Rhodes, October 14th (08:51) - Cherry Rhodes kicks off the first regular season of our Master Musicians, Organ series of performances. Ms. Rhodes has lots of local ties: she graduated from Curtis, made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and she was one of the... | 3 Comments

Nancy Wilson and Trudy Pitts, September 15th (08:42) - Opening night at the Kimmel Center belongs to two amazing women: first, Trudy Pitts became the first jazz artist to play the Cooper Organ, then legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson took center stage. It is fitting that the season started with... | 2 Comments

Kimmel Center Organ on NPR (14:28) - This piece aired on NPR's Morning Edition this morning with Miles Hoffman and Renee Montagne--in case folks missed it, have a listen here. They did a great job "de-mystifying" the king of instruments and its technical complexities.... | 0 Comments

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, May 25th (16:00) - This performance closes our two-week-long Organ Festival. Manfred Honeck leads the PSO with organist Jeffrey Brillhart, who is also Director of Music and Fine Arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, through works by Mozart, Poulenc and Tchaikovsky. The music critic... | 1 Comments

Golden Age Film Classics, May 21st (12:00) - This afternoon, two great silent films will be shown as they were meant to be seen, with improvised organ accompaniment. First up, The General starring Buster Keaton, and second, The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Tom Trenney will... | 1 Comments

Did You Pay to Play the Kimmel Center Organ? (13:00) - By all accounts, as the phone has been ringing off the hook here at the main switchboard, so turn out will have been fantastic for Saturday's Pay to Play on the new Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. Did you play?... | 18 Comments
Organ Family Concert, May 20th (09:00) - Peter Richard Conte, Grand Court Organist of the world famous Wanamaker Organ, performs classical favorites like Peter and the Wolf and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Philadelphia's own Mum Puppettheatre appears alongside Mr. Conte as does Jill Pasternak of WRTI. Did your... | 3 Comments

New York Times Most Popular Stories (07:55) - Wow, just an observation here, yesterday's New York Times story and review about the new Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ was one of the days' overall most popular stories, at #5 when I looked at it, and today it's still... | 2 Comments
Pay To Play (The organ...) (07:31) - As you may have read in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, in the finest tradition of Pay to Play, we're holding an event this Saturday from 1pm to 5pm, where anyone, regardless of skill level, can come to get a hands on... | 4 Comments

Kimmel Center Organ (16:26) - OK, the magnificent new Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ has made its long anticipated debut in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, and what a wild ride it has been. I knew there was interest in great organs in Philadelphia,... | 6 Comments

Pipe organ aficionados, unite! (10:54) - This could easily be the Kimmel Center’s rallying cry as we move ever closer to the debut of our magnificent pipe organ. Yesterday evening, the media, members of the American Guild of Organists, the Kimmel Center’s dedicated organ committee, staff... | 6 Comments