St. James Concert Series
2009-2010 Schedule
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Raul Prieto Ramirez
International Organist
7:00 pm, Friday, October 22, 2010

When he was appointed at age 27 as the first Organist-in-Residence at the Auditorio Nacional de Musica in Madrid, Spain's national concert hall, Ramirez increased attendance at the hall's organ recitals by a multiple of 30 during the first six months. His special appeal to audiences and critics alike owes much to his thrilling performances, given entirely from memory, which combine dazzling virtuosity with great expressive power. His performances on YouTube are being enjoyed by an ever-growing international network of devotees. At his annual recital on the largest organ in Catalonia, at the Basilica in Mataro, Spain, he regularly draws an audience of over a thousand. Raul has performed with the Spanish National Orchestra, the Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra, and the National Spanish Choir.

Helen VanAbbema Rodgers
Organist
7:00 pm, Friday, November 12, 2010

Helen is the Director of Music Ministries at St. James, a position held since 1992. She coordinated both pipe organ installations, the 1896, 14 rank Hook & Hastings chapel organ, and the 1968, 63 rank Schlicker, Heissler organ from a church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Highlights of her career have been to play organs in England, Scotland, France, East Germany and Spain, as well as conducting the St. James Choir as they toured in Italy summer of 2006. Featured in this concert: Dr. Edmund Winston, Clarinet