Rhonda Edgington
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Making music in Michigan (and waiting for spring)
I’ve gotten quite passionate recently about the idea of investing in our local musical communities as artists – the impact we can have as local musicians, and the many benefits, both for us as individual artists, and for our greater communities, when we do so. In that vein, here are some vignettes of what’s been…
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New York City in February – Snow in the City
I spent a week in New York City this February, and as with many things in life, it didn’t quite go as I’d expected, but was still a good time. I had some concerts, teaching, performing, and recording lined up to do during the week I was there. One of the many crazy snow…
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Fall 2013 – California, New York, and everything in between
Non-musicians who hear I travel to play concerts sometimes assume that I’m enjoying travel to exotic locations, and seeing the local sights during my concert trip. This is partially true. I have had the opportunity, because of a concert I’m playing, or an organ I’m visiting, to be in places I never would have otherwise…
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Rhonda Sider Edgington Interviews Organist Rhonda Sider Edgington
r.s.e. I read an interview Glenn Gould did for High Fidelity in the 70s, where he interviewed himself (as perhaps only the witty, brilliant, and quirky Gould would think to do), and being inspired by the format, thought we could use that here as well. R.S.E. Very clever. This way, we can attempt to bring…
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Spring into Summer in Holland
Spring into Summer in Holland, MI: tulips, berries, the beach, and organ conventions May in Holland, Michigan means Tulip Time, the festival of all things Dutch – Pigs in a Blanket, traditional Dutch dancing in costumes and wooden shoes, and many, many Tulips. The kids and I checked out all three parades this year during…
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Singing the winter blues
Winter 2013 – Treasures close to home: snow, local gigs, and (of course) organs. Well hello again. It’s been a long midwestern winter here, filled with much more of this than this or at least it seems that way sometimes. However, when I sit down and think about it, I certainly can’t complain.…
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My Summer 2012 Germany Tour
Berlin – Magdeburg – Verden – Bremen – Worpswede Long before we left Germany last October, I was busy making plans to return. I eventually was able to line up 5 concerts to play within a two week time span, both in the region around Bremen, where we lived, and also in a couple other…
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July 8-11 Organ Historical Society Convention in Chicago
I got back recently from one of those work/fun kinds of trips that I’m lucky enough to be able to enjoy now and then. This was the annual convention of the Organ Historical Society, which took place this year in Chicago, one of my favorite cities. I was there to play a recital, but also…
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Dedication of the Wahl organ in Chicago
April 19 – 21 This was an exciting weekend for me – my first organ dedication! Wahl Organbuilders, from Appleton, Wisconsin, and Daniel Schwandt, the cantor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Chicago’s Hyde Park, asked me to dedicate this new instrument. Dan, as well as Christoph and Ron Wahl (of Wahl Organbuilders), are all people…
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Beaufort, South Carolina. March 28-31
My host, the organist at St. Helena, Pat Gould, was gracious (as Southerners seem to know how to do so well!), as she drove me around, pulled stops for me, cooked me delicious dinners, and put me up in her lovely house. The organ was a breath of fresh air – sensitive and beautiful. The…
