NOTES ON MY 50th SEASON
Commencing with a six-week research trip to Germany and The Netherlands, and culminating in a featured solo recital at the Biennial National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in San Francisco in July 2024, this special anniversary season was one of the most exciting and personally rewarding yet — celebrating 50 years playing the organ!
Highlights of the European tour included the historic organs of St. Jacobi and St. Katharinen in Hamburg, St. Jakobi in Lübeck, St. Johannes in Lüneburg, the Berlinerdom, the Karlshorst Church [Anna Amalia organ] in Berlin, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the Kreuzkirche in Störmthal, St. Wenzel in Naumburg, St. Jakobi and the Dom St. Marien in Freiberg, the Schloss (castle) in Alternburg, the Bach-Kirche in Arnstadt, St. Andreas in Ostönnen, the Orgelpark and Oudekerk in Amsterdam, and both organs of the Grote/Sint-Laurenskerk in Alkmaar.
The featured solo recital at the 2024 American Guild of Organists’ Biennial National Convention was the seventh such invitation, a rare honor in the profession. The program on the Dutch-inspired John Brombaugh op. 20 organ consisted of music by Bach, Sweelinck, Nepomuceno, and a world-premiere transciption of Buxtehude’s Sonata in A minor by the artist.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Diane Meredith Belcher is an internationally renowned, multi-faceted classical musician whose virtuoso performances have been described by American Record Guide as “glowingly brilliant, rhythmically vibrant, consistently expressive”, and by Orgel International as “exemplary in every respect”. Since her solo recital debut at age 15, she has garnered widespread acclaim, serving at such institutions as Holy Trinity Lutheran/Bach Vespers (New York), Dartmouth College, Saint Mark’s (Philadelphia), and Westminster Choir College. She resides in New Hampshire where she bases her freelance career of performing, teaching, composing, and writing.
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Photo Credits: Edward Feather Photography (portraits of Diane Meredith Belcher)
Len Levasseur (Aeolian-Skinner Organ op. 1203, The “Mother” Christian Science Church, Boston)