Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard
Cost: Free
Performing: Thomas Sheehan

Details: Thomas Sheehan performs a recital on the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard University
Contact: Carson Cooman
OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs
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Methuen Memorial Musical Hall, 192 Broadway
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $12; Sr/Stu: $12
Performing: Paige Busse, Marshall Joos, Colin Lapus, Benjamin Pajunen, Joshua Pak

Details: Come hear the next generation of up and coming organists on the Great Organ at the Methuen Memorial Musical Hall. With works by Mendelssohn, Dupré, Bonnet, Messiaen, Salomé, Karg-Elert, Gigout and Jongen. Methuen Memorial Music Hall- 192 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844. Doors open @ 7:30pm.
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  Contact: 978-685-0693
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St. Mary's Church, 8 Church St
Cost: Free Will Offering
Performing: St. Mary's Choirs

Details: On Friday, May 24 at 7 PM, St. Mary's Adult, Youth and Children’s Choirs will together present a program of fine choral music by the composers Josef Rheinberger and Felix Mendelssohn. Accompanied by Orchestra they will perform Rheinberger’s Mass in C, op. 169 as well as selections from Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St. Paul. This event is free and open to all.
Contact: Kevin Lyczak
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Methuen Memorial Musical Hall, 192 Broadway
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $12; Sr/Stu: $12 - Children: $5
Performing: Richard Gress

Details: A recipient of the AGO's Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship, Richard Gress will be performing works by Bruhns, Bach, Reger, Franck and Duruflé, and this event is surely not to be missed. Methuen Memorial Music Hall- 192 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844. Doors open @ 7:30pm.
Bio: (link)
  Contact: 978-685-0693
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St James's Episcopal Curch, 1018 Farmington Avenue
Cost: Free
Performing: Vaughn Mauren, organist

Details: After many months of anticipation, the extensive re-building and enlargement of the three-manual Austin Organ at St James's is complete! Please join us for a very special recital to re-dedicate this marvelous instrument. Vaughn Mauren, Organist and Choirmaster at St James's, has chosen a program of "Grand Organ Music of Great Britain," with selections by Elgar, Stanford, Howells, Bairstow, Whitlock, and Walton. Organ specs here: (link) No tickets are required for this special event.
Bio: (link)
  Contact: concerts@stjameswh.org
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St James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue
Cost: Free
Performing: Vaughn Mauren, organist

Details: After many months of anticipation, the extensive re-building and enlargement of the three-manual Austin Organ at St James's is complete! Please join us for a very special recital to re-dedicate this marvelous instrument. Vaughn Mauren, Organist and Choirmaster at St James's, has chosen a program of "Grand Organ Music of Great Britain," with selections by Elgar, Stanford, Howells, Bairstow, Whitlock, and Walton. No tickets are required for this special event.
Bio: (link)
  Contact: concerts@stjameswh.org
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107502

Methuen Memorial Musical Hall, 192 Broadway
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $10
Performing: Hugh Hinton

Details: Join us for our Inaugural Concert on the our newly acquired 1953 Steinway Concert Grand bequethed to our Hall by the late William A. Goodwin. Hugh Hinton- Sub-Dean of the MVAGO has so graciously agreed to play for us with works by Haydn, Schoenberg, and Debussy, you will not be disappointed. Methuen Memorial Music Hall- 192 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844. Doors open @ 7:30pm.
Bio: (link)
  Contact: 978-685-0693
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First Church of Christ, Congregational, 2183 Main Street
Cost: Free Will Offering
Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director

Details: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name \"Alchemy\" in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music. This season’s concerts, called \"Come to the Music\" features a cappella and accompanied choral music by Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Duruflé, Fauré, Siegfried, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Thompson, Vierne, and Clausen. Allan Conway accompanies. No tickets are required; a free will donation will be accepted.
Bio: (link)
Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue
Cost: Free
Performing: Christa Rakich, Organist

Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, June 2 at 12:30 p.m. Christa Rakich, Organ Artist-in-Residence at St. John’s, West Hartford, recently retired from a position as Music Director at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford. She lives in Bloomfield and maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist. She has served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Connecticut, and as Assistant University Organist at Harvard. Previous Artist-in-Residencies have included the University of Pennsylvania and First Lutheran Church in Boston. As a Fulbright Scholar, Christa studied for two years with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienn
Contact: music@sjparish.net
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United Congregational Church of Tolland, 45 Tolland Green
Cost: Free
Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMCHorale

Details: Alchemy, the 24-voice vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts across the state that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name “Alchemy” in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music.
Bio: (link)
  Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org
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107503

Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St
Cost: Free
Performing: Scott Lamlein

Details: Cited by The American Organist magazine as infusing his music with “virtuosic flair and fire,” Scott’s performances bring a unique emotional and spiritual inspiration to his audiences. Listeners find a place of solace, a time of wonder and awe. His playing has been described as inspiring, uplifting, powerful and flawless.
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Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St
Cost: Free
Performing: Christopher Holman

Details: Since winning the Albert Schweizer Competition, American organist Christopher Holman has performed on some of the most important historic and modern organs in Europe and North America. As a guest artist, he has most recently appeared at the BachFest Leipzig, Festival international de l’orgue ancienne in Sion, Switzerland (the oldest organ in the world), and the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative. He has released two recordings, and his performances have been broadcast on German and Swiss national television and radio. Also active as a scholar, his research has most recently been published in Oxford University’s journal Early Music, and he is Editor of the journal Vox Humana and Director of Musicology for Bach Society Houston.
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