Bradley H. Welch in Concert. Resident Organist Meyerson Center, Dallas, TX

2700 E Speedway Blvd,Tucson AZ 85716

19 November, 2021

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Catalina Organ Festival began in 2014 with the dedication of the Quimby 57 rank 4 manual organ. 3 Major concerts are planned for 2021-2022 We are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 season performers. Nov. 19, 2021 Bradley Hunter Welch. February 18, 2022 Lynne Davis and March 18, 2022 David Briggs. The Organ Festival has hosted international performers like Olivier Latry, Kaitlyn Emerson, Kimberly Marshall, Raul Prieto Ramirez, and numerous other luminary artists. In the summers Catalina hosts 'In From the Heat' luncheons and recitals with regional organists from Arizona, New Mexico and California. The Catalina Organ Festival was established in 2014 by Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, Arizona.  The Ralph and Shirley Morgan Memorial Quimby Opus 70 4 manual Pipe Organ was dedicated on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014.   This is the 6th season of special organ music concerts in the sanctuary of the Catalina United Methodist Church. Dennis Grannan, principal organist, at Catalina is the curator for the festival.   The diversity of color and breadth of music that can be performed on this brilliant new instrument are immense.  Vocal ensembles with orachestra such as True Concord, Arizona Repertory Singers, Arizona Choral Society, Tucson Masterworks and Helios Ensemble choose this venue for their concerts. Catalina has a long and storied history of music in Tucson.   The Catalina Organ Festival has hosted international luminary organists such as Olivier Latry and Raul Preito Ramirez as well as many U. S. based artists.  Douglas Cleveland, Crista Miller, Pamela Decker, David Enlow,  John Schwandt, Peter Krasinski, Dorothy Papadakis, Isabelle Demers, Renee Anne Louprette, Chelsea Chen, Colin Lynch, Jan Kraybill, and Katelyn Emerson.These events are another chapter in the history of church music and performance in the southwest. [email protected]