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Organs

HISTORY OF THE ORGANS

With a contract dated January 24, 1938, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, committed to the purchase of a new pipe organ built by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. of Boston, MA. The new instrument replaced an earlier instrument by the Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. of Cambridge, MA, which was built in 1907 and destroyed by fire on March 22, 1938. Ned Gammons, Organist & Choirmaster, served as a consultant for the design of Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 976 and the dedication of the instrument took place during morning and evening services on March 12, 1939.

Revisions to the instrument have since been completed by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1954 and 1968); William Stephens, and the companies of Visser & Associates and Schoenstein & Co. (1980-1990); the addition of an antiphonal organ the by Schantz Organ Co. (1991); revisions and additions by John Hendriksen (1993); and a new console, additions, and restoration work by Richard Houghten, Manuel Rosales, and Joe Sloane (2012). The current instrument contains 66 stops, 90 ranks, and 5,045 pipes.

CATHEDRAL ORGANS
66 STOPS, 90 RANKS, 5,045 PIPES

In the Cathedral Choir

Edwin Robinson Spotts Memorial Organ
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 976 (1938)
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1954, 1968, 1993, and 2012

In the Cathedral Nave

William N. Barnard Memorial Antiphonal Organ
Schantz Organ Co., Orrville, OH, Op. 1990 (1992)


THE GOLDING CHAPEL ORGAN
4 STOPS, 4 RANKS, 316 PIPES

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The Golding Chapel Organ
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Boston, MA, Op. 3013 (1939)
Refurbishment, additions, and new control system by Richard Houghten, Inc. (2019)


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Daryl Robinson
Cathedral Organist

    Daryl Robinson

    Cathedral Organist

    In 2017, Mr. Robinson joined the ministry staff of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) as Cathedral Organist and was appointed Assistant Professor and Director of Organ Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music.

    He holds degrees from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University; his major teachers include Robert Bates, Ken Cowan, and David Higgs. Previous positions have included Organist & Artist-in-Residence for South Main Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.

    His collaborative career has included performances with the Houston Symphony and Chorus, Mercury Baroque, the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival®, and serving as Collaborative Keyboard Artist for Houston’s two internationally-acclaimed choral ensembles: the Houston Chamber Choir and the University of Houston Moores School of Music Concert Chorale.

    Hear Mr. Robinson's work on YouTube or on his website.

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