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8/15/05

ORGANIST TO PRESENT CONCERT AT ST. LAWRENCE

CANTON – Organist Sondra Goldsmith Proctor will perform a concert of American organ music on 
Saturday, August 27, at 8 p.m. in Gunnison Memorial Chapel at St. Lawrence University. The 
event is open to the public, free of charge.
	Proctor, a resident of Canton, is a well known and respected organist and choral conductor 
in the eastern United States and especially in the Washington, DC, area, where she was director 
of music and arts/organist for the Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ for many 
years. She has played recitals in venues throughout the United States and Europe, including the 
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City and the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts, where she was the first woman to present a full-length organ recital. Proctor 
is also founder and director of Circle Singers, a chamber choir now beginning its 24th season. 
She has directed numerous church choirs and had a long association with The Paul Hill Chorale 
and the Washington Singers, based at the Kennedy Center. Proctor was also the first woman to 
conduct a concert on the stage of the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center.  
	Proctor states, "Organ music of the United States includes a variety of styles…this program 
gives a brief glimpse into the many styles of composition derived from the American experience, 
and also influenced by musical traditions from around the world."
For more information, contact the music department at 315-229-5192.

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Gunnison Memorial Chapel
St. Lawrence Music Department