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Sixtieth anniversary of SU’s renowned Holtkamp organ to be celebrated with two free concerts

Monday, November 15, 2010, By Erica Blust
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Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the Syracuse chapter of the American Guild of Organists will celebrate the 60th anniversary of SU’s historic Holtkamp organ on Sunday, Nov. 21, with two concerts in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. Both events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Irving Garage.

holtkampOn Nov. 21 at 5 p.m., the SU Symphony Orchestra will perform under the direction of James Tapia, co-interim director of VPA’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. The program will include Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, featuring Kola Owolabi, University organist and Setnor School faculty member, performing on the Holtkamp organ. The concert will also include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.”

On Nov. 21 at 8 p.m., Will Headlee G’53, SU professor emeritus of organ, will perform a recital of pieces he particularly connects to the Holtkamp organ. These include works by Lübeck, Bach, Franck, Bingham and Messiaen.

Setnor Auditorium’s organ was rebuilt by Walter Holtkamp in 1950 and dedicated on Nov. 13 of that year by Arthur Poister, then-professor of organ. The organ consists of 3,823 pipes, some of which are from the original organ built by Frank Roosevelt in 1889 and rebuilt by the Estey Organ Co. in 1924.

The organ’s visual design and musical effectiveness have drawn visitors from all over the world. It was awarded a Certificate of Historic Merit by the Organ Historical Society (OHS) in 1989. It is the youngest organ to receive an OHS citation.

“Walter Holtkamp had unrivaled ability in the visual design of organs built entirely in the open and without cases,” says Headlee. “His ‘form-follows-function’ principles allied him strongly with architects like Eliel and Eero Saarinen and Marcel Breuer, with whom he built organs in other places.”

For more information about the concerts, contact the Setnor School at (315) 443-2191. Watch live Setnor School of Music concert performances at http://vpa.syr.edu/music/live-performances.

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