FolkLib Index - Wisconsin Solo Organists

          This page lists links for current and former Wisconsin resident Organists who have released at least one solo instrumental album in any style of music which will be listed in my forthcoming book, FolkLib Index: Wisconsin Discography. Also listed here are Wisconsin organists who are known to have performed solo, in an ensemble, or as an accompanist at least once. Organ teachers who do not perform or record are not included at this time. For more information, see the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association Web site.

Please write if you know about any current or former Wisconsin resident Organist recording artist not listed, or if you have additional information about, or links for, a listed artist.

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          | including our 1911 Opus 469, First Congregational Church, Oshkosh |
          | the first Casavant organ built in Wisconsin |
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• .Behnke, John A. - Discog ( Author ?), Page ( Choristers Guild) ( Author ?) [Evanston, IL / Herford, W. Germany / Mequon]
• .Bengston (Bengtson?), Bruce - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Madison Music Review [Archive]) [Madison]
            (organist since 1978 at Madison's Luther Memorial Church)
• .Billings, Zeb - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Article ( D'Amico Italian Restaurants) [Milwaukee / Naples, FL]
            [owner Zeb Billings music store in Milwaukee, had his own TV show on WTMJ, Milwaukee, "Zeb Billings Show" (1965-1966), retired to Naples, FL]
• .Bloedow, Mark E. - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Mark Bloedow), Biog ( Mark Bloedow), Founder/Executive Director ( Maestro Productions), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Oshkosh / grad. UW Oshkosh 1990. / Mequon]
            [UW Oshkosh 1990 Bachelor of Music Education, Concordia University Wisconsin (Mequon) 1999 Master of Church Music]
• .Bohn, David - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Wisconsin Alliance for Composers), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Manitowoc / Urbana, IL]
• .Burkhardt, Michael Alvin - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Morningstar Music Publishers), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Sheboygan / Kenosha (grad. Carthage College year?.) / Minneapolis, MN]
  C  
• .Cammarata, Frank - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Obit ( Minneapolis Star Tribune), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Milwaukee / Minneapolis, MN]
• .Chaudoir, Marianne - "Pianists"
  H  
• .Hanson, Eddy - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Waupaca / New London / Appleton / Chicago, IL]
• .Harbach, Barbara - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Wilmington (OH) College [Archive]) ( uwosh-MD-IA 1997-2000 [Archive]) ( Barbara Harbach 2000-date [Archive] [Visiting Professor of Fine Arts at UW-Stevens Point] ), Sounds ( Pipedreams), Articles ( UW Oshkosh News Bureau #1 / #2), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Oshkosh / Stevens Point]
• .Heller, David A. - Discog (no known recordings), Page ( Eastman School of Music) [Appleton (grad. Lawrence U. 1981. B.M.)]
  J  
• .Jenkins, Don - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [city?]
  K  
• .Kames, Bob (Hammond organ, Arp Synthesizer) - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Orders ( Accordiona Music Sales [Archive]) [Active 1949-?] [Milwaukee / Franklin 2001-]
• .Kehr, Bill "The Candy Man" (or "The Candyman") - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Milwaukee]
            He owned and operated Kehr's Candies (1960-1995).
• .Kosche, Kenneth T. - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Morningstar Music Publishers) ( Choristers Guild), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Chicago, IL / Seattle, WA / La Crosse / Mequon]
  M  
• .Maesch, LaVahn K. - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Lawrence University 1934-1970] [Appleton / ?, AZ]
• .Manz, Paul Otto - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Morningstar Music Publishers) ( Pipedreams), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Cleveland, OH / Fond du Lac / Saint Paul, MN / Chicago, IL]
• .Mathis, Dale (accordion, organ) - Discog ( FolkLib Index) - (member: The Dale Mathis Group) [Madison]
• .Merrick, Jim - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Racine]
  P  
• .Peterson, Joanne - Page ( Author ?) ( uwosh-MD-IA 1987-2002 [Archive]), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Green Bay / Oshkosh]
  R  
• .Rubsam, Wolfgang - Page ( Wikipedia) ( Naxos Records), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Giessen, Germany / Appleton (Lawrence University 1998-2003)]
• .Rye, Seth - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Georgetown, TX / Milwaukee]
  S  
• .Seboldt, John - Page ( John Seboldt) [Milwaukee]
• .Shaw, Carmen E. - "Pianists"
• .Shepard, Clarence - Info ( First Congregational Church, Oshkosh), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Oshkosh / Sheboygan]
• .Sphatt, Dennis (organ, piano) - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Director ( Omro High School Choir) [Oshkosh]
• .Stowe, John Chappel - Discog ( Organ Historical Society) [Madison]
• .Strony, Walt - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Chicago, IL / Milwaukee 1974-76 / Phoenix, AZ / Las Vegas, NV 1999 / Carefree, AZ]
  T  
• .Trudell, Dan (Hammond B-3 organ, piano, tuba) - (leader: Dan Trudell Organ Trio) [Genoa City / city, MI / Boston, MA / Chicago, IL 1990-]
  U  
• .Ulm, Archie - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Milwaukee]
  W  
• .Wickerham, Dave - Discog ( Steven Margison), Page ( Steven Margison) ( Chicago Area Theatre Organ Enthusisasts), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Encino, CA / AZ / Chicago, IL / Greenfield / Las Vegas, NV / Greenfield]

Organists with recording credits, but no solo organ album: or organists with information at this Web site, but no known recordings.

• .Heller, David A.
• .Peterson, Joanne
            other organists at First Congregational Church, Oshkosh
• .Rippl, Frank G. - Page ( "History of the Lawrence Memorial Chapel Organs") [Appleton (grad. Lawrence U. Conservatory of Music 1969.)]

Do any of these exist today? They were all mentioned in a flyer included in the 1970 LP by Eddy Hanson.

Lakeside Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society, Fond du Lac
Rock River Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society, Beaver Dam
Fox Valley Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society, Appleton
Muirland Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society, Portage
Winnebago Chapter of the Hammond Organ Society, Oshkosh
Al Rollo's Hammond Organ Studios, Appleton and Fond du Lac

Only known currently existing Hammond Organ dealership in Wisconsin:
McCray Hammond Organ Service, 4333 N. River Rd., Janesville, WI 53545-8329 -- (608) 752-9479

Other Wisconsin organ sites:
American Guild of Organists, Milwaukee Chapter
American Guild of Organists, Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter, Appleton
          no Web site, contact info at Wisconsin Musical Groups
Association of Church Musicians, American Guild of Organists, Choristers Guild, Madison Chapter
Dairyland Theatre Organ Society (DTOS) [Milwaukee]
La Crosse Scenic Bluffs Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS)
Packerland Theatre Organ Society (PTOS) [Green Bay/Ripon]

Organ Historical Society - Order Catalog
Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Web sites featuring specific Wisconsin organs

• .Madison: Orgelbau Klais Bonn, Opus ?, 2004 / picture
• .Oshkosh: Casavant Freres, Opus 469, 1911
            (includes links for, and pictures of, many other Wisconsin Casavant organs)

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