FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 2023
MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org
Concert organ to once again echo through Union Terminal
Music in the Museum returns with three-concert series; tickets available now
CINCINNATI – The grand Rotunda of Union Terminal will once again echo with the triumphant sounds of its concert organ. Cincinnati Museum Center announced the return of its Music in the Museum concert series with a three-concert 2023-2024 season beginning this November. A talented lineup of organists and accompanying choirs and musicians will play selections from classic and contemporary composers, from Wagner to John Williams. Tickets are available now.
Each of the 2023-2024 season’s three concerts will showcase the 1929 Grand E.M. Skinner Symphonic Concert Organ. The organ was restored and installed in specially-designed organ chambers, with the main chambers of its 4,500 pipes located on either side of the Rotunda where it meets the rear concourse and the antiphonal division located above the entrance to the Cincinnati History Museum. A console featuring four manual keyboards brings the organ’s 4,500 pipes roaring to life. Visitors to Union Terminal can see the organ for themselves in a glass display case in the concourse, where it rests when it’s not on the floor for concerts.
2023-2024 Season Lineup
November 29, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Isabelle Demers, Organist
with internationally recognized Soprano Saxophonist Rick VanMatre
January 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Nathan Laube, Organist
with Principal Clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Christopher Pell
April 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Ken Cowan, Organist
with Christ Church Cathedral and St. Peter in Chains Cathedral Choirs
Tickets are available at supportcmc.org/musicinthemuseum.
The Music in the Museum concert series returns after an eight-year hiatus due to Union Terminal’s historic restoration from 2016 to 2018 and additional maintenance and repairs to the organ itself.
CMC is grateful for the generosity and support of Harley Piltsingrud, CMC’s organ curator, for making the care and restoration of the organ possible.
