Organ Recital Series: Robert Parkins

Robert Parkins is the University Organist and a Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke. His recordings have appeared on the Calcante, Gothic, Musical Heritage Society, and Naxos labels, and his performances described as "fresh and spontaneous, transforming the music from museum artifacts to living works of beauty" (The Diapason). This season's program, "Magnificat," will include works of Bach and Rheinberger on the Brombaugh and Flentrop organs. He will be assisted by Kristen Blackman, cantor, and members of the Duke Vespers Ensemble, directed by Brian Schmidt.