A weekly series offered each Monday during the academic year, these informal half-hour recitals are held in the Music Hall Recital Hall, and begin at 5:20 pm. Admission is free. Stop in after work and hear ISU students, faculty, and guests performing solo works for organ and for organ in combination with other instruments. The purpose of the series, which began in 1995, is to promote organ music and the department's beautiful Brombaugh concert organ. A compilation lists all the compositions and their respective performers featured during the past year. Join us for the next program.
This annual event, established in 1987 and sponsored by the Sukup family of Sheffield, Iowa, brings area organists to ISU for performances. Nancy Farndale from Waldorf College in Forest City was featured in a program on September 12, 1997. Information is provided on all past artists appearing in the series.
Lynn Zeigler presented an "infocital" on February 13, 1998, which featured the entire Orgelbüchlein of J.S. Bach.
Basically Baroque performed a program on February 22, 1998 with guest artist James Tener, baritone.
Each year special guest artists are invited to perform on campus.
Dorthy de Rooij from the Netherlands, presented a workshop "The organ music of the 16th and 17th centuries in the Netherlands, and its relationship to Iberian music" on October 26th. She also presented a recital later that same evening. Admission was charged, however students were admitted free.
Christina Bausmann, winner of the National Organ Competition of the American Guild of Organists gave a recital on Tuesday, March 3, 1998.
Organ major Lois Miller presented her senior recital on December 5, 1997, assisted by former organ major David Knippel.
An event featuring a guest artist in a Friday evening recital and a Saturday workshop. Information on past artists begins with 1987.
The Music Department offers a unique summer camp, now in its fifth season, providing opportunities to study the organ, harpsichord, piano, or carillon. Students have solo and ensemble experiences on the Brombaugh organ in the Recital Hall, the Stanton Memorial Carillon on central campus, and the department's harpsichords, grand pianos, and digital keyboards (including the MIDI studios.) Students live in the residence halls and, in the evenings, relax and have fun. The camp culminates with a concert where participants demonstrate their newly acquired skills.
The Department maintains a current and comprrehensive list of all of its events. Be sure to check this page as well to always find the latest information.
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