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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
Going On Record
……another impromptu scan of some recently-received recordings showcasing the King of Instruments
Hear about our upcoming show
Houston AGO 2016 (III), Program No. 1818 (4/30/2018)
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Beautiful Belgium!
The next Pipedreams Group Tour takes us for the first time to Belgium (May 15-26, 2018), and you’re invited to join us! Brochure available here.
The Baronian Backstory
Michael Barone and PIPEDREAMS are the feature of a newly-released monograph from the American Guild of Organists. Read some of the back-story to the program and its host.
Meet Michael!
Michael Barone makes personal appearances here and there, and would love to greet you at one of these upcoming events:
May 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Barone is host for a Members Recital sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
May 6, 2018, 3:00 p.m.
Michael Barone visits 1st Lutheran Church in Bemidji, Minnesota to record Sarah Carlson in concert on the new Casavant pipe organ there.
May 10, Thursday, 2:00 p.m.
Michael Barone is host for an 'organ crawl' to three impressive pipe organs in Naples, FL.
May 15-26, 2018
Join Michael Barone and friends for the annual Pipedreams Group Tour of historic organs… covering 5 centuries of the organ-builder's art… in Belgium.
June 3, 2018, 3:00 p.m.
Michael Barone is host and interviews soloist Ahreum Han during a special program of organ with modern dance at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, PA.
June 23, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Join master-of-ceremonies Michael Barone for the annual family-friendly Kimmel Center Organ Day in Philadelphia. It's free!
July 5, 2018, 3:30-7:00 p.m.
Michael Barone hosts a PIPEDREAMS LIVE! event featuring the seven Quimby Rising Stars young artists, plus Michael Unger premiering the final pieces in the Pipedreams-commissioned set of Preludes and Fugues in Jazz Style by Henry Martin! Public invited!
You can 'meet Michael' in places that few have a chance to visit, inside the marvelous, magnificent and monumental Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's Philadelphia Department Store… via a superb behind-the-scenes visit with Wanamaker Organ curator Curt Mangel, via a detailed DVD that reveals much about this incredible music-making masterpiece.
In the spotlight
![[1985 Taylor & Boody organ at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts]](/gallery/us_northeast/massachusetts/images/worcester_holy-cross-college_taylor-boody_sm.jpg)
1985 Taylor & Boody organ
1985 Taylor & Boody organ at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Bach n’ All...
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National broadcasts of Pipedreams are made possible with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Wesley C. Dudley, MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation, by the contributions of listeners to American Public Media stations, and by the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, APOBA, representing designers and creators of fine instruments heard throughout the country, on the Web, and toll-free at 800-473-5270.