Grace Lutheran Church – Fred Gramann, clinician

Program:

• America the Beautiful – Arnold B. Sherman
• Brother James Air (Stacey Murray, flute) – Anna Laura Page
• Lumiere – Fred Gramann
• Christ is Alive! All Christians Sing – Janet Linker/Jane McFadden
• Morningdance – Cathy Moklebust
• Cantad al Señor (Kenton Kidd, accordian) – Sondra Tucker
• Osse Shalom (Tony Cooper, clarinet) – Susan T. Nelson
• Marche Triumphale – Michael Helman

Brass:

• Warren Clark and Patrick Winter – trumpet
• Les Dix – trombone
• Joy Roy – horn
• Donnie Pickle – tuba
• Joe Black – percussion

Fred Gramann, a native of Washington state, began his early organ studies with Dr. Edward Hansen of Seattle, winning the student organ competition sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the American Guild of Organists while still in high school. While earning a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance at Syracuse University, he won first prize in the 1972 Ft. Wayne National Organ Competition and was awarded the Arthur Poister Prize for outstanding organist in the Syracuse University School of Music for four consecutive years. From 1972-1975 Fred studied organ in Paris, France, with Marie-Claire Alain, also spending one year working with organist and composer Maurice Duruflé. Fred earned a Masters Degree in organ performance at the University of Michigan during the 1975-1976 school year. He returned to Paris in 1976 as Director of Music at the American Church in Paris, the oldest non-governmental American institution abroad. He started a handbell program at the American Church in 1981 thanks to a gift of two octaves of handbells. The program has since grown to include four handbell choirs performing on five octaves of Schulmerich handbells, four and a half octaves of Malmark handbells, four octaves of Petit & Fritsen handbells, five octaves of Choirchimes and a growing set of Whitechapel handbells. Fred has had numerous choral anthems and handbell works published in the U.S. and is Honorary Associate Director of the Raleigh Ringers.

Committee Members:

• Rebecca Kidd, chair
• Ashley Burrell
• Allan Hoke
• Tim Lett
• Barbara Schmitt
• Tim Ward

Scanned copy of the 2002 program (pdf)