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War­ren Edward McCall has been appoint­ed CEO of the Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety

The Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, Vil­lano­va, Pa. has announced the appoint­ment of War­ren Edward (Ed) McCall as its new CEO. He will assume respon­si­bil­i­ties on August 1, 2018 and will suc­ceed James Weaver, who is retir­ing, hav­ing served in that posi­tion since 2010. 

Ed is a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to with a major in music and com­put­er stud­ies. He has a Mas­ter of Music degree from West­min­ster Choir Col­lege and has taught there. He is Artis­tic Direc­tor of Can­tus Novus in Yard­ley, Pa. and Organist/​Choir Direc­tor at St. Paul’s Epis­co­pal Church in Doylestown, Pa. From 2010 – 2012, Ed was Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the pres­ti­gious St. Michael’s Choir School in Toron­to, where he served as the chief admin­is­tra­tive offi­cer with respon­si­bil­i­ty for man­ag­ing the dai­ly oper­a­tions of the school and a bud­get of $1.5 mil­lion. 

Michael Quim­by, Board Chair­man, observed that Edward McCall’s appoint­ment is the result of a thor­ough inter­na­tion­al search, and that he is delight­ed to wel­come Edward McCall to this impor­tant posi­tion. Edward McCall com­ment­ed, ​“The oppor­tu­ni­ty to lead a world-class orga­ni­za­tion such as the Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety is an hon­or and priv­i­lege.” 

Are you proud of the his­toric pipe organs in your area? Would you like to share them with the rest of the OHS mem­ber­ship?

The Organ His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety is seek­ing pro­pos­als to host con­ven­tions in 2020 and 2021, and we would love to come vis­it! If you’ve ever want­ed to show off the organs in your area to the rest of the OHS mem­ber­ship, this is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty. As a first step, please con­tact the CEO, Jim Weaver, at emccall@​organhistoricalsociety.​org to start a con­ver­sa­tion about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of host­ing. After this, an ini­tial pro­pos­al will need to have a pre­lim­i­nary list of organs to vis­it and a pre­lim­i­nary itin­er­ary, as well as a list of peo­ple who would be will­ing to serve on a con­ven­tion committee. For com­plete infor­ma­tion on host­ing a con­ven­tion, please down­load the con­ven­tion guide­lines here.