FIRST INTERNATIONAL ORGAN MUSIC FESTIVAL,
OAXACA, MEXICO
AND
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“ORGAN RESTORATION IN LATIN AMERICA”

November 27
Master classes in Tlacochahuaya with Guy Bovet (Switzerland)

November 28
Master classes in Tlacochahuaya with Guy Bovet

November 29
Master classes in Tlacochahuaya with Guy Bovet
Inauguration of the Conference, the Festival and the Exhibit of Photographs and Technical Drawings of the Historic Organs (Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca, Oaxaca Philatelic Museum, MUFI)
Words of welcome:
Cecilia Winter, Director of the Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (IOHIO)
Edward Pepe, Subdirector of the IOHIO
Dr. Moisés Rosas, Secretary of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
Sr. Alfredo Harp Helú, President of the Amigos de Oaxaca Trust
Cándida Fernández, Director Fomento Cultural Banamex
Alejandra Mora, Director of the Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca (MUFI)
Jesús Rivas Solórzano (representing the Mexican postal service with a special cancellation for the Conference and Festival)
First concert of the Festival in San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya: Guy Bovet, organist (Switzerland)

November 30
Presentations on the theme of Organ Restoration (Francisco de Burgoa Library, Santo Domingo Cultural Center)
Teresita Loaera (National Coordinator of Historic Patrimony of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, INAH), María del Perpetuo Socorro Villarreal Escárrega (National Coordinator of Legal Issues, INAH), and Eduardo López Calzada (Director of the Oaxaca Regional Center, INAH): “The Conservation and Protection of the National Historic Patrimony according to Federal Law”
Laurence Libin: “Organ Conservation from a Museum Perspective”
Hans Davidsson : “The Research Project of North German Organs at the University of Göteborg, Sweden”
Henk van Eeken “Regulations in Holland for the Protection and Conservation of Historic Monuments during the last Fifty Years”
Pascal Quoirin: “Organ Restorations in France, South America and México: Comparisons”
Federico Acitores: “Documentation and Regulations for Organ Restoration in Spain”
Gerhard Grenzing : “Introduction to the Origin and Stylistic Development of the Iberian Organ, Schools and Influences”
Lunch in Oaxaca
Presentation of the Restoration of the Organ of the Basílica de la Soledad by Gustavo Delgado; musical demonstration by Elisa Freixo and Cristina García Banegas
Presentation of the Restoration of the Organ in the Oaxaca Cathedral by Susan Tattershall ; musical demonstration: Lynn Edwards and Edward Pepe
Second concert of the festival in the Oaxaca Cathedral: Roberto Fresco, organist (Spain)

December 1
All-day field trip to the Mixteca Alta
Presentation of the restoration of the Organ in Yanhuitlán by Pascal Quoirin; musical demonstration by Gustavo Delgado
Visit to the unrestored organ in Santa María Tiltepec
Visit to the unrestored organ in San Andrés Sinaxtla
Lunch in San Andrés Zautla
Presentation of the restoration of the organ in Zautla by Susan Tattershall; musical demonstration by James Wyly
Presentation of the restoration of the organ in San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya by Susan Tattershall
Third concert of the Festival in Tlacochahuaya: Cristina García Banegas, organist (Uruguay)

December 2
Presentations on the theme of organ restoration
(Fancisco de Burgoa Library, Santo Domingo Cultural Center)
Joaquín Wesslowski: “Organ Restorations in Mexico”
Susan Tattershall : “The Overarching Challenges of Organ Restoration in México”
Aurelio Tello: “Organist and Organbuilders in the Oaxaca Cathedral, the First Music Center in Colonial Oaxaca”
Jorge Mejía Torres: “Recent Research in the Archive of the Oaxaca Catedral about Organs and Organists”
Edward Pepe: “References to the Organ in the Oaxaca Catedral in the Letters of the Organbuilder Tomás Ríos (1911)”
Piotr Nawrot: “Historic Organs in Bolivia from the XVII –XX Centuries”
Enrique Godoy: “The Baroque Mestizo School of Organ Construction in the Altiplano of Bolivia”
Elisa Freixo : “The Schnitger Organ in Mariana, Brazil”
Cristina García Banegas: “The Panorama of Organs in South America”
Young Mexican Organ Restorers (Eduardo Bribiesca, José Luis Falcón, Alejandro Madrigal): “Personal Experiences with Mexican Organbuilding”
Lunch in Oaxaca
Christoph Metzler: “An Organ Built by Arp Schnitger (1701) and its History”
Henk van Eeken: “The Importance of the Idea of Process Reconstruction for the Manufacture and Restoration of Organ Pipes”
Gerhard Grenzing : “A Technical Evaluation of Spanish Organs”
Open Session for Restorers (including Wesslowski, Acitores, Grenzing, Tattershall, Quoirin, etc.)
Fourth concert of the Festival in the Basílica of the Soledad: Elisa Freixo, organist (Brazil)

December 3
Projects in México Relating to the Historic Organs;
Definition of a Code of Regulations for Restoration
(Francisco de Burgoa Library, Santo Domingo Cultural Center)
Víctor Urbán: “Organs, Organ Music and Organists in Spain and México during the XVI, XVII and XVIII Centuries”
Alfonso Vega Núñez: “The Morelia Organ Festival”
Gustavo Delgado: “Activities of the Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano (AMMAO)”
Mercedes Gómez y Daniel Guzmán: “Projects and Programs of the National School of Restoration of the INAH”
Josué Gastelloú: “Catalogue and Documentation of the Historic Organs of Puebla and Tlaxcala”
Guy Bovet: “Catalogue and Documentation of the Historic Organs of México (UNESCO/Pro Helvetia)”
Michael Barone: “Organ Culture in the United States”
Montserrat Torrent. “The Restoration of a Historic Organ from the Point of View of an Interpreter”
Edward Pepe: “Discovering the Historic Organs of Oaxaca”.
Round Table Discussion to Define a Code of Regulations for Organ Restoration: Moderators, Lynn Edwards y Horacio Franco
Final group luncheon with regional folk dancing
Fifth concert of the Festival in the Oaxaca Cathedral: Horacio Franco, baroque flute, and José Suárez, organ (Mexico)

December 4
Guided tour of the archeological site of Monte Albán with Marcus Winter (INAH)
Master classes in Tlacochahuaya with Elisa Freixo and Cristina García Banegas

December 5
Master classes in Tlacochahuaya with Elisa Freixo and Cristina García Banegas