Detroit Artist Performed Concert of American Organ Music

Norah Duncan IV

Currently an Associate Professor of Music at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mr. Norah Duncan was for over a quarter of a century the organist at that city’s Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Cathedral, holding that post under cardinals John Francis Dearden, Edward Szoka and Adam Maida.

Norah Duncan is the recipient of many awards, both secular and religious acknowledgements of his high musical achievements and outstanding service to both Church and city. An alumnus of Wayne State University, he is also a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor. He prides himself in having been the music director for the papal mass during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Detroit in 1987.

The main sponsor for this musical event was the American Embassy in Warsaw. Additional sponsors included Welcome to Warsaw, BATIDA, and the Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc.