Portland organist Bill Crane will present a concert on the Celebration Works series on Sunday, April 6th at 3:00 pm. Dr. Crane is well-known to First Presbyterian as a substitute organist when Organist / Choirmaster Jon Stuber has been out of town. Dr. Crane graduated from Florida State and the Schola Cantorum in Paris, France and was organist/choirmaster at a large Episcopal church in Washington, DC as well as serving as carillonneur and chorister at Washington National Cathedral before coming to Portland. Well known for his solo playing and for his accompanying, he is currently on the adjunct faculty of Pacific University in Forest Grove and on the staff of the Confluence Project in Vancouver, WA.
Dr. Crane has titled his program "A Vivid Yes!" and he explains the title this way: "I chose the title 'A Vivid Yes' because I wanted to present a program that studiously avoids all that is pious, tentative, or introspective from the organ's vast literature. We live in a time of terrible anxiety, not to mention a terrible war, and I want to play a program that is entirely about 'yes,' about why we can and must remain hopeful in the face of everything. Any artist's protest -- and that is something I wish to do with this concert -- is probably 'meaningless,' but at least for an hour, the artist and the audience can refute all that would say that the world is not a place of abundance and hope. This will be a program solely about confidence and affirmation, in however an abstract form.
"I am especially pleased to have been invited to give this concert at First Presbyterian because of the wonderful organ there, a great big 'yes' in its own right. Too, it's a honor to join the ranks of the many distinguished artists who have performed there and continue to do so."
Concert tickets are sold at the door on the day of the concert. General admission: $10. Seniors/Students: $8. Parking in the underground garage is free for concert goers.
Dr. Crane has titled his program "A Vivid Yes!" and he explains the title this way: "I chose the title 'A Vivid Yes' because I wanted to present a program that studiously avoids all that is pious, tentative, or introspective from the organ's vast literature. We live in a time of terrible anxiety, not to mention a terrible war, and I want to play a program that is entirely about 'yes,' about why we can and must remain hopeful in the face of everything. Any artist's protest -- and that is something I wish to do with this concert -- is probably 'meaningless,' but at least for an hour, the artist and the audience can refute all that would say that the world is not a place of abundance and hope. This will be a program solely about confidence and affirmation, in however an abstract form.
"I am especially pleased to have been invited to give this concert at First Presbyterian because of the wonderful organ there, a great big 'yes' in its own right. Too, it's a honor to join the ranks of the many distinguished artists who have performed there and continue to do so."
Concert tickets are sold at the door on the day of the concert. General admission: $10. Seniors/Students: $8. Parking in the underground garage is free for concert goers.
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