PRESS PHOTOS BY PAUL WILLISTEIN

AN ORGAN RECITAL BY CHRISTINE M. CLEWELL, ORGANIST, WAS PART OF THE "ARTS AT ST. JOHN'S" 2014 - '15 SEASON NOV. 7 AT JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 37 S. FIFTH ST, ALLENTOWN. CLEWELL, ABOVE LEFT, IS GREETED AFTER THE CONCERT BY DR. MICHAEL KRENTZ, ABOVE RIGHT, OF LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP, WHO HEADS THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS, CONCERT CO-PRESENTER. KRENTZ IS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES AND SEMINARY CANTOR AT THE LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT PHILADELPHIA. CLEWELL, WHO GREW UP IN ALLENTOWN, IS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ORGAN AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJUNCT ORGANIST, ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, INDIANA, INDIANA COUNTY. CLEWELL, BELOW LEFT, GREETS GRACE MEALEY, BELOW RIGHT, MUSIC TEACHER OF CLEWELL AGE 7 - 18. MEALEY, A RESIDENT OF FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY, WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, TAUGHT PIANO FOR 65 YEARS. "WE NEED TO KEEP ORGAN MUSIC ALIVE. AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS PLAY ORGAN MUSIC. AND WE NEED COMPOSERS TO WRITE ORGAN MUSIC," CLEWELL TOLD CONCERT ATTENDEES. CLEWELL'S CONCERT, "IN PRAISE OF AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND ORGAN MUSIC YOU CAN HUM TO," INCLUDED WORKS BY IVES, BOLCOM AND PAINE.