Events

Join us as we celebrate the holidays at the lovely manse of Barbara Bradfield on White Rock Lake. Barbara has a lovely Sipe tracker that we are invited to play. The food will be prepared by members of our Program and Executive Committees and will feature meals from the Bach Reader. If you would like to join us in the fun of cooking, please do so!

Host:  Barbara Bradfield 

Sipe Organ

Dr. Malcolm Matthews, newly appointed Assistant Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at UNT, will present a continuo workshop with opportunities for showcasing skills.  

Host:  Joe Synder

The St. Thomas Aquinas Schudi/Casavant Organ Dedication Series joins the Robert T. Anderson Recital Series for this concert of music on the newly restored and enlarged IV/71 Schudi-Casavant Organ. Organist Chelsea Chen brings her dynamic playing to Dallas as part of the ongoing Dedication Series of this exciting project. 

Hosts:  RTA Committee and St. Thomas Aquinas Music Program

Schudi-Casvant Organ 

The organ crawl will feature the Fisk at SMU, the restored and renovated Schudi-Casavant at St. Thomas, and the Juget-Sinclair at Christ the King. This is a joint project with the Fort Worth AGO, a good opportunity to make new friends!

Hosts:  Stefan Engels, Dr. Michael Conrady, Jordan Peek

Organist Stephen Tharp brings his brilliant artistry back to Dallas to close out the Robert T. Anderson Recital Series in conjunction with the 10th anniversary season of the Juget-Sinclair organ.  

Hosts:  RTA Committee and Christ the King Music Program

Juget-Sinclair Organ 

We will close out the year with a banquet at Church of the Ascension, followed by a tribute to Charles Brown, and a neighborhood recital on the church’s Martin Pasi organ.  Volunteers will be needed to play this stunning organ!

Host:  Mark Unkenholz
Pasi Organ

Meal catered by La Calle Doce, featuring their fabulous fajitas.  There is a $20 fee for the Banquet 

Fun Fact: St. Matthew’s Cathedral was once the chapel for St. Mary’s College for Women. One of the more famous alumnus is Lady Bird Johnson! St. Matthew’s is a registered Texas Landmark. 

Hosts:  Keith Franks and Dean of the Cathedral, Father Rob Price

Loper/Sipe/Skinner/Pilcher Organ 

Winner of the 2023 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Bryan Anderson kicks off the Robert T. Anderson Recital Series for this program year on the III/58 Quimby Organ, Opus 61. Anderson is Director of Music at Saint Thomas' Episcopal Church and School in Houston. 

Hosts:  RTA Committee and Canyon Creek Presbyterian Music Staff

Quimby Organ 

Everett Titcomb is a seminal figure in church music.  We will hear and discuss selected choral and organ works by him.  If you would like to play an organ piece by Titcomb (there are many available on IMSLP),  please let us know.  Breakfast munchies furnished by Zion Lutheran.

Host: Dr. Scott Hyslop
Schlicker/Sipe Organ

This historic tracker organ by Robert Sipe and Rodney Yarbrough was built in 1962 and was the first of many instruments constructed in the Dallas-FW metroplex under the umbrella of the so-called organ reform movement. We will need volunteers to play this wonderful instrument!

Host:  Dr. Darrell St. Romain
Sipe/Yarbrough Organ