Coined as the “king of instruments” by Mozart, the pipe organ has an extensive history behind its use and creation. It has undergone many transformations throughout the centuries, however, one thing ...
For nearly five years Martin Pasi has been enveloped in the art and craft of creating his Opus XIX, the new organ at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. With a team of five metal and wood workers, ...
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS (AP) -- For Vern Krech, it's like saying goodbye to an old friend. A lifelong member of Old Emanuel Lutheran Church in Inver Grove Heights, Krech, 67, is preparing to bid farewell ...
The “Lullaby Factory” is a fantastical adventure in design that uses a building’s existing quirks to entertain and delight sick kids. The view from a children’s hospital in London used to be pretty ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – It’s described as the largest musical instrument in the world, yet an audience can barely see it. The historic organ at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City boasts more than ...
The organ — whether concert hall or church variety — has long shown signs of becoming an endangered species. Churches have been dumping their instruments for years, and for a while the organ became so ...
Mike Silverman wanted to be an original—just like most new musicians coming onto the already crowded indie music scene. But, he took it one step further than the rest: if he couldn’t manage to create ...
KILGORE, Tex. — East Texas is about to be booming. Not from the fracking that is waking the small cities outside of Dallas, but from an arts revival that is tapping into another local resource — one ...
Hunter Falkowski and Casey Stankowski have known each other since elementary school, just finished their junior year of high school and both play drums in the Wausau West band. But during the recent ...