OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2024

*Our renewed bilingual website (you are seeing it right now!). This project summarizes nearly 25 years of work with the Oaxaca organs and includes everything you would ever want to know (and more!) about the organs and our activities.

*Organization of the IOHIO’s 15th International Organ and Early Music Festival from February 5-10, 2025, in celebration of the IOHIO’s 25th birthday on February 5. Sign up

*Presentation of the book “Cuaderno de Domingo Flores” and its music to the community of San Bartolo Yautepec, with explanation by the musicologist Aurelio Tello who transcribed the music into modern notation and made a special transcription for the Yautepec band. The early 18th century Notebook was discovered by the IOHIO in 2001. See Publications

*Four organ concerts: February 14, April 18, and July 12 in Jalatlaco, December 1 in Tlacochahuaya. See Audio/Visual

*A circular to the priests in the dioceses of the State of Oaxaca: “Cómo reconocer un órgano histórico” (“How to recognize a historic organ”), hoping that they will report more organs (or whatever is left of them) before they disappear. 

*Documentation of another organ in Santa María Chachoapam (unfortunately only the pipes remain, but it still counts in our register). 

OUR GOALS FOR 2025

*Present the 15th Organ and Early Music Festival February 5-10, including the celebration of the IOHIO’s 25th anniversary February 5, 2025. It will include eight concerts on eight organs and three days of field trips. 

*Publish catalogs of the Oaxaca organs in English and Spanish. “The Historic Pipe Organs of Oaxaca, Mexico” / “Los Órganos Tubulares Históricos de Oaxaca, México”.

*Present group concerts on most of the restored Oaxaca organs.

*Install the electric blower in Tamazulapan

Please consider making a donation to the IOHIO in order to keep us moving ahead, since your contributions are our main source of funding. We encourage both past and first-time Friends of the IOHIO to support this unique cultural initiative.

With all best wishes.
Cicely Winter
Director 

(We invite you to visit our Facebook and Instagram pages to keep updated about our activities and to listen to our concerts on the IOHIO YouTube channel. Our social media networks have been designed and maintained by organist Isaí Guzmán and have nearly 9000 followers.)