Pedals & Pumps: A Festival of Organ Divas: Federica Iannella and Giuliana Maccaron July 3, 2008

Trinity Wall Street presents its third annual summer concert series featuring performances on its Marshall & Ogletree American Classic virtual pipe organ. This year’s program, Pedals and Pumps: A Festival of Organ Divas, highlights contemporary female musicianship and kicks off with a performance on July 3rd, 2008 by Italian concert organists and recording artists Federica Iannella and Giuliana Maccaron, who will use both chancel and gallery consoles during their concert, perform four-hand works by Morandi and Rossini.

The Marshall and Ogletree virtual pipe organ replaced the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ damaged by corrosive dust and debris following the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. Installed in 2003, the new instrument is actually two 85-stop organs comprising two consoles, a 2,000 pound tone generation system, two audio systems, and proprietary software operating on the Linux platform. In 2007, the Trinity vestry affirmed it as the permanent instrument of Trinity Church.
The concerts, which are open to the public at no charge, feature the organ console in full view of the audience. In addition, large, flat screen monitors are positioned so that the performers’ hands and feet can be seen close up. Concerts will be available for viewing live and on-demand at www.trinitywallstreet.org.

The festival is generously supported by Anchor-International Foundation, Richard Torrence, and Marshall Yaeger.

Additional performances by Germany’s Barbara Dennerlein (July 10), England’s Jane Watts (July 17), America’s Joyce Jones (July 24), Russia’s Ludmila Golub (July 31), and Korea’s Ahreum Han (August 7) – see below for complete schedule.

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