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Music Professor Performs Internationally

Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, assistant professor of music at Westminster College, performed six solo organ concerts in Europe and was a keynote speaker at an international conference.

Harrison toured Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark, performing six solo concerts, including a concert on the historical 16th century organ in Uttum and a dedication concert for the 2006 restoration of the anonymous 17th century organ in the Court Chapel in Holthausen.

"Count and Countess of Holthausen were in attendance at the dedication," Harrison said. "Bridget Steller, a Westminster student who studied this summer at the Goethe Institute in Freiburg, also attended my concert in Holthausen and helped pull some of the stops on this antique organ."

Harrison was also invited to teach the "Schnitger Organ Course," an international organ course in Germany and the Netherlands that drew students from Europe, Asia, and America.

Harrison was also one of four keynote speakers at the J.S. Bach and Central/South European Influences: A Conference Honoring Harald Vogel. The conference was sponsored by the Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Studies and Christ Church Cathedral held in Victoria, British Columbia.

This lecture presented at the conference was related to Harrison's research, "Harold Vogel: The Teacher," that was published in June in Orphei Organi Antiqui: Essays in Honor of Harald Vogel published by the Westfield Center in Seattle. 

Harrison, who has been with Westminster since 2000, earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University, masters' from Southern College and New England Conservatory, and D.M.A. from Stanford University.

Contact Harrison at (724) 946-7024 or e-mail harrisea@westminster.edu for more information.

Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, Count von Furstenburg, and his wife, Countess von Furstenburg