Month: November 2015

Carol Williams Nov. 17 Concert Press Release

Carol Williams is Ready to Rock the Kotzschmar: San Diego’s Civic Organist Visits Portland’s Municipal Icon (Click here for PDF version of article) Portland, Maine — From Mozart to Al Jolson, “Greensleeves” to “Phantom of the Opera,” organist Dr. Carol Williams is fluent. The British-born concert organist is San Diego’s Civic Organist (the first woman in the … Read more

Concert Review: Nosferatu Film with Tom Trenney 10/30/15

We had an incredible turn out for our Halloween Silent Film Night on October 30th, with over 650 people joining in the Halloween festivities to see the eerie classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, with organist Tom Trenney at the Kotzschmar. Allan Kozinn noted in his review for the Portland Press Herald: “Trenney’s task, which … Read more

Founded in 1981, the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO), a non-profit organization, supports the Kotzschmar Organ. The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ maintains and preserves the organ, in addition to producing and promoting concerts, and managing the Kotzschmar Memorial Trust Scholarship.