Dear List Members,
This Tuesday, we welcome the return of Dr. Laura Edman to play the Tuesday organ recital, which, among other things, will feature the fantastic “Résurrection” movement from Marcel Dupré’s “Symphonie-Passion". Dr. Edman is the Instructor in Organ, University of Wisconsin — River Falls. Her program and biography are below.
Also, next week, 22 May, will be the last Tuesday recital of the season, featuring the Seipp/Sheets Duo (trumpet and organ). Randall Sheets is the Ceremonial Organist at Arlington National Cemetery, and Chuck Seipp is a Sargent Major (Retired) who was with the United States Army Band.
Recitals begin at 12:35 pm, directly after the 12:10 pm Mass, and the public is most welcome. There is no charge.
Directions to the church may be found on the church website, as well as information about the organ: <http://stlouiskingoffrance.org>.
The Church is located at the Tenth Street Station on the Green Line.
Brian Carson
Choirmaster-Organist
The Church of Saint Louis, King of France
Cedar and Tenth Streets
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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PROGRAM
Toccata 6 — Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693)
Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 — Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Fanfare for Nottingham — Naji Hakim (b. 1955)
Five Short Pieces — Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
2. Folk Tune
Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 — Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
IV. Résurrection
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BIOGRAPHY
Laura Edman is an active performer in the Twin Cities area. She received a D.M.A. in organ performance from the University of Minnesota. Her organ teachers have included Heinrich Fleischer, Russell Saunders, Robert Luther and Dean Billmeyer.
Dr. Edman is Adjunct Instructor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and is the organist at First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater, MN. She is an active member of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and served as dean of the chapter from 2012-2014. She served as organist for fourteen years at The Church of St. Michael in Stillwater prior to her position at First Presbyterian Church.
Edman was one of five participants who performed in the 2007 Summer Institute for French Organ Studies in Poitiers and Epernay, France. In September 2016, she attended the GoArt Organ Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden and studied with Harald Vogel.
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