To celebrate Make Music Day 2021 and the return to in-person events, on June 21 we hosted a mini Erben organ festival, featuring four half-hour performances. The series of Erben recitals were followed by Kids Build… Read More
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Erben Organ Days 2021: Kids Build a Pipe Organ!
On June 21, Worldwide Make Music Day, we invited kids to build a pipe organ in the courtyard! The Orgelkids USA kit pipe organ works on the same principles as the NYC townhouse-sized Erben, which the… Read More
Touring Artis Wodehouse’s Studio
Dear Friends of Music,Stream the Harmonium and Organ Virtual Recital Enjoy a unique concert on three historic harmoniums by Artis Wodehouse with Jared Lamenzo on the 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, in the lush acoustics of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral,… Read More
Erben Organ featured in The New York Times Streetscapes column
We are excited to share the link to The New York Times feature from the 07/17/2020 Streetscapes column: At Old St. Pat’s, a History of Defiance by John Freeman Gill. Featured photo by Stefano Ukmar for… Read More
Henry Erben’s 220th birthday celebration in the organ loft
In what became an annual tradition, Friends of the Erben Organ celebrated Henry Erben’s 220th birthday in the loft, next to his masterwork, the 1868 pipe organ. We were delighted to meet everyone – guests filled… Read More
Erben organ in the Victorian Society New York’s Panorama newsletter
Friends of the Erben Organ are thrilled to share a feature by FREO Advisory Board member Eve M. Kahn in the Spring 2020 issue of Panorama, the semi-annual newsletter of the Victorian Society New York. Titled… Read More
Active seniors take a trip to enjoy the 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ
Pre-coronavirus: On two occasions, in November and December 2019, we hosted active seniors from Brookdale Senior Living, who came on a trip to learn about and hear the historic 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ. The afternoons… Read More
A movie & dinner fundraiser for the Erben from across the country
The 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ enjoys support from across the country! On March 1, our friends at the award-winning Sybaris Bistro in Albany, Oregon teamed up with Albany Pix Theatre for a screening of our Honorary Chair Martin Scorsese’s… Read More
Erben Organ Days 2019 recital: Stefan Donner, organ
On August 11, 2019, FREO hosted our International Recitalist of 2019, Stefan Donner from Vienna, Austria in an Erben Organ Days 2019 recital. Stefan presented a program of 19th century German and Austrian romantic music. Program:Joseph… Read More
FREO at Brooklyn AGO’s Pedals, Pipes and Pizza 2020
The Brooklyn Chapter of the American Guild of Organists once again invited FREO to bring the Orgelkids USA pipe organ kit to their annual Pedals, Pipes and Pizza event. This event, for kids in grades 3… Read More