In 1980, soprano Beverly Sills, arguably America’s then-most popular opera singer, performed at a special benefit concert for the newly built Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove. Designed by architect ...

“Hazel” has waited a long time for this. About five years ago, after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange purchased the Crystal Cathedral, the church’s 16,000-pipe organ named after its benefactor, ...

To celebrate, all in the Diocese and music lovers everywhere are invited to a free public blessing ceremony for "Hazel" — as the instrument is affectionately known — led by Bishop Kevin W. Vann on ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ — just “Hazel,” to her admirers — was removed ...

For years the Hazel Wright Organ filled what was then known as the Crystal Cathedral with joyous sounds. Each week the world’s fifth largest pipe organ blasted in the cathedral and into millions of ...