CYCLES IN TIME: A program exploring over 500 years of music written for the organ, from the 15th century to works by living composers
Dr. Kimberly Marshall is known worldwide for her compelling programs and presentations of organ music. She is an accomplished teacher and is currently the Patricia and Leonard Goldman Endowed Professorship in Organ at Arizona State University. She previously held positions at Stanford University and the Royal Academy of Music, London. Winner of the St. Albans International Organ Playing Competition in 1985, she has been a recitalist, workshop leader, and adjudicator at nine National Conventions of the American Guild of Organists. From 1996 to 2000, she served as a project leader for the Göteborg Organ Research Center (GOArt) in Sweden.
Marshall has performed throughout Europe, including concerts in London's Royal Festival Hall and St. Paul’s Cathedral; King's College, Cambridge; Norte-Dame Cathedral, Paris; and Chartres Cathedral. She has also performed on many historical organs, such as the Couperin organ in Paris and the Gothic organ in Sion, Switzerland. Her CD recordings feature music of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance, French Classical and Romantic periods, and works by J.S. Bach. Marshall’s expertise in medieval music is reflected in her recording, Gothic Pipes, as well as through her articles for the Grove Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. To increase awareness of early repertoire, she has published anthologies of late-medieval and Renaissance organ music.
The concert is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
About the Mildred Miles Crew Organ
The Mildred Miles Crew Organ is located in Occidental’s Margaret Brown Herrick Memorial Chapel and Interfaith Center. The three-manual organ has 59 ranks and over 3,000 pipes. The organ is dedicated to the memory of Mildred Miles Crew ’45 (1924-1964). It is heard regularly in both organ recitals and accompanying the Glee Club.
Though built near the height of the neo-baroque movement in organ building, the Crew Organ can convincingly perform a wide variety of repertoire thanks to the versatile design developed by Herman Schlicker in consultation with then college organist Clarence Mader. The organ’s voicing was further refined under the direction of Manuel Rosales in the early 1970s. To mark its 50th anniversary in 2016, the organ underwent a sensitive restoration by Rosales Organ Builders.
View the Crew Organ's Specifications
Read "Organ Recovery" from the Occidental magazine (Spring 2017)
Parking and Directions
Most buildings on the Occidental College campus share a single address (1600 Campus Road). Unfortunately, many online maps and navigations apps place this address in the middle of campus, far from the main entrance or parking lots. For better results, enter 1599 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041 into your GPS app. This will bring you to a building directly accross the street from the main entrance to campus (at the intersection of Alumni Avenue and Campus Road.)
Parking on campus is free and all parking lots are available to visitors after 5pm. See the map below for the parking areas closest to Herrick Chapel and for recommended walking routes.
