Trinity Episcopal Church’s organist, Kenneth Logan, will perform at a pipe organ recital at the church in Niles at 4 p.m. Oct. 30.
“Twice Upon a Hymn Tune: A Pipe Organ Celebration” will explore creative organ settings of eight hymn tunes with some emphasis on  German-tradition chorale music. Each hymn tune will be played twice, offering explorations of different arrangements for a single piece.
“This organ exploration is based on the assumption that two different views are often better than just one,” Logan, a professor of music at Andrews University, said. “After all, we depend on two ears to hear in stereo, don’t we? Or to tell from what direction a sound came?
“So it is that hearing two different settings of a hymn tune one can get an enriched perspective and, hopefully, an enhanced enjoyment. The organ of Trinity Episcopal Church is remarkable for its range of tonal colors and expressive potential in playing these creative versions of great tunes.”
Trinity Episcopal Church is located at 9 S. Fourth St. in Niles.

Quotes From the Organist:
“The basic idea of this program is to celebrate different ways in which composers have arranged, or ‘set’, hymn tunes for the organ. There’ll be quite a bit of variety to be heard as the listener compares one setting with another.”
“Among these double settings will be my own organ versions of a great melody sung with the words ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah.’ This recently was published by a prominent American organ publisher, Wayne Leupold Editions, and I’m happy to share it with the Niles community.”
“The melodies of hymns—the best of them—are mighty good bases for organ compositions. Composers have often poured some of their best energy into writing organ pieces based on them.”
“This organ exploration is based on the assumption that two different views are often better than just one. After all, we depend on two ears to hear in stereo, don’t we? Or to tell from what direction a sound came? So it is that hearing two different settings of a hymn tune one can get an enriched perspective and, hopefully, an enhanced enjoyment.”
“The organ of Trinity Episcopal Church is remarkable for its range of tonal colors and expressive potential in playing these creative versions of great tunes.”

BIO:
Kenneth Logan, DMA, Professor of Music at Andrews University, teaches organ studies, church music, and music technology to undergraduate and graduate students. He also serves as Minister of Music/Organist of Pioneer Memorial Church and as Organist/Choir Director of Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles, MI. He has previously taught at Canadian Union College (1993-1996), and Walla Walla College (1991-1993) where he also served as Minister of Music/Organist of the Walla Walla College Church. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with honors in organ performance from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (1992). He is heard locally most weeks at 90.7 FM on WAUS-FM (streaming at waus.org) Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. as worship-service organist. He cultivates a keen interest in the creative use of free and hymn-based improvisation and composition. His organ composition Mysterium and Tremendum on “Guide Me” was published in 2011 by Wayne Leupold Editions. His composition “Go!”, for choir, soprano, organ and timpani, was heard on Sing for Joy (from St. Olaf College) on June 19, 2011, and his performance of his organ composition Ground Zero Calvary was heard on Pipedreams (from American Public Media) in most of its markets on September 11, 2011 during a special ten-year commemorative 9/11 program.