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Happy 20th Birthday
Written By: Angela Jenkins | Issue: August 2024
Norman Mackenzie returns to First Presbyterian Church of Highlands to celebrate the 20th birthday of the church’s magnificent Wicks pipe organ – 5:00 P.M. Thursday, August 15. Everyone is invited to this free concert.
Norman Mackenzie
The public is cordially invited to a free concert at 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 15, at Highlands First Presbyterian Church, commemorating our Wicks pipe organ’s 20th Birthday.
Featured will be renowned organist Norman Mackenzie, who also performed the inaugural concert on the organ in 2004.
Norman Mackenzie’s abilities as a music collaborator, conductor, and concert organist have brought him international recognition. He holds the position of Director of Music and Fine Arts at Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church and is also a Grammy award winner as Director of Choruses with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
The two-manual 16-rank pipe organ was crafted by the Wicks Organ Company in Highland, Illinois. It was the desire of the organ committee for the instrument to look and sound like an organ of 1885, the year the church was dedicated.
The organ has around 1,000 pipes. The visible pipes are adorned with stenciled designs that were inspired by symbolism found throughout the Christian faith.
First Presbyterian Church is located at the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. Handicapped accessible entrances are located on Church Street and on Fifth Street.
