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C. Ralph Mills

Credit: Joseph Garland

The Rev. C. Ralph Mills will present an organ concert Sunday at St. Paul's Memorial Church.

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The Rev. C. Ralph Mills

3 p.m. Sunday

St. Paul's Memorial Church

Bring a can of nonperishable food for Greene County Food Bank

Park at Westminster Presbyterian Church; shuttle service begins at 2:15 p.m.

295-2156
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By: Daily Progress Staff Reports | The Daily Progress
Published: January 27, 2012
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The Rev. C. Ralph Mills will present an organ concert of music from Germany and the United Kingdom at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul's Memorial Church.

His program will begin with Dietrich Buxtehude's "Toccata und Fuga (F)" and "Two Chorale Preludes," which includes two stanzas from "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herron" and "Lob Gott, Christen allzugleich."

Vincent Lubeck's "Praeludium un Fuge (C)" is next.

Francis Jackson's "Fantasia Argenti (Opus 67" will follow, as will John Travers' "Cornet Voluntary," Philip Hayes' "Pastorale," William Hine's "Flute Piece" and "Processional" by William Mathias.

Mills will perform on an E.M. Skinner pipe organ with four manuals and 39 ranks.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from George Peabody College and studied at the Organ International Concours in Haarlem, the Netherlands, where he studied Bach and French literature with Anton Heiller and Marie-Claire Alain. He also studied at the Royal School of Church Music in Croydon, England.

Mills is a member of the American Guild of Organists, which he has served as a founding dean, sub-dean, newsletter editor and state chairman of West Virginia.

Parking is available behind Westminster Presbyterian Church at 190 Rugby Road. Starting at 2:15 p.m., shuttles will take listeners from Westminster to St. Paul's, and then back again after the concert.

Admission is a can of nonperishable food for the Greene County Food Bank. For information, call 295-2156.

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