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**wvbwxol** · 11-24-2011, 02:05 AM

This is upsetting news ... Chapman College is one of the finest universities for the Fine Arts, and the GGCC would have made for an excellent teaching location, and would have allowed the congregation to continue worshiping on the site where they have gathered for nearly five decades.

What concerns me is the Hazel Wright Memorial Organ ... I am seriously hoping that the RC church will properly maintain this magnificent instrument, one of the top 5 largest organs in the world. The RC church typically underpays their musicians, so I am also hoping that they are able to obtain an organist that will be able to handle this instrument properly. Hopefully the local chapter of the AGO will be able to help them with this.

What I feel the most remorse for is the present congregation ... they are left out in the cold with no place to worship any longer ... well, they could attend Mass instead, but will no longer be able to hear their RCA ministers preach. I was one of about 20 applicants for an organist post there back in 1966 - obviously, I didn't get the job (their loss perhaps) ... the audition was on the original 3 manual Wicks that was in the first 'glass house' worship center, now called the Arboretum.

Guess, we'll just have to wait and see what happens next.

*RCA = Reformed Church in America (Dutch Reformed)

11-24-2011, 02:05 AM	#2
wvbwxol Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	This is upsetting news ... Chapman College is one of the finest universities for the Fine Arts, and the GGCC would have made for an excellent teaching location, and would have allowed the congregation to continue worshiping on the site where they have gathered for nearly five decades. What concerns me is the Hazel Wright Memorial Organ ... I am seriously hoping that the RC church will properly maintain this magnificent instrument, one of the top 5 largest organs in the world. The RC church typically underpays their musicians, so I am also hoping that they are able to obtain an organist that will be able to handle this instrument properly. Hopefully the local chapter of the AGO will be able to help them with this. What I feel the most remorse for is the present congregation ... they are left out in the cold with no place to worship any longer ... well, they could attend Mass instead, but will no longer be able to hear their RCA ministers preach. I was one of about 20 applicants for an organist post there back in 1966 - obviously, I didn't get the job (their loss perhaps) ... the audition was on the original 3 manual Wicks that was in the first 'glass house' worship center, now called the Arboretum. Guess, we'll just have to wait and see what happens next. *RCA = Reformed Church in America (Dutch Reformed)
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