“This concert is a call for peace with no political affiliation,” said Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego Civic Organist. “We see the current events as an opportunity to call for human dignity and peace. When JD Spreckels donated the organ to the City of San Diego, it was meant to be not just an entertainment tool, but a tool to feed every human soul with deeper and more delicate emotions to grow our human values.”  

The Spreckels Organ Society – as the cultural organization – seeks ways to honor Spreckels’ philanthropic gift to the City by building upon its wish to support the uniqueness, value, and importance of the individual human soul, which is highlighted through music as an intimate experience of inner self. The Spreckels Organ Society’s trustees believe in that duty. The Society’s educational program constantly seeks to grow in that mission as well.

The Spreckels Organ Pavilion hosts weekly concerts each Sunday at 2 p.m. Beginning last Sunday, and continuing until the crisis in Ukraine ends, each Sunday concert will start with the National Anthem of Ukraine. Prieto Ramirez will also dress in the Ukrainian colors to spread awareness and support for all of those affected.