Legendary Jonas Nordwall & 20th Wurlitzer Anniversary

Celebrate the 20th Birthday of the McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer on Sunday, November 9 at 2 PM as Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts is honored to bring Theatre Organ Legend Jonas Nordwall to perform the anniversary concert of its first Wurlitzer concert in 2006. This internationally renowned virtuoso organist who has been hailed as “a grand master of the organ” will bring his venerated artistry in both classical and modern/popular music to inspire, uplift and bedazzle ARCA’s Wurlitzer loving audience.

Nordwall is among the most respected theatre organists nationally. His prodigious accomplishments began at a very very early age. At the age of 16, Nordwall performed for King Gustav Adolf during a tour of Sweden. In college when he had the rare opportunity to be the organist at the Paramount and Oriental Theaters in Portland. For many years he was the Senior Staff Organist for the legendary Organ Grinder Corporation, with large Wurlitzer pipe organs in lavish restaurants in Portland and Denver.

The recipient of rave reviews worldwide, for over a half century Jonas Nordwall has presented concerts and workshops in churches and performing arts centers in Japan, Europe, China and has made several tours of Australia. The only American organist to play a solo concert at the famed Sydney Town Hall for an audience over 2,000, his concert also was broadcast throughout the South Pacific by the Australian Broadcasting Company. In 1999, he was both an adjudicator and recitalist for the Swiss International Organ Competition in Geneva, Switzerland.

This will be an unforgettable afternoon of pinnacle theatre organ artistry with Jonas Nordwall.Join us to experience this extraordinary artist at the newly renovated McKissick Mighty Wurtlizer as we celebrate its 20th Birthday – including a champagne toast and birthday cake at the reception from 4 to 6 PM in the Red Brick Gallery!

Host or Publisher Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts