Hodel-Lehman Duo returns to Goshen College for organ and trumpet recital Sept. 23

Concert: Organ Recital Series – Martin Hodel, trumpet & Bradley Lehman, organ
Date and time: Sunday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m.
Location: Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students
For more information: Tickets available by calling the Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566
Web site: www.gcmusiccenter.org

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Hodel-Lehman Duo – Martin Hodel, trumpet and Bradley Lehman, organ – began performing together at Goshen College 25 years ago. They will return together to perform on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in the college Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall for the first concert of the 2007-08 Organ Recital Series.

The duo – both graduates of Goshen College in 1986 – brings a wealth of musical experience in a variety of styles to concert halls and churches, having performed extensively in Europe and the United States. A CD by the duo, “In Thee is Gladness,” was released last year and has received favorable acclaim in the musical press.

As a soloist, Hodel has been featured on the Minnesota Public Radio programs “Pipedreams” and “A Prairie Home Companion,” live on public television and network radio, and on several commercial CDs. He was a featured soloist with conductor Helmuth Rilling and Metropolitan Opera soprano Marlis Peterson on Bach’s Cantata No. 51 in 2005. Hodel is a substitute member of the Minnesota Orchestra and performed in the trumpet section of that group full time during the 2005-06 season. In addition, he has shared the stage with jazz greats Maria Schneider, Joe Henderson and Slide Hampton. Martin is an associate professor of music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., where he teaches trumpet and music theory.

Lehman has released seven solo CDs on organ, harpsichord and clavichord. His recording “A Joy Forever” features Goshen College’s Opus 41 pipe organ in Rieth Recital Hall, built by Taylor & Boody Organbuilders to the tuning specifications of J.S. Bach, which Lehman discovered, and which has received notable, world-wide attention. A recent segment of the American Public Media program “Pipedreams” was devoted to this discovery and to Lehman's performances using this tuning. He is also an active and award-winning composer, and several of his compositions are featured on Hodel-Lehman duo programs. Lehman resides in Dayton, Va.

The Hodel-Lehman Duo will be performing repertoire by J.S. Bach, Henry Purcell, Dietrich Buxtehude, Giuseppe Torelli, Alexandre Cellier, Bradley Lehman, Vincent Persichetti and Leonard Bernstein, among others. Hodel will play both modern and Baroque (valveless) trumpets. In addition, there will be opportunity for the audience to sing some of Lehman's original hymns.

Tickets for the recital are $7 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.

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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