Author: Lynne Davis

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.

The 22-23 RBOS season is chock full of exciting performances ahead on the great Marcussen organ in Wiedemann Hall. The first concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, and will feature Lynne Davis on the organ and Mark Laycock directing the WSU Symphony Orchestra.

Don’t miss the other distinguished guest artists and the half-hour Wednesdays in Wiedemann. Admission is free.

The last Rie Bloomfield Organ Series distinguished artist event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Wiedemann Hall via Facebook Live. The event will feature organ virtuoso Christopher Houlihan, from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Houlihan perform a program including works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Dupré, Debussy, and Vierne on the great Marcussen organ at Wiedemann Hall.

The last organ recital of the 2021-22 season of the Wednesdays in Wiedemann series will be performed by Lynne Davis at 5:15 p.m. April 6 at Wiedemann Hall or via livestream on Wichita State’s School of Music Facebook page. The half-hour program will include works by César Franck (1822-2022) the 200th anniversary of whose birth is being celebrated this year. This event is free and open to the public.

Lynne Davis, who suffered a hand injury in October 2021, will perform again on the Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. today, March 2 at Wiedemann Hall. The event is free and open to the campus community with live-streaming also available on the Wichita State School of Music Facebook page.