Article: Regal organ battles to retain its crown

JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-19-2006
Dateline: INTERLOCHEN, Michigan
Colin Doherty strides to the console of the Chapel Organ at Interlochen Center for the Arts and plunges confidently into the Menuet from Leon Boellmann's "Suite Gothique" _ a lively piece often used as a wedding recessional.

It's the first organ recital for the 17-year-old high school junior _ and a mission accomplished for his teacher, Tom Bara, who had persuaded the piano major to give the pipe organ a try.

"If it weren't for the program here, he wouldn't have had any exposure to it," Bara says after Doherty and five fellow students play for an enthusiastic audience. "Seeing how much they enjoyed ...

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