Organ Demonstration Recital Schedule
3:00 p.m.

Recitals will be in the Temple unless otherwise indicated:

September
All recitals will be in the Auditorium.

• September 7 - Blake West

• September 14 - "Looking Toward Fifty" Staff Organist Recital

• September 21 - Jan Van Otterloo

• September 28 - Barry Wenger

October
All recitals will be in the Auditorium.

• October 5 - TBA

• October 12 - TBA

• October 19 - TBA

• October 26 - Terry Foster

International Flute Orchestra

Sunday, August 10, at 8:00 p.m.
The Auditorium (Note location change) •  Freewill Offering

The International Flute Orchestra is an association of approximately 40 musicians from all over the United States and Canada. The members are all college teachers and/or orchestral musicians. They have performed in major cities in Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, England, Spain, Eastern Europe (Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, and Zagorje), China, Russia (St. Petersburg), Latvia, Estonia, Greece, and will be performing in Chile in 2008. Their aim is to improve relations between countries, and they spend time with musicians in the various countries they visit.

Their performance at the Community of Christ Auditorium will be their first public performance in the United States.

Program

Nabucco Overture - Giuseppe Verdi / arr. Shaul Ben-Meir

La Boutique Fantastique - Gioacchino Rossini / arr. Shaul Ben-Meir
     Overture
     Danse Cosaque
     "Can-Can"
     Tarantella

As Eagles Flew - Phyllis Louke

Old and New China - Alan Leech

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt / arr. Shaul Ben-Meir

Four Japanese Folk Songs - arr. Robert L. Cathey
     Kuroda Bushi
     The Girl of Shonai
     Soran Bushi
     Katsatsu Bushi

Air from County Derry (from Gaelic Suite) - arr. J. Kreines

Russian Sailor's Dance - Reinhold Glière / arr. Shaul Ben-Meir

from Three Korean Folk Songs - arr. Kelly Via
     Airang
     Gold Grass

Spanish Dance - Manuel de Falla / arr. Shaul Ben-Meir

"Looking Toward 50" Staff Organists Recital

Sunday, September 14, at 3:00 p.m.
The Auditorium •  Admission is Free

Almost fifty years ago, Community of Christ's Auditorium Organ was built by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Immediately after its installation in 1959, the organ became--and remains--perhaps the most important example of the company's work from the period.

Some of the approximately thirty staff organists, representing at least six different faith traditions, invite you to enjoy music played on this instrument during the last 50 years as we anticipate the 50th anniversary of this magnificent instrument.

Performers and Program

Jon Bertschinger
     Matinal - George Frederick McKay

Junia Braby
     Concerto #2 in C Minor (BWV 593) - J.S. Bach
          Allegro

John Davies
     Carillon de Westminster - Louis Vierne

Terry Foster
     Fantasy for Organ - Dana Mengel

Jeff King
     Toccata and Fugue in F Major - Dietrich Buxtehude

Jan Kraybill
     Fanfare in C Major - Henry Purcell

Pam Robison
     Prelude on "Admonition" - Mary Ellen Sutton

Barbara Tankard-Thatcher
     Meditation - Jan Bender

Jan Van Otterloo
     Toccata - Maurice Duruflé

"Sing of the Kingdom"
Peace Colloquy Hymn Sing

Saturday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m.
The Auditorium  •  Admission is Free

Jan Kraybill, Principal Organist and Director of Music for the Community of Christ, and Jack Ergo, Associate Professor of Music at Graceland University, will lead a lively, vibrant service of singing about God's peaceable kingdom as part of the 2008 Peace Colloquy.

Organ Spectacular - Celebrating the King of Instruments

Sunday, October 19, at 3:00 p.m.
Check Back for Location •  Admission Is Free

Join the American Guild of Organists for the world's largest organ recital! On October 19, 2008, the AGO's International Year of the Organ celebration will feature simultaneous concerts around the globe. The Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will feature its choral group Schola Cantorum, Region VI winner of the Regional Competition for Young Organists Adam Peithmann, and local organists Jan Kraybill and Jan Van Otterloo in their contribution to this special program celebrating the organ.

Handel's Messiah

Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m.
The Auditorium •  Tickets Required

The Independence Messiah Choir and the Kansas City Symphony will present George Frederic Handel's inspiring oratorio, Messiah, on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. in the Community of Christ Auditorium, River Boulevard and Walnut Street, Independence, Missouri.

Tickets will be available through the Kansas City Symphony.
Call 816/471-0400 (M-F 10 a.m.-5 p.m.)
All seats are reserved. Handicapped seating is available upon request.

Graceland University Advent Concert

Sunday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m.
Check Back for Location •  Admission is Free

Join with Graceland University's Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, University Chorus, and Graceland Orchestra for a concert of music celebrating the Christmas season. Student and faculty soloists will be featured in a program of carols, seasonal songs, and expressions of hope and peace come to the world.

Jan Kraybill CDs

Jan Kraybill's latest CD release is Rejoice and Remember: Piano Music for All Seasons. This recording, released December 2005, contains piano arrangements of hymns and spirituals in various styles, including the arrangement of "I Need Thee Every Hour" that Dr. Kraybill played during President Steve Veazey's ordination service in June 2005, and many other congregational favorites. Buy now.
 

Jan Kraybill's debut CD release is Two by 2. The two magnificent organs at Community of Christ's International Headquarters are showcased in two massive organ symphonies: Leo Sowerby's rarely-heard Symphony in G, and Charles-Marie Widor's well-known Symphony No. 5, with its famous Toccata, performed by Dr. Jan Kraybill, Community of Christ's Principal Organist and Director of Music. Buy now.