Author: Lynne Davis

On the great Marcussen organ in Wiedemann Hall, Lynne Davis, the Robert L. Town Distinguished Professor of Organ, presents another Wednesdays in Wiedemann recital at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11. It will also be livestreamed on the School of Music Facebook page.

Enjoy works by J.S. Bach, entitled “Back to Bach 2,” and more music by the celebrated Cantor of Leipzig in the setting of Wiedemann Hall with Bach’s own transcription of a Vivaldi concerto and his dramatic Fantasy and Fugue in G minor.

The Rie Bloomfield Organ Series 2023-24 season presents its first distinguished guest artist at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Wiedemann Hall on the great Marcussen organ.

Bradley Hunter Welch from Dallas will present an eclectic program including audience favorites and will participate in the popular “Conversation with the Artist” immediately following the intermission, an onstage interview with Lynne Davis, professor and series producer.

Tickets, with special student rates, can be purchased online, and the event will be livestreamed on the School of Music’s Facebook page.

The first Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Lynne Davis organ recital in the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series 23-24 season is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6 in Wiedemann Hall.

Performing on the great Marcussen organ in Wiedemann Hall, Davis will present a program of works by J.S. Bach: “Back to Bach”.  Admission is free and the event will be livestreamed on the WSU School of Music Facebook page.

Come one and all to hear the great Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 in Wiedemann Hall.

In addition to solo organ works by Widor and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, there will be a jazz band of students from Skiatook, Oklahoma High School performing the selections: “Girl from Ipanema,” “Feelin’ Good” and “In the Stone.”

WSU alums, Keysto Stotz and Bobby Kitchen will be directing the trombones, trumpets, saxophones drums, organ and piano.

Admission is available at no additional charge, and the event is livestreamed on the WSU School of Music Facebook page.

Join the College of Fine Arts in person or via livestream on the School of Music Facebook page for the final Distinguished Guest Artist in the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in Wiedemann Hall.

Tate Addis, a Wichita State alum, will perform works by Ager, Bossi, Barié, Isoir and Widor on the great Marcussen organ. Tickets are available online and at the door. And don’t miss the conversation with the artist immediately following the intermission.

Join Lynne Davis for the next Wednesdays in Wiedemann organ recital on the Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 in Wiedemann Hall. The event is also livestreamed on the WSU School of Music Facebook page.

Admission is open to everyone at no charge. The program includes the charming early-French music by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Suite II on the second tone, which shows off the beautiful tonal resources of the Marcussen pipe organ.

Join Lynne Davis for the next Wednesdays in Wiedemann organ recital on the Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Wiedemann Hall.

Admission is open to everyone at no charge, and the program includes impressionistic works by French composer Henri Mulet from his Byzantine sketches depicting a great cathedral in music.

Rie Bloomfield Organ Series Organ and Orchestra Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 in Wiedemann Hall.  The concert will be live-streamed on the WSU School of Music Facebook page.

Featured artists will be Lynne Davis on the Marcussen organ, Mark Laycock and the WSU Symphony Orchestra. Purchase tickets at wichita.edu/organ.

The Rie Bloomfield Organ Series welcomes organist Clive Driskill-Smith as its Distinguished Guest Artist at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Driskill-Smith was born in England and is currently based in St. Antonio, Texas. He will perform in beautiful Wiedemann Hall on the great Marcussen pipe organ in a program spanning several centuries.

Most concerts will be live-streamed on the WSU School of Music Facebook page. Wednesdays in Wiedemann are also available on the YouTube channel. For information on WSU’s degrees and certificate in organ email lynne.davis@wichita.edu or visit wichita.edu/organ.

Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Lynne Davis begins another season at 5:15 p.m. today at Wiedemann Hall.

The event will feature music by J.S. Bach, the same piece that was played for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, and César Franck, celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Admission for this event is free. This in-person event will also be livestreamed via the WSU School of Music Facebook page.