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Zoe Kai Wai Lei is a passionate performer known for her impressive technique and imaginative musical programming. Named among the “20 under 30, Class of 2021” by The Diapason magazine for her achievements in organ, carillon, and harpsichord, Dr.

James Kibbie continues his annual tradition of offering free downloads of a recording on his house organ, a seven-stop Létourneau tracker, as an “audio holiday card.” This year’s recording, the 22nd in the series, is Karl Osterland’s Pastorale, available in MP3 format at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jkibbie 

Lynne David Firmin-Didot remembers her husband Pierre Firmin-Didot after his 100th birthday, with additional tributes.

James Kibbie will perform the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach in 18 recitals at the University of Michigan from September 2022 through April 2023. The programs are open to the public, in person or live-streamed, at no charge. Contributions may be made to the James Kibbie Endowed Scholarship fund supporting organ and sacred music students at the university.

James Kibbie maintains a full schedule of concert, recording, and festival engagements throughout North America and Europe, including appearances at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Royal Festival Hall in London, Dvořak Hall in Prague, and Lincoln Center in New York. During his month-long concert tour of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newspaper Pravda hailed him as “a marvelous organist, a brilliant interpreter.” A frequent jury member of international organ competitions, he has hims...

James Kibbie continues his annual tradition of offering free downloads of a recording on his house organ, a seven-stop Létourneau tracker, as an “audio holiday card.” This year’s recording, the 20th in the series, is Karl Osterland’s Personent hodie, available in MP3 format at www.umich.edu/~jkibbie.

Classical Voice of North Carolina), Michael Delfín is a versatile performer of historical keyboard instruments and the modern piano. Michael is the recipient of the 2018 Historical Keyboard Society of North America Bechtel/Clinkscale Scholarship and 2017 Catacoustic Consort Early Music Grant. He has performed for the Historical Keyboard Society of North America and the Central California Baroque Festival and has given lectures on historical performance topics for Early Music America, HKSNA, a...

James Kibbie James Kibbie continues his annual tradition of offering free downloads of a recording on his house organ, a seven-stop Létourneau tracker, as an “audio holiday card.” This year’s recording, the 19th in the series, is Florence Price’s Retrospection (An Elf on a Moonbeam), available in MP3 format at www.umich.edu/~jkibbie.