Mary Keane Chapel Summer Concert Series

Sunday, July 20th, 2025

4:00 pm Start

All concerts will be held in the Mary Keane Chapel
Enfield Shaker Museum
447 NH Route 4A
Enfield, NH 03748
shakermuseum.org

Suggested donation $15.00. All concert donations support the ongoing restoration of the organ.

All concerts will be followed by a reception in the Museum Herb Garden (weather permitting) or in the Great Stone Dwelling.

Solo Organ Recital
Steven Wooddell

Steven Wooddell is currently serving as the organist at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He also teaches organ and music technology and works with the choral program at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Originally from Roanoke, VA Wooddell earned his Bachelor Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Masters of Organ Performance at Southern Methodist University. Winner of the 1994 Regional AGO Young Organists Competition in Cincinnati, Steven has played recitals and served as a choral accompanist throughout the southeast and Midwest of the United States. He lives in Rome, Georgia with his wife Joy and their three children.
Steven will be playing works by Felix Mendelssohn, Cesar Franck, J. S. Bach, and Percy Whitlock.

Organ Restoration Update
Bob Waters and Richard Nickerson are continuing to address important restoration needs on the Casavant organ in the Museum’s Mary Keane Chapel. This fall and winter they removed and completely rebuilt the wind chest that receives and regulates the air pressure produced by the organ’s electric blower. This included replacing all the original leather work that controls the release of air to the organ pipes. In addition to maintaining the organ’s tuning, they have been repairing coupling mechanisms that have failed. Unfortunately the Casavant company no longer makes certain replacement parts, so some aspects of the restoration work requires creative problem solving. We are fortunate to
have two craftsmen, well versed in the intricacies of Casavant organ construction, caring for this precious instrument.

Thank you for your support of their ongoing restoration work.