ÓBIDOS – July 20, 1985 Remember how I said southern Portuguese doesn’t sound like it reads? Óbidos is pronounced “HO-beech.” The “H” is a gutteral “CH sound as in “Bach.” Only the people who live in the area pronounce it this way; the attaché at the Embassy didn’t. When our English-speaking driver Carlos (KAR-loosh!) picked us up at the train station and… Read more →
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#2 of 7 – BERTOLOZZI 1985 STATE DEPT CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL
LISBON My wife Sheila accompanied me on this tour as page turner/assistant for the concerts as she had in 1982’s European tour. We landed and went to our hotel. Though the whole itinerary was arranged from train tickets, buses, connections, lodging, ground transport, etc., we had to make a connection with the Embassy first. Asking for directions was a little daunting.… Read more →
#1 of 7 – BERTOLOZZI 1985 STATE DEPT CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL,
A 30th ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE OF JOSEPH BERTOLOZZI’S ORGAN CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL FOR THE US STATE DEPARTMENT – 1985-2015 When you play the organ, you usually don’t own your own instrument. You have to go somewhere to play and even to practice. So it’s natural to go out and try better and better instruments. It can lead one to the great cathedrals and concert halls… Read more →
“TRANCES & VISIONS” AT CHAUTAUQUA
Mark Robbins, Associate Principal Horn of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and organist Jared Jacobsen, performing on the 5,640 pipe Massey Memorial Organ, will perform Joseph Bertolozzi‘s Trances & Visions at The Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater 12:15pm on Wednesday, July 30 2014. www.chqtickets.com | (716) 357-6250 Gate Pass Required — Purchase at Main Gate Welcome Center. Read more →
BERTOLOZZI NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR AT ST. JOSEPH’S, MIDDLETOWN, NY
Joseph Bertolozzi has accepted the position of Director of Music at St. Joseph’s RC Church in Middletown, NY. He leaves Christ Episcopal Church in Suffern, NY, and continues as Organist at Vassar Temple in Poughkeepsie, NY where he has presided for 16+ years. He will direct the choir and play the organ for 3 weekly Masses in addition to the… Read more →
“TRANCES & VISIONS” at the NORTHWEST HORN SYMPOSIUM
Organ Masterclass
Joseph Bertolozzi is teaching organ masterclass Thursday June 2, 2011, from 2:30pm – 5pm at Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 156 South Cross Rd., Hyde Park NY, 12538 on the Robert D. “Gus” Pratt Memorial Organ, newly installed and maintained by the NY Theatre Organ Society (John Vanderlee, curator) as an educational initiative. The program is free and open to the… Read more →