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| Kaleidoscope: The Colorful Life of Sigfrid Karg-Elert |
| Presenter: Richard Webb |
| A vexing career irony was that Sigfrid Karg-Elert was regarded as one of the most significant organ composers since Bach, except in his own country. His first published works were for the Art-harmonium on which he was billed as a virtuoso, played frequent concerts and presented a Sunday morning radio broadcast. He was encouraged early by Edvard Grieg and Alexandre Guilmant, urged by Max Reger and finally inspired by the phenomenal playing of Karl Straube to write original compositions and arrange many of his harmonium works for the organ. From youthful adventures to a two-year nervous breakdown, from recognition to post-war poverty amid face-saving donations from admirers, from the ambivilance of professional neglect to the anticipation of a subsequently ill-fated American tour, this workshop will provide glimpses of the colorful and sometimes fragmented life of Karg-Elert through a kaleidoscope of images, sounds, anecdotes and quotations.
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Richard Webb
 Dr. Richard Webb is Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Humanities at Southern University Baton Rouge, having served previously as Dean/Chief Academic Officer at Westminster Choir College and Chair of the Departments of Music at San Francisco State and East Tennessee State Universities, He currently is Organist/Music Associate of First United Methodist Church, Organ Principal of the Baton Rouge Symphony, Dean of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a Louisiana Artist Fellow. A designee of the Louisiana Touring Directory, Dr. Webb performs as an Artist Member of Concert Organists Collective and is a Life Member of the Karg-Elert Archive. Further information is available at his website, www.richardwebb.org
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