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1990 Visser-Rowland organ at the Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN

1970 Aeolian-Skinner organ at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
1964 Moeller organ at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

1956 Aeolian-Skinner+ organ at Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY
1982 Oberlinger at the Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany
Embellished by the pipe organ’s many colors, these compositions were inspired by African and Afro-American themes.
THOMAS KERR: Anguished American Easter, 1968 –Herndon Spillman (1990 Visser-Rowland/Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN) Titanic CD-205 (Titanic Records)
SETH BINGHAM: Sailing over Jordan –James Welch (1986 Schoenstein/Saint Elizabeth’s Church, San Francisco, CA) Arkay CD-6169 (James Welch site)
WILLIAM B. COOPER: Dies irae –Mickey Thomas Terry MPR Archive (recorded 1/20/03)
WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Memphis Man –James Hicks (1996 Austin/Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ) Pro Organo CD-7187 (Zarex Corporation)
SCOTT JOPLIN: Maple Leaf Rag –Keith Thompson (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC) Echos of Heaven CD-4721 (Echoes of Heaven)
HORACE ALDEN MILLER: Steal away –Samuel John Swartz (1928 Skinner/Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA) Motette CD-10901
RUTH NORMAN: Reflections –Mickey Thomas Terry (1964 Möller/National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) MPR Archive (recorded 7/8/01)
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Gospel Prelude, Book 4, no. 1 (Sometimes I feel like a motherless child). DEREK BERMEL: 2 Songs from Nandom –Pamela Ruiter Feenstra (1995 Schantz/Westwood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, CA) MPR Archive (recorded 3/8/97)
CALVIN TAYLOR: Spirituals (No. 2, This little light of mine; No. 5, Soon I will be done). FELA SOWANDE: Prayer (Oba a ba ke) –Edward M. Maki-Schramm (1956 Aeolian-Skinner+/Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY) MPR Archive (recorded 3/9/03)
LAWRENCE SCHREIBER: Fantasy on African-American Themes –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Edition Lade CD-016