Organ Concert Series Wraps Up at Local Church

Westminster Presbyterian Church's Organ Summer 2012 concert series wraps up with a performance on Thursday.

Justin Wallace, organist-assistant director of music and worship life at Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, will perform starting at 5 p.m. Admission is free.

See a video featuring Westminster organist James Burns talking about the concert series.

Westminster started the series in 2011 to complement the Upper St. Clair Farmers Market, which is held Thursday afternoons, June through September, in the parking lot off Devonwood Drive.

The first year of the series also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the installation of Westminster's Austin pipe organ. For specifics about the organ, click here.

The July 19 concert featured organist Nicholas Capozzoli, a South Fayette resident who is going into his sophomore year at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. See videos of him performing these pieces by French composers:

• Festival by Jean Langlais
• Postlude pour l'Office de Complies by Jehan Alain
• Prelude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain by Maurice Durufle

For more information about Westminster Presbyterian, visit the church's website.