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ORGANic
Evolution 2 Pipe Dreams Made Real! Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 7:30 pm For more info go to http://www.myspace.com/organicevolution2 “We’ve been installing these systems
for 20 years now and it took this long for someone to do what you guys
are doing!” ORGANic Evolution 2 will celebrate the marriage of the old with the new, the traditional with the modern, the past with the future. Long before computers and synthesizers and electric guitars, the King of musical instruments was the Pipe Organ. This show is not about crowning a new King, but more, providing the King with a new wardrobe – providing the grand artist with a new pallet from which to create masterpieces for a new generation. David Smits, Music Committee Chairman and Organist at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Toronto, and Rob Adlers, musician and computer software analyst, have taken the classic pipe organ to a whole new level. With the help of Classic Organ Works, the link between this century-old Casavant organ console and the pipes has been updated with MIDI capability, which allows the organ to control and be controlled by MIDI capable instruments and computers. The duo has been testing this technology with various musical genres, including classical music, jazz, folk, contemporary and music from other cultures, including their own compositions and in May premiered a number of new pieces of music composed specifically to showcase this technology and the grandeur of the pipes. On Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m., Smits and Adlers and a number
of special guests (including Ken Baird, Steve Cochrane
and Leif Bloomquist) , in collaboration with Classic
Organ Works, will be presenting the next step, ORGANic Evolution 2,
a concert at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church which will pick up where
the earlier showcase in May, left off. As Rob Adlers states, "David
Smits and I wanted to show the congregation and other folks what the
restoration and upgrade efforts to the Casavant organ at St. Andrews
meant. There was a lot of new technology that had never been showcased,
and the organ really has a new life, with new possibilities. From that
show and demonstration, we're now taking forward those promises and
wish to apply them in a proper performance. The most interesting realization
was that even with all the automation and technology, live performance
is still key to a successful show. You can not take away the organist." This concert is a "must see" for anyone who is interested in preserving the pipe organ and in how to make the pipe organ relevant and exciting for the next generation. “MIDI control of the big pipes - I didn't know anyone was
doing that. I have no idea how the purists feel, but I think it's great!
Good work! “ Contacts:
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