A Collaborative Conference sponsored by The Saint Cecilia Schola Cantorum, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Westfield Center for Keyboard Studies entitled, "The Organ as Mirror of Religion and Culture:  Temperament, Sound, and Symbolism," will take place April 5 to 10, 2005, at Saint Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, in celebration of the new dual-temperament organ by Martin Pasi (Pasi Organbuilders Opus 14).  

This conference will feature lectures by Quentin Faulkner, Calvin M. Bower, Hans Davidsson, and Anthony Ruff, recitals by Hans Davidsson, David Dahl, Marie Rubis Bauer and Kevin Vogt, and liturgy sung by the Saint Cecilia Schola Cantorum with improvisations by Susan Ferré.  The event will focus on the consideration of new applications for historic principles of organ building, especially as concerns current cosmology, religious culture, and symbolism.

Pre- and post- conference events sponsored by Westfield include "A Temperamental Journey," April 5-7, an excursion to the National Music Museum in Vermillion, SD, including an introduction to the Pasi organ by Bill Porter, extemporizations, demonstrations on historic keyboards by Maryse Carlin,  Greg Crowell, David Dahl, Ulrika Davidsson, Susan Ferré, John Koster, Bill Porter, Christa Rakich, and  Susanne Skyrm, a concert by Andrew Willis, and panel discussions on questions of temperament.

A post-conference "Symposium on Temperament, Sound and Symbolism," on April 9th, will focus on the design and construction of the Pasi organ, with lectures by Ibo Ortgies, Charles S. Brown, and panel discussions with John Brombaugh, Gene Bedient, Martin Pasi among others, a final concert by Robert Bates, and Meet the Creators reception.

 Click HERE to see the event brochure.