Important News Updates
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Macy’s Christmas Light Show details have been announced. Full coverage is on our Light Show page. The 2023 Show runs daily from Fri. Nov. 24 through Sat. Dec. 31 at the following times: • Mon.-Sat. | 10:30am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm & 6pm • Sun. | 12pm, 2pm & 4pm. The presentation is free and takes place in the Grand Court at the center of the Philadelphia store.
Free daily Wanamaker Organ concerts in Macy’s Grand Court are held Monday through Saturday at noon and 5:30 pm. Experience for yourself the thrill of hearing the World’s Largest playing pipe organ, with more sets of pipes than any other instrument on Earth!
At Macy’s—where Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts Starts!
Look to this space for upcoming news on concerts and events.
Special thanks to the many volunteers who make our concerts such smooth running operations, and particularly to Claire Whiting, who manages the volunteers and comes all the way from Florida to take part. All of you can take pride in the magnificent work you have been doing! Thanks also to Macy’s for their generous offering of salads and sandwiches at these events, which is also most appreciated!
Congratulations to this year’s group of stellar students from our Sansom Grant masterclasses! Left to right with teachers Alan Morrison and Peter Richard Conte are Henry Dangerfield, Jon Bolena, Michael Guarnieri, Cadence Brassard and Sarah Ku.
Friends members who donate at certain gift levels are eligible for premium gifts—our gift to you. Please take advantage of these opportunities, available when you renew for 2024 at the top of this page!
Particular thanks for all of you who made the June 2023 Wanamaker Organ Day such a spectacular success! With your support we are producing excellence!
Paid monthly tours have resumed! Tickets are available under the tour section of our webstore. Secure your admissions now!
THE WANAMAKER ORGAN AT MACY’S—WHERE PHILADELPHIA’S AVENUE OF THE ARTS BEGINS!
Listen to a Public Radio Tale of Two Pandemics—and the Wanamaker Organ—below!
Michael Barone’s Pipedreams presents a Virtual Wanamaker Organ Day HERE!
Our latest DVD, Symphonic Splendor is available for purchase from the DVD section of our webstore, with immediate shipping! Don’t miss this stupendous new production—enjoy the finest in Wanamaker Organ music with orchestra from the comfort of your own home! CLICK HERE TO SAMPLE THE DVD!
Watch a 6ABC tribute to the Wanamaker Organ by clicking the box above!
Enjoy a Pipedreams Michael Stairs tribute featuring the Wanamaker Organ HERE!
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June 22, 2021 was the Wanamaker Organ’s 110th birthday! For the occasion the mighty Founder’s Bell atop One South Broad was rung 110 times, and Peter Richard Conte played two special concerts. The story is HERE! Also HERE! Also HERE!
June was “Pipe Organ Month” in Philadelphia, and during the month of June 2021 we streamed and archived special Peter Richard Conte after hours concerts first broadcast each Wednesday at 1 P.M. For the link to the Wednesday June 2 concert, CLICK HERE! For the June 9 concert, CLICK HERE! For the June 16 concert, CLICK HERE! For the June 23 concert CLICK HERE! For the June 30 concert, CLICK HERE!
Paid monthly tours are in full swing! Tickets are available under the tour section of our webstore. Secure your admissions now!
Michael Barone’s Pipedreams presents a Virtual Wanamaker Organ Day HERE!
CLICK ITEMS BELOW FOR A FREE WANAMAKER ORGAN VIRTUAL CONCERT!
Hear Peter Richard Conte play Moonlight Music from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio HERE
Hear Thomas Murray play Mouret’s Rondeau HERE
Hear Peter Richard Conte play the Scherzo from the Guilmant Sonata VIII HERE
Hear Thomas Murray play Grieg;s Anitra’s Dance HERE
Hear Thomas Murray play Elgar’s Imperial March HERE
Hear Peter Richard Conte and Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim in a Bach Duet HERE
Hear Conte and Kim in the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria in a presentation celebrating the artistic and musical legacy of Rodman Wanamaker, HERE
Conte and Kim play Fritz Kreisler’s Preludium and Allegro HERE
And the duo play the Meditation from Thais by Massenet HERE
SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME CHECKING OUT OUR CD and DVD SAMPLER!
Enjoy scenes from our Around the Wanamaker Organ in 80 Minutes DVD HERE
Sample the Keith Chapman Diamond Anniversary Wanamaker Organ concertHERE
Explore the tonal resources of the Wanamaker Organ with our Sonic Odyssey Sampler HERE
Thrill to Rachmaninoff Concerto Samples for Organ and Piano HERE
Enjoy highlights from our Symphonic Splendor Organ and Orchestra CD DVD set HERE
Explore the Wanamaker Organ with our Curator’s Tour starring Michael Barone and Curt Mangel, sampled HERE
All these titles are available for purchase and immediate shipping at our WEBSTORE.
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An enticing selection of Wanamaker Organ CDs, DVDs and books is available for purchase at our webstore, with Immediate Shipping, and at the Macy’s Info Desk on the First Floor, Market, at the entrance to the Grand Court. Visiting during the Holidays? Check out our Macy’s Light Show feature by clicking on the menu at left.
Enjoy a Pipedreams Michael Stairs tribute featuring the Wanamaker Organ HERE!
Paid monthly tours have resumed! Tickets are available under the tour section of our webstore. Secure your admissions now!
An enticing selection of Wanamaker Organ CDs, DVDs and books is available for purchase at our webstore, with Immediate Shipping, and at the Macy’s Info Desk on the First Floor, Market, at the entrance to the Grand Court. Visiting during the Holidays? Check out our Macy’s Light Show feature from the menu at left!
Watch a 6ABC tribute to the Wanamaker Organ by clicking the box above!
Enjoy a Pipedreams Michael Stairs tribute featuring the Wanamaker Organ HERE!
Enjoy Hours of Archived Shows from the WRTI Wanamaker Organ Hour!
A wonderful archive of shows from the WRTI Wanamaker Organ Hour program is available HERE for your Internet listening pleasure! (You must open this post for the link to work.) The site is maintained by Julien Girard, a French aficionado now living in Quebec, with French-language names for the month of the original broadcast dates.
Tours of the Chambers
TAKE A TOUR! Admission to our monthly last-Saturday-of-the-month Organ Tours are available by securing admissions at our webstore Tour section. Advance notice is no longer required for groups of five or smaller. You may purchase your admissions clicking HERE and meet your tour guide Nik Sizgorich at noon at the Eagle on the designated tour […]
Remembering Bill Bragg
WE ARE VERY SORRY to report that our beloved Bill Bragg, the longtime Voice of Big Tex at the Texas State Fair and the Voice of the Wanamaker Organ over our kiosk and the weekly YesterdayUSA broadcast, passed away Friday June 28. More is at the Wanamaker Organ Friends and Fans Facebook Page and searchable […]
Become a Member
Our membership renewal period is still in full swing. We rely on donations from people like yourself who understand the complexity of the Wanamaker Organ and all that is required to keep it playing to accomplish our mission. Increased giving makes us eligible for increased grant amounts. For early birds and those who want to join […]
