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Season 5 at Curtis at All Hallow’s. Congrats to new student Ted Babbitt on a stellar performance in front of a most appr...
09/20/2026

Season 5 at Curtis at All Hallow’s. Congrats to new student Ted Babbitt on a stellar performance in front of a most appreciative audience. The old EM Skinner never disappoints!

Congrats to Curtis Organ Studio and improv students of Jeff Brillhart! One of the most famous organ competitions in the ...
08/19/2026

Congrats to Curtis Organ Studio and improv students of Jeff Brillhart! One of the most famous organ competitions in the world, the Haarlem organ festival competition in improvisation, saw an unprecedented number of American organists competing in the live rounds this year as 4 of the 8 competitors were American and 3 of those 4 are Curtis
students/alumni. Andy Brown and Daniel Carroll are current students at Curtis and Alex
Leonardi, a recent graduate, were all competitors in this summers competition. Alex and Andy made history as the second and third Americans to ever make the final round and the first ever to win prizes. Andy was awarded the “Winner of the Prize for the Best Improvisation of the Competition’’ and Alex was awarded the “Audience Prize”

Dobson Opus 100 debuted for the Organ Historical Society for their 70th anniversary convention in Philly. Alan Morrison ...
08/16/2026

Dobson Opus 100 debuted for the Organ Historical Society for their 70th anniversary convention in Philly. Alan Morrison showcased the instrument in works by Whitlock, Mozart, Karg-Elert, Kerr and Price. Numerous alums were present for the convention including five performers (Ahreum Han, Paolo Bordignon, Nathan Laube, Ken Cowan, and Alan Morrison). Alums Monte Maxwell, Wesley Parrott, Isza Wu were also present!

Dobson Opus 100 made her debut last evening in an official “soft opening” in a concert featuring music for organ and Bra...
03/07/2026

Dobson Opus 100 made her debut last evening in an official “soft opening” in a concert featuring music for organ and Brass. Works by Gigout, Laurin, Jean Baptiste Robin, Guilmant and Franck along with other festive works proved what a fine, cohesive and expressive this instrument can be in ensemble. Now we are preparing for the official solo dedication on March 31! Pictured are some Dobson crew with students. The second photo included recent alum Isza Wu who made a special trip from Washington, DC!

I had a wonderful time these past few days hosting Thomas Ospital, organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire and organi...
02/12/2026

I had a wonderful time these past few days hosting Thomas Ospital, organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire and organist at St. Eustache. He’s a bundle of fun energy and it seems all we did was eat and talk shop. But in between he gave a delightfully inspiring class for my students. Shout out to James Kealey for hosting us on the Rieger organ at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. Students Andy Brown, Jessie Zixi Deng, Daniel Carroll, Daniel Colaner and Sarah Palmer played the following repertoire:
Alain - Dieuxieme Fantasie
Vierne - Toccata (Second Suite)
Franck - Prière
Dupré - Prelude and Fugue in B Major
Duruflé- Fugue on Alain

01/23/2026

Dobson Opus 100 is coming along brilliantly! Fundraising has gone extremely well and there’s still time to donate to the instrument and the maintenance endowment- any amount - to be included on the donor plaque. You may contact [email protected] for more info by Feb 1! Save the date of March 31 for our dedication. 😃

Second week of school included a nice organ class of music by Hampton, Barber, Dupré, Vierne and Ravel.
09/12/2025

Second week of school included a nice organ class of music by Hampton, Barber, Dupré, Vierne and Ravel.

It’s really happening! Dobson Opus 100 is coming along nicely. I’m fairly certain this is the first teaching console eve...
09/12/2025

It’s really happening! Dobson Opus 100 is coming along nicely. I’m fairly certain this is the first teaching console ever built but don’t quote me. More to come!

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