Ballantyne Magazine

WINTER 2011

Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.

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BALLANTYNE | cover story action with a digital screen on the left, under the music rack, where the organist can preset 24 memories for each piston. Fanning out beneath the organist's feet is a pedalboard of keys built of maple and walnut, along with four "shoes" resembling gas pedals — three "expression" and one "crescendo." In addition, the organist can choose from 53 brass toe stubs and eight brass pedal movements. This intricate array of foot controls means that any music that can be played by hand can be played with the feet as well, freeing the organist to play a melody by foot and separate accompaniment by hand — a talent only highly trained organists possess. At Calvary Church, that talent is Elizabeth Hildebrand, who earned her master's of music in organ performance from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Ironically, the petite Hildebrand, daughter of a pastor in Michigan, says she minored Above: Worship Pastor Tim Hathaway discusses an upcoming program with organist Elizabeth Hildebrand. Left: Master organ technician David Nelms tunes the organ once a week. Here, he is surrounded by thousands of pipes in a room behind the sanctuary. 64 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE WINTER 2011-2012

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