It is

the SPIRIT

which became Music

and which LIGHTS AND CHANGES

TO JOIN THE WHOLE WORLD

As a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, I would like to invite any Organist to live a "magic moment" in the WORLD ORGAN DAY on the 21^st of march 2011, to give more prestige to the immense organ-builder and organ heritage of the world.
 
This cause is really useful even for those countries where the organ is still not much considered and much less organ profession:at the same time we will contribute to the musical and cultural growth of those populations who are not very interested in organ, even if it is not their fault, of course. 

The World Organ Day is a natural evolution of the European Organ Day that I conceived and celebrated so willingly together with European organizations. We had considerable success from 2007 to 2010, and even before, with the Italian Organ Day from 2004 to 2006, thus constituting the opportunity to increase a Great Musical Tradition of our Culture.

Dear Organist, if you consider this cause good and you would like to join it, be part of it informing other organists and voluntarily organize, during or after March 21, in the church or  in the musical Institute where you are holder, an event, choosing among concert, liturgy, conference, guided tour, seminar, organ meetings in the houses.

After established the program, fill in your language the module you will find on the website www.confederazioneorganisticaitaliana.it, inserting the details of your event as the form described at the end of my message.
You will be able to insert data by yourself on the calendar which is detailed and always up-to-date, and you will have the possibility to consult it whenever you want.
In the calendar will also be the space dedicated to events or concerts you organize if you would like to dedicate to the World Organ Day 2011 even in other occasions.

You will try, according to your ability, to make your event public and to give resonance to it in collaboration with the pastor of your church, with the Director of your Institute or with the President of the Academy of organ.

If it is possible, you will involve local or national media to highlight your event with news or articles on the radio and television, and, if you want, send it to mauropappagallo@gmail.com so that I might publish it on the website of the Italian Organ Confederation and make visible your participation in the World Organ Day.


SHORT STORY OF THE ORGAN DAY

On the 21st March 2004,Pescara in Abruzzo saw the birth of the Italian Organ Day for the same reasons described above. Designed by me, it was made voluntarily and enthusiastically received throughout Italy by major Italian organists at their churches or their music academies. To cite a few ones: Louis F. Tagliavini, Giancarlo Parodi, Louis Celeghin, Giorgio Carnini, W. Van de Pool, James E. Goettsche, Massimo Nosetti, Liwue Tamminga and many others.
2006 saw no less than 500 events.
Among the awards we received, the prestigious ones were those of the Vatican, the President of the Republic, the First Minister and Minister of Culture of the Italian Government.

In 2007, with the join of the relevant European organists, the initiative became the 1st EurOrganDay and it immediately gained the prestigious recognition of the International Society of Art & Research - PALMAS "for the artistic quality of professionalism expressed in the initiative Vs "European Day for Organ 2007 '" and a welcome letter from Pope Benedict XVI.
Several organists participated, including Mark and Francis Indorf I saw him, Torsten Laux, Paul Crivello, Klemens Schnorr, Marc Giacone, Thierry Mechler, Michal Novenko, Andres Uibo, Luc Ponet, Antoine et Virgile Renoult Monin, Cor Ardesch, Juan R . Biava, Michael Austin, James Edward Goettsche and Domenico Severin, just to cite a few.

Voluntary initiatives were held in Paris, Helsinki, Hamburg, Geislingen, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Brussels, Prague, Tallinn, Tongeren, Rennes, Dordrecht, Monaco, Pfarzheim, Meaux and other Italian and European cities, as you can see from the rich calendar and documents attached.

On March 21 around the world every organist pays homage to Bach on his own, and this is really praiseworthy. And, you know, celebrating it altogether united, we could make a an UNIVERSAL celebration, such as Bach, from Heaven, father of a Large Family, Supreme Composer and Magnificent Pedagogue, woud be of course glad to see us

UNITED  ALL  AROUND  HIM.

M° MauroPappagallo

Presidente della Conf. Org. Italiana

                                                                    e Docente d’Organo al Conservatorio di Pescara

                                                                                              Tel. 085.4217.036       Mobil  333.7419.940