Los Angeles Times

The refurbished Christ Cathedral, and its humongous organ, find unexpected magnificence

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Christ Cathedral’s Hazel Wright Organ makes a joyful noise again

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 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns to California church

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 ...
Orange County Register

Christ Cathedral witnesses the rebirth of iconic Hazel Wright pipe organ

“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, ...
NBC Los Angeles

Iconic Hazel Wright Organ Returns to Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove

The world's fifth-largest pipe organ has been returned to Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. The Diocese of Orange spent $3 million renovating the Hazel Wright organ, named after the woman who made the ...
The Columbian

Famed pipe organ returns after restoration

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 ...
Seattle Times

Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...