The WSU Symphony Orchestra performs in concert with faculty artist Lynne Davis, the Robert L. Town Distinguished Professor of Organ, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 in Wiedemann Hall. The program features music by Handel, Walton and Saint-Saens, and will be led by Mark Laycock.
Davis is the recipient of the 2027 Distinguished Artist Award by the American Guild of Organists. She holds France’s Certificat d’Aptitude de Professeur d’Orgue and has served as organ professor at the Conservatory of Music in Clamart and at the French National Regional Conservatory in Caen. She is the artistic director of the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series and the Wednesdays in Wiedemann recitals. The year 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the installation of the Marcussen organ in Wiedemann Hall.
Davis and the orchestra will perform Handel’s “Organ Concerto” in F Major, Walton’s “Crown Imperial” Coronation March and Saint-Saens’s Third Symphony. Reese Bergman, a senior majoring in music education with a minor in chemistry, will conduct “Crown Imperial.”
Tickets are available at the WSU Fine Arts Box Office by calling 316-978-3233 or visiting wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice.