North America

The North America Branch of the Elgar Society will hold its 2025 conference in Cleveland on 24-27 April. Highlights will include:

• a kick-off dinner followed by a keynote speech by Charles McGuire, Professor of Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
• a concert by the Cleveland Orchestra that includes a performance of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 conducted by Kazuki Yamada, the CBSO’s current Director of Music
• a meeting with Maestro Yamada exploring his views on Elgar’s music
• an organ recital by Ken Cowan that will include Elgar’s Organ Sonata, Vesper Voluntaries, and other works; Professor Cowan is head of the organ program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston
• a pre-recital reception given by the Cleveland Branch of the British-American Chamber of Commerce to meet the organist and discuss his view of the Organ Sonata
• a tour of the Severance Music Center and the orchestral archives by the Cleveland Orchestra archivist
• a guided tour of The Cleveland Museum of Art’s holdings of British Art

All Elgarians are most welcome to join us.

Arthur Reynolds, Chairman
North America Branch