October 30, 2025
Video: Halloween concert highlights spooky organ classics
The Halloween Organ Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Kane Hall鈥檚 Walker-Ames Room. The event is free.
, artist in residence and head of organ studies at the 91爆料, will be joined by students and colleagues on Friday, Oct. 31, to perform a concert of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun.
The concert will open with 鈥淭occata and Fugue in D minor,鈥� which Price will play on the organ. Most likely written by Johann Sebastian Bach in the Baroque period, the composition is strongly associated with Halloween and spooky films, including the Disney movie 鈥淔antasia.鈥�
鈥淧eople will recognize that piece and sort of expect it,鈥澛� Price said. 鈥淲e will then have vocal students and instrumentalists from the 91爆料 School of Music, which will show how the organ can be an accompanying instrument, outside of just being a solo instrument. Each organist will bring their own character and style to their performances.鈥�
Other concert selections include 鈥淭he Ballad of Sweeney Todd,鈥� 鈥淧ink Panther,鈥� the Mexican folk song 鈥淟a Llorona,鈥� , and the American folk tune 鈥淭he House of the Rising Sun.鈥澛�
鈥淓vents like this are important because they expose people to organ music that may not ever take the chance to go and hear an organ concert,鈥� Price said. 鈥淚t is a very popular event, and it’s oriented around popular music and familiar music. That makes it a fun experience.鈥�
After graduating from Western Connecticut State University, Price received a Fulbright Scholarship to Toulouse, France, where he studied historical and modern performances practices of French organ music. He went on to earn a master鈥檚 degree and a doctoral degree in music.
鈥�I have a colleague here in Seattle who believes the instrument chooses you, and I think there may be some truth to that,鈥� Price said. 鈥淭he first time I saw an organist play, I knew instantly that’s what I wanted to do.鈥�
