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Paul Blanchard

Bio: Paul Blanchard is Director of Music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Healdsburg, CA, where he is organist and choir director. Paul enjoys all eras of music, but he is particularly interested in Baroque organ music.
Email: pauleblanchard@gmail.com
Member Since: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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ELEGANT BACH AND BUXTEHUDE HIGHLIGHT HOULIHAN'S ORGAN RECITAL IN SCHROEDER
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Organist Christopher Houlihan presented an October 20 recital of mostly Bach and Buxtehude with a few detours into the Romantic Era, playing in Sonoma State’s Schroeder Hall’s wonderful Brombaugh instrument. He was enthusiastically received by the capacity audience.

The artist gave informative commentary during each half of the recital, and the Hall’s projection monitor showed his hands and feet playing at the console, located high above the stage. Most of the program was performed f... more

VIRTUOSIC VARIATIONS IN MORGAN'S SCHROEDER ORGAN RECITAL
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Organist Robert Huw Morgan’s artistry spun through the web of early variation form in a Mar. 18 recital on Schroeder Hall’s wonderful Brombaugh organ. Mr. Morgan, Stanford University’s resident organist, performs a wide range of repertoire, but as he said in comments to the audience, he loves when he gets “to play an early music recital.”

The program “Variations on a Theme” was bookended by giants of the Baroque, Buxtehude and Bach, with a scattering of gems in-between from the last Re... more

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STYLUS AND PLAYING FANTASTICUS IN YOUNG'S ORGAN RECITAL
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Organist Robert Young gave a wonderful tour through the stylus fantasticus (fantastic style) organ literature June 25 playing a recital on the Casavant organ at Church of the Incarnation in Santa Rosa. Mr. Young recently became the organist at the Church and previously served for 20 years as Music Director at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Kenwood.

The artist designed the program around two of the giants of the stylus fantasticus, Buxtehude and Georg Böhm, both of whom had a profoun... more

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ELEGANT ORGAN SALUTE TO THE REFORMATION
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Organist Jonathan Dimmock presented an April 30 recital in homage to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, playing Schroeder Hall’s wonderful Brombaugh instrument. Mr. Dimmock is the organist for the San Francisco Symphony, principal organist for the Palace of the Legion of Honor and teaches at Sonoma State University. He is co-founder of American Bach Soloists and founding President of Resonance, which uses music in international conflict resolution.

The artist designed the... more

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