Independent Presbyterian Church
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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New Joseph W. Schreiber Organ To God be the Glory in all our music, worship and mission. IPC’s identity is bound within the glorious worship of Christ in our sanctuary where we gather to hear God’s Word read and proclaimed and from where we are sent as God’s disciples.
Newly installed organ casework. photo by Paul Romjue
 The Blessing of the Pipes
 Click here for details and photos of the BLESSING OF THE PIPES on Wednesday, October 12. 2011. at 8:00 a.m. We celebrated the arrival of the new Joseph W. Schreiber organ as we sang and prayed the pipes into the sanctuary! The Joseph W. Schreiber Memorial Organ
Independent Presbyterian Church Birmingham, Alabama Opus 90, 2012 As our weekly worship bulletin reminds us,
“The Service of Worship begins with the music of the organ. Through its power and brilliance may you feel the majesty and glory of God, and in its quietness, His peace.”
The new Joseph W. Schreiber Organ will be completed and dedicated in May 2012. Following are the various events associated with the dedication of the new organ. All are free and open to the public.
May 2012
THE DEDICATION OF THE JOSEPH SCHREIBER MEMORIAL ORGAN
BUILT BY THE DOBSON ORGAN COMPANY
Lake City, Iowa
Opus 90
 Sunday, May 6, 2012 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.
Festival Dedication Service Featuring organist Jeff McLelland and the IPC Choir Commissioned works: “O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord” by Howard Keever (choral) “Tuba Tune” by David Briggs (organ) Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:00 p.m.
A Concert for Organ and Brass Dr. Jeff R. McLelland, organ Ambassador Brass Quintet and timpani  Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:00 p.m.
A Solo Organ Recital by Ken Cowan Westminster Choir College “It is difficult to find enough adjectives to describe Ken Cowan’s playing. He is simply one of the best anywhere!” The Diapason
Ken Cowan is one of North America’s finest concert organists. Praised for his dazzling artistry, impeccable technique and imaginative programming by audiences and critics alike, he maintains a rigorous performing schedule which takes him to major concert venues across America, Canada and Europe. Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:00 p.m.
A Festival Concert IPC Choir Members of the Alabama Symphony A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms and festive anthems with organ
 To God be the Glory in all our music, worship and mission. IPC’s identity is bound within the glorious worship of Christ in our sanctuary where we gather to hear God’s Word read and proclaimed and from where we are sent as God’s disciples. IPC Capital Campaign for new roof, sanctuary refurbishment, and a new organ
 Opus 90
Signed, Sealed and Now Delivered…
Update: The organ is being installed and will be ready in May 2012.
IPC signed a contract with the prestigious Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. of Iowa to build our Joseph W. Schreiber Memorial Organ! Dobson designated our organ their “OPUS 90” and the detailed specifications of the new 3-manual, 6-division, 82-rank, 4785-pipe instrument can be perused on their website www.dobsonorgan.com.
While the Dobson studio begins building the organ in Iowa, we here at IPC will be concluding a $1.8 million capital campaign this fall (2010) to provide for speaking pipes in the new organ façade and to complete the necessary sanctuary renovations and preparations to receive the new organ in 2012.
Please thank the members of the Organ Task Force, the House and Properties Committee, the Worship Committee, Music Committee, Fine Arts Committee, Finance Committee and SPOT (Sanctuary Project Oversight Task Group) as well as the members of Session for leading us through the necessary years of study, prayer, discernment, and discussion that have brought us to this significant time in the life of IPC.
The Joseph W. Schreiber Memorial Organ
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