Welcome to the website of Ann Labounsky - concert organist, teacher, and scholar. A major part of Ann Labounsky's life's work has been devoted to the life and music of French organist and composer Jean Langlais (1907-1991), with whom she studied in Paris. Here you will find Ann's performance schedule and biography, and her DVD, CDs, and book on Langlais.

Langlais DVD Now Available

A new DVD documentary, Life and Music of Jean Langlais, is now available and may be ordered online. The DVD was released November 19, 2006, at an all-Langlais recital by Ann Labounsky at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church,  Encino, California. 

Now available in both American (NTSC) and European (PAL) DVD formats.

 
This DVD features Ann Labounsky as narrator and performer, and has been professionally produced based on her research and scholarship. Click to learn more about the DVD, watch a preview, read viewers' comments, or order it online.

Complete Organ Works of Langlais on CD

Ann Labounsky has recorded the complete organ works of Jean Langlais for the Musical Heritage Society: a project encompassing 25 compact disks in 12 volumes. Some volumes are currently out of print, and volumes 10, 11, and 12 are not yet released. However, all 12 volumes will be released as a boxed set in honor of the Langlais centennial; release is currently scheduled for 2008.

The contents list of Ann Labounsky's recording of the complete organ works of Jean Langlais now has links to photos and information about the seven organs heard on the CDs.

Citation from Consul of France

Jean-Pierre Collet, Honorary Consul of France for Western Pennsylvania, presented Ann Labounsky with a "Citation in Recognition of Sacred Music" on October 1, 2007. This was in connection with a concert at Church of the Epiphany in Pittsburgh in which Dr. Labounsky and the Duquesne University Orchestra under Sidney Harth performed the first and second organ concerti of Jean Langlais. The citation was presented to Ann Labounsky "in appreciation of her musical talents, her contributions to the memory of the great French organist-composer Jean Langlais, and her continuation of the mission of the Spiritans at Duquesne University." Click to see photos.

Recitals in France, Summer 2007

In the summer of 2007, Ann spent some time in France where she visited friends with her husband, Lewis Steele, and played recitals in Paris (shown here at Notre Dame Cathedral console) and Homer. Click to see photos from this trip.

Langlais Centennial Conference at Duquesne

Duquesne University in Pittsburgh hosted a Centennial Celebration Conference honoring Jean Langlais (1907-1991) February 16-20, 2007. Featured performers were Eric Lebrun, Carolyn Shuster Fournier, Susan Ferré, and Ann Labounsky. Click to see full details, a pdf flyer, or photos.

Langlais Celebration at Austin

Ann Labounsky was featured at a Sacred Music Workshop at The University of Texas at Austin on January 20, 2007. The theme was "Happy 100th Birthday, Maestro Jean Langlais!" and the event included an all-Langlais recital on the four-manual Visser-Rowland organ. (Click photo to enlarge.)

"Thanks again for an absolutely fabulous weekend. I can't begin to tell you how your brilliance and radiance made for the very best workshop we've ever had!"    - Dr. Gerre Hancock, Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin School of Music

At Merseburg Cathedral

European Tour

Duquesne students led by Ann Labounsky visited organs in Germany and the Netherlands in July 2006. Here is a group photo at Merseburg Cathedral. (Click photo to enlarge.)

Credits:
Top left photo of Ann Labounsky at First Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, by Terry Deglau
Website by Vincent Verga

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