Silent Movie: Kings of Silent Comedy

Experience silent films the way they were meant to be seen and heard, accompanied by our 1924 Wurlitzer Organ! Featuring Charlie Chaplin’s The Pilgrim and Harold Lloyd’s Why Worry? We welcome film fans of all ages to step back in time to revel in the authentically recreated sounds and nostalgia from times gone by.

Silent Movie: Peter Pan

The Washington Center’s rare fully-authentic screening of the classic 1924 silent film version of J. M. Barrie’s world-renowned stage play PETER PAN will be a glorious musical echo of the past – – with the Center’s House Organist Dennis James performing his solo organ transcription from his painstaking reconstruction of the original orchestral musical score …

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Susan Bloomfield-Spangler Organ Concert

St. John’s Episcopal Church presents Susan Bloomfield-Spangler for the final organ concert in this year’s season celebrating the completion of the Schlicker organ on Saturday, June 3 at 3pm. Bloomfield-Spangler will be presenting a concert of organ music by queer and female composers such as Dame Ethel Smyth, Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Florence …

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Dr. Paul Tegels Organ Concert

St. John’s Episcopal Church (19th & Capitol Way, Olympia) announces the third concert in their 2022-2023 organ series celebrating the completion of the Schlicker organ.  Paul Tegels, Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), will perform on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3pm.  Tegel’s program includes works by well-known composers such as J.S. …

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Dr. Douglas Cleveland Organ Recital

Dr. Douglas Cleveland performs the dedicatory recital on the 3,800-pipe Schlicker Organ in St. John’s Episcopal Church, Olympia. Built in 1967, the organ was for decades used for worship and notable recitals at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle. Now the Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, WA., Cleveland has served on the organ …

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Andy Crow

The Mighty Andy Crow (Obituary)

by Ned Hayes and Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS June 8, 1933 — July 12, 2016 Andy Crow, regionally renowned organist and musician, passed away on the afternoon of July 12. Crow was celebrated throughout the Pacific Northwest as a musician who was equally skilled on the organ and piano. He played many recitals, wrote original scores for …

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