Spirit Wind 2018 Festival
The Calgary Centre hosted the 2018 RCCO Organ Festival. Spirit Wind was a “celebration of the pipe organ and the people who play them, build them, and love them.”
Events included:
- Concerts
- Workshops
- Lectures
- Student Academy - with Marnie Giesbrecht and Wendy Markosky
- RCCO Convocation - with the premier of Light Through a Stained Glass Window by Garrett Krause (b. 1986)
Performers included:
- Ryan Jackson, 2008 Godfrey Hewitt Scholarship Winner - with the premier of Mountain and Plain by Zachary Wadsworth (b. 1983)
- Paul Halley
- Neil Cockburn
- Duo Majoya - with the premiere of Wind Riders of Alberta by Cary Ratcliff (b. 1953)
Organs featured included:
- Casavant Opus 529 (1913) / 2336 (1956) (2001) - Knox United
- The Ronald B. Bond Bach Organ, Ahrend Organ (2006) - Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary
- Gabriel Kney Opus 57 (1978) - Christ Church Elbow Park
- The Carthy Organ, Casavant Opus 3623 (1986) - Jack Singer Concrt Hall
among many others.