Organ

Organs

Sewanee is home to two important installations by the firm of Casavant Frères in All Saints’ Chapel and the Chapel of the Apostles.

Chapel of the Apostles

The St. Paul’s Organ in the Chapel of the Apostles was installed by Casavant under the direction of Jean-Louis Coignet in 2003 as a gift from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga. Consisting of twenty-three ranks, the organ is used in daily worship to play a wide range of congregational, choral, and solo repertoire. The St. Paul’s Organ marked the first major use of façade pipe stenciling on an American organ in eighty years; its stencil work was designed to complement the chapel’s architecture. Since the organ’s installation, Casavant and other builders have begun to use stenciling more regularly in their designs. A detailed stop list can be found here. 

The Chapel of the Apostles also houses a continuo organ by Gerhard Brunzema with four stops which is used both for choral accompaniment and solo repertoire.

 

ALL SAINTS' CHAPEL

The organ in All Saints’ Chapel was designed by Casavant under the direction of Lawrence Phelps. It was built in the American Classic style and installed in 1961. After All Saints’ underwent a thorough acoustical makeover in the 1990s, Casavant was again hired to renovate the organ, adding several stops, revoicing others, and broadening its tone. The organ as it currently stands after its 2004 renovation is broadly in the English style, with certain French accents, making it capable of playing a wide variety of literature convincingly. It contains sixty-seven ranks across six divisions and three manuals. A detailed stop list can be found here.