Independent Presbyterian Church
Friday, May 18, 2012
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2011 November Organ Recital Series
2011 November
Organ Recital Series
The forty-seventh annual November Organ Recital Series will take place at neighboring churches while the Schreiber Memorial Organ built by the Dobson Organ Company is being installed.
More than 150 artists representing the finest talent from the United States and Europe have performed on IPC's Aeolian-Skinner organ over the past 45 years. Please note that all the organ recitals are always free and open to the public. Advance tickets are not required. Please contact Barbara Fillmer at 205-933-3700 or bfillmer@ipc-usa.org if you have any questions.
All programs are offered as a gift to the community and are open to the public. This series is partially funded by the generosity of the late Mrs. Myrtle Jones Steele to the greater glory of God and in loving memory of her husband, Mr. William Calvin Steele, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace Jones. NOTE: The 2011 November Organ Recital Series will take place at neighboring churches while the Schreiber Memorial Organ built by the Dobson Organ Company is being installed.
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
 ISABELLE DEMERSQuebec, Canada
recital to take place at
St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church
1910 12th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 205-933-1140 Directions to St. Mary's Church The organ at St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands is a 55-rank Casavant built in 2001. Click here for organ specifications: Isabelle Demers at the organ is a force of nature-a "diminutive dynamo" to whom La Presse in Montreal attributed "vehement virtuosity." A native of Québec, she is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists. Read more about Isabelle Demers...
Read the Birmingham News review by Michael Huebner
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
 CHRISTOPHER HOULIHANNew York
recital took place at
Reid Chapel, Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Homewood, Alabama 35209
(205)726-2011 Directions to Reid Chapel, Samford
The young American musician Christopher Houlihan is widely acknowledged as one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists, and was booked to perform from coast to coast during his debut season under professional representation.
“Some of the best [organists] in the country…but the one to watch will be 23-year-old Christopher Houlihan from New York.” (The Des Moines Register, at AGO convention)   Sunday, November 20, 2011, 4:00 p.m.JEREMY FILSELL Artist-in-Residence at Washington National Cathedral
recital to take place at
The Episcopal Church of the Ascension
1912 Canyon Road
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
(205) 822-3480 Directions to Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Jeremy Filsell is Artist-in-Residence at Washington National Cathedral, and was previously Senior Organist of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. He has a discography of more than 25 CDs on both piano and organ and maintains a busy performance career on both instruments throughout Europe, Scandinavia and North America.
"I can't think when I've heard such exciting organ playing....a fiery player, one who understands that music rarely wants to relax too much....this is playing of a remarkable rhythmic nuance." (Scott Cantrell, The American Organist) Organists Who Have Played at Independent Presbyterian Church
for the Annual November Organ Recital Series (1965-2010)
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