St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church
800 Taylor Dr
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Sunday: March 23, 2:00 PM
For more information please call (520) 226-5574

Dr. Pamela Decker will be performing at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Sierra Vista on The 1949 Moeller organ, opus 7867 (III/30) which has had the low octave of the 16’ Spitzflote has been recently completed. Dr. Decker’s concert program will include works by: Langlais; Near; and Smyth, along with original compositions by Dr. Decker.

Dr. Pamela Decker is a prolific composer as well as professor of organ and theory at the University of Arizona, Tucson Campus. Additionally, she currently leads the composition area. Her compositions have been published by major music publishers and they have in at least 19 countries by musicians from all over the world.

A little more about the The 1949 Moeller organ which Dr. Pamela Decker will be performing on… The 1949 Moeller organ, opus 7867 (III/30) at St. Andrew’s has finally found its “inner voice”, the low octave of the 16’ Spitzflote has been recently completed. An anonymous donor has graciously provided the funds to purchase and install a Peterson low flute digital voice to finish the stop on the Great and Pedal compass.

Dale Sorenson (pictured here holding the new digital voice) and his crew from L. W. Blackington & Associates of El Cajon, California spent a few days installing and tuning the new voice. When the organ was moved from its original home at the First Baptist Church of Racine, Wisconsin, the full length 16’ pedal pipes for the Spitzflote and Diapason bottom octaves were left behind in the end towers of the organ facade. None of those pipes would have fit into the chambers at St. Andrew’s so those two stops were either left incomplete or suffered with a less than adequate homemade substitute for many years.

The 16’ Diapason digital voice on the pedal was installed as part of the Peterson ICS-4000 upgrade several years ago. The completion of this installation, along with other ongoing corrections, additions and deletions bring the organ closer to its fullest potential for accompanying liturgies and as a serious concert instrument. (Organ Data Source: John Hill, Assistant Organist, St. Andrew’s Church Sierra Vista.)

There is no charge to attend this concert, a freewill offering will be accepted. All donations go to the organ restoration fund.

This is definitely a performance you will want to see and hear!