Pipe Dreams Can Come True By Marci Janas
			When Daniel Sullivan ‘02, a five-year double major (organ and music theory) from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, performs Tuesday evening at the Orientation Concert, held in Warner Concert Hall, he can consider it either a postlude to an extraordinary summer or a prelude to an extraordinary new season. Sullivan, a pupil of Professor of Organ and Director of Keyboard Studies Haskell Thomson, attended the prestigious "advanced academy" at the Oundle International Festival in Peterborough, U.K. Oundle awarded him a partial scholarship, allowing him to attend the summer academy, which was in session from July 16 to July 23. The academy is open to those who have the potential to emerge as professional organists; participants must arrive with a list of required repertoire prepared. Although the Oundle Academy is not a competition, its tutors award recitals on the basis of private, careful appraisal of the abilities demonstrated in master class performances during the course. Sullivan was awarded four concerts for the summer of 2001: St. John's College, Cambridge; St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh; Hexham Abbey; and St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich.
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