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Are You Curious About The Group?

     If you are then we have a great surprise for you!  Sarah H. and Matt have been doing a great job of updating and keep track of our activities as well!  They have a much larger blog site devoted to this organ crawl!  On there you can find many more pictures and videos and different accounts of what is going on.  Check it out.  

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     Another really cool update to the LVC Blog is the update of the "Who We Are" page which tells the viewer all about the students on the trip!  Check it out using the link below to figure out who all these students (and our wacky professor) are that went to Salt Lake City and learn a little bit more about them.  

Who We Are

May 22nd - Pictures

More Pictures from Tuesday

 

May 22nd - Tuesday

Tuesday - A Variety of Adventures!

The Organ at the University of Utah

     The organ in the Libby Garner Recital Hall was quite the instrument indeed!  We had a great tour of the chambers and then each had 15-20 minutes to play some pieces and play around with the great stops it had to offer.  Linda, one of the part-time organists on Temple Square and one of the faculty at the University, was our gracious guide for the morning and was amazingly helpful!  
     This organ was in a french romantic style and the room itself was quite amazing!  By far one of the best performance venues we have seen.  As Dwight later posted on facebook, "a rendering of the future Lutz Hall."  We were so excited to be able to play the organ and had a great time.  Keep checking back for more pictures!

The Cathedral of the Madeleine

     You may recognize the name of this Cathedral as we were here just a few days ago for mass and a concert!  Well this afternoon we finally got to play the organ in the loft!  This organ is actually from Ireland (well at least an Irish building).  Again this instrument was inspired by the french romantic style of building and was an exhilarating experience to play!  We spent three hours in the cathedral checking out every aspect of this instrument.  
      On another side note:  It turns out that the organist went to school with our professor Dr. Moorman-Stahlmn!  What a weird coincidence.  The world really is a very small place when you think about it!
     Again, check back for more photos of this organ and our adventures at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.      

A Hike to The Peak!

     Something we were told that we had to do while we were in Utah was go for a hike, and so that was our final activity on Tuesday!  We decided (with the recommendation of Linda and her husband) to go hike up the mountain that Brigham Young hiked to scope out the valley.  Check back for photos of our epic hike!  The stories can only be told with appropriate photo evidence, who would have guessed that Dr. MS could make it up that mountain (ok not the biggest surprise, but the enthusiasm was).  
     The best part of getting back to the condo after the Hike was having an awesome home cooked meal.  We had gone out earlier in the day and bought food for grilling including burgers, fruit, and veggies.  We had an awesome meal and reminisced about our trip before heading off to bed and packing up to go home on Wednesday.

May 21st - The Recital

Tabernacle Recital by LVC Organists

Starting at 6:00 PM the Tabernacle was closed to all visitors excluding the LVC group and we began setting up for our organ recital.  This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, usually even we would be asked to leave at this point in the day.  However, the church was gracious enough to let us have a recital and let us record it, they were really accommodating and really a wonderful group of people.  Dr. Elliott had to leave for personal reasons, however we had a special visitor.  Linda, one of the part time organists, and her husband Bert came to be with us during our recital!  Once the camera was set up we began to play!  Here is the program that we played:

"Allegro" from Sonata II                                                                       Felix Mendelssohn

Margaret Taylor, organist 

Little Prelude in G Minor                                                                                J. S. Bach

Sarah Herb, organist

O Welt, ich muss dich lassen                                                                Johannes Brahms

Lauren Anderson, organist

Introduction Choral from the Suite Gothique                                             Leon Boellman

Sarah Wagner, organist

Galeries Ancien                                                                                       Dennis Janzer

Matthew Topping, organist

Festive Trumpet Tune                                                                              David German

Dillon Steifeneder, organist

Jubilation                                                                                                   Larry Visser

Andy Kittleson, organist

Toccata                                                                                                   John Weaver
Tyler Canonico, organist

The Peace May be Exchanged from Rubrics                                                  Dan Locklair  

Dwight Weaver, organist

Finale from Sonata I                                                                         Alexandre Guilmant

Justin Weilnau, organist

Litanies                                                                                                      Jehan Alain

Charles Grove, organist

Prelude and Fugue on the Name of Alain                                                  Maurice Durufle

Shelly Moorman-Stahlman, organist

**If there is a video available, the organists name will be a link to the video on YouTube, feel free to view and enjoy!

May 21st - Cont.

More Pictures from the Day on Temple Square