WELCOME TO THE EAST TEXAS PIPE ORGAN FESTIVAL

November 5-9, 2017

Mark your calendars now!

We are open for registration!

Our 2016 festival will be held November 5-9 honoring the life and work of Roy Perry, designer and tonal finisher of the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs in the East Texas area. We will have recitals on instruments in Kilgore, Longview, and Shreveport, with additional exhibits and private functions. This year's festival is dedicated to the memory of Nora Williams, and will include recitals and lectures by Jason Alden, David Baskeyfield, Casey Cantwell, Jonathan Dimmock, Mark Dwyer, Thomas Gaynor, Paul Halley, Frederick Hohman, Jan Kraybill, Alan Morrison, Bynum Petty, Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Michael Shake, Clark Wilson, and others to be announced at a later date.

For our complete schedule, click on "About Us."

We are now open for registration on the website. Early Bird registration is open until September 15. Make your reservation today for the 2017 East Texas Pipe Organ Festival! If you prefer to register by mail, please send your check and personal information (name, address, telephone, and email) to:

East Texas Pipe Organ Festival P. O. Box 2069 Kilgore, TX 75663

Our official festival hotel is Kilgore Comfort Suites. Call Comfort Suites directly to get the festival rate at 903-984-2385. Rooms fill up fast, so book your room today.

Additional rooms are available at Kilgore Hampton Inn, at 903-983-3300.

Like us on Facebook at East Texas Pipe Organ Festival for updates and fun photos and memorabilia.

Find us on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQFIKGbrWFk

To purchase CD recordings of some of Roy Perry's and other Aeolian-Skinner installations: www.easttexaspipeorganfestival.com or www.Amazon.com

Listen to our links on Youtube featuring some of the organs we will visit:

Alexander Boggs Ryan Plays Reubke on Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1174, Longview, Texas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91blKG5tuKQ

William Watkins Plays Willan "Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYq56KXZmE

Roy Perry Plays Debussy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7HFcarXqU

William Watkins Plays Langlais "La Nativite": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxdQ9jG0C-4

Dora Poteet Barclay Plays Reubke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoTpxFncqk

James Lynn Culp Plays Karg-Elert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvlLd8J2Fn0

Walt Strony Plays Tico Tico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRP4uzsKg_c

Walt Strony Plays Bizet Carmen Suite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TapJkUFTY8

We hope to see you in East Texas in November!