Dr. Hammann will perform "American Romantic" music, by composers Dudley Buck, James H. Rogers, James Houston Spencer, Felix Borowski and Horatio Parker. These composers were active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, writing in the Romantic idiom. All but Parker were residents of cities around the Great Lakes, and all were active composers at the time the original Jardine organ at First Presbyterian Church Ypsilanti was built.
After 20 years with the University of New Orleans Hammann has recently retired from his position as Co-Chairman of the Music Department. Dr. Hammann holds degrees in organ performance and church music from Ohio Wesleyan University and the U of M. Hammann has performed through out the United States, and given over one hundred performances of his one man show “Old Bach”. His conducting credits include stints with the Chapel of the Holy Comforter, New Orleans, The New Orleans Civic Symphony, The Allen Park Symphony and the Southeastern Michigan Choral Society. His five CD’s of organ music recorded on historic instruments in Germany and the United States have won rave reviews. His recently released CD “Dudly Buck Organ Music” was performed on the 1866 E. & G. G. Hook organ in St. John’s Episcopal Church, Quincy, Illinois.
All YPOF events are free and open to the public and suitable for audiences of all ages. YPOF events are held at the First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti, 300 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti, MI.
