A New Instrument for St. James

Completed in 2023, the Rosales/Parsons Organ is the result of a collaboration between two distinguished American organ builders: Rosales Organ Builders of Los Angeles, California, and Parsons Pipe Organ Builders of Canandaigua, New York. Created for the architecture, acoustics, and musical life of St. James by-the-Sea, the instrument supports the church’s liturgy and choral tradition while also serving as a major concert organ for San Diego.

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With six divisions, a four-manual console, 102 stops, 79 ranks, and 4,551 pipes, the organ offers an unusually broad tonal palette. Its resources encompass the clarity required for early music, the color and expressive range of the symphonic repertoire, and the power needed to lead a full congregation in St. James’s resonant acoustic.