ππΌπ»π°π²πΏπ at noon at the State Office Building with visiting organist, Jonas Nordwall
ππ²π°πππΏπ² at 7:00 pm APK Lecture Hall, Alaska State Museum
Both events are free.
Concert at noon State Office Building
Guest organist Jonas Nordwall will present a free noon concert for the public in the 8th floor atrium. Nordwall is a virtuoso organist of both classical and popular music, a recording artist with over 50 years of international performances, and a member of the American Theater Organ Society Hall of Fame.
Alaska State Museum conservator Ellen Carrlee will give a brief lecture about the history of Juneauβs theater organ, followed by a public discussion about the future of the instrument. Experts in attendance will include Chris Nordwall of Rose City Organ Builders in Portland, renowned organist Jonas Nordwall, and many of Juneauβs own organists, musicians, and music advocates. The presentation will be generously recorded by KTOO as part of the βAt The APKβ lecture series.
Organists Jonas Nordwall and J Allan MacKinnon, in front of the 1928 Kimball Theatre Pipe Organ at the State Office Building, Juneau, AK, 2019. Photograph courtesy Margaret MacKinnon.
