Notre Dame’s Gail Walton to present final Goshen College organ recital for 2006-07

Concert: Organ Recital Series – Gail Walton
Date and time: Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 4 p.m.
Location: Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $8 adults, $5 seniors/students. GC students free with ID.
For more information: Tickets available at the Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566.
Web site: www.gcmusiccenter.org

GOSHEN, Ind. – Gail Walton, director of music at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame will perform the final concert in the 2006-2007 Organ Recital Series at Goshen College on Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m. in Rieth Recital Hall. She will perform works by J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Jean Titelouze, Girolamo Frescobaldi and Jehan Alain.

Walton has held her current position since 1988. She has degrees from Westminster Choir College and the Eastman School of Music, where she earned a doctorate in organ performance. The Eastman School also awarded her the prestigious performer’s certificate in organ. She has studied with David Craighead, Russell Saunders, William Hays, Gladys Christiansen and André Marchal.

Walton also directs the Basilica Schola and the University of Notre Dame Liturgical Choir. The liturgical choir is an ensemble of 60 undergraduate and graduate students from all colleges of the university. The choir functions regularly in a role of liturgical leadership at the Sunday 10 a.m. Solemn Mass and at Sunday evening vespers at the Basilica. The repertoire of the choir includes sacred music from the Renaissance through the 21st century. In May, the Liturgical Choir will sing concerts in Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona and Majorca.

Tickets for the recital are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors/students. They are available at the door or at the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566.

The Organ Recital Series brings outstanding visiting organists to perform on Goshen College’s Taylor and Boody Opus 41 pipe organ.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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