In the final concert of the 2024 Summer Series, Dana Robinson plays works by Schumann and Widor.\r\nRobinson teaches organ in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also organist of Grace Lutheran Church in the same city. His recording of Bach\'s Orgelbüchlein on the Brombaugh organ at Christ Church in Tacoma, Washington can be heard on the Arsis label (cd 173) and his recordings of the pedal-piano words of Robert Schumann can be viewed on his YouTube channel, \"Dana Robinson Organist\".
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Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Students: $10, Children Under 6: Free
Grammy Award winner Paul Jacobs performs for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund at Methuen Memorial Music Hall.
Reserved seating: $25 and $35
Tickets go on sale July 15
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Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Reserved Seating: $25 and $35
Organist Joonho Park was born in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea. At 15, he began studying organ at the Korea National University of Arts, studying with Jakyung Oh. He then completed his Master's degree at the University of Performing Arts and Music in Stuttgart, where he is currently enrolled in an Artist's Diploma (Konzertexamen) program. He has won numerous awards and honorable mentions from competitions, most recently the Second Prize at the Grand Prix de Chartres.
His program at Methuen Memorial Music Hall features European organ masters.
Works by Duruflé, Vierne, Bach, and Liszt
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Students: $10, Children Under 6: Free
Contact: info@mmmh.org
On Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 4PM, Kevin Murphy, organ, piano, and vocals; Rob Hammerton, vocals and electric bass; Bill Hoke, clarinet; Ciaran Murphy, cello and drums; Tom Gero, guitar; and others will present a Summer Connexions Concert.
The concert will feature selections by that represent an assortment of styles including classical, sacred, and popular. Bill Hoke, Ciaran Murphy, and Kevin Murphy will present the Beethoven Trio opus 11 for clarinet, cello and piano. Kevin Murphy will play three original works for organ. Tom Gero, Rob Hammerton and Kevin Murphy will share a few classic rock selections. The Connexions concerts at Sudbury United Methodist showcase the various talents of church members and guest artists who come to share their music. The concert will take place at Sudbury United Methodist Church, 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts. We will observe COVID protocols of optional masking, distancing, ventilation and open windows. Because we will have fresh air in the sanctuary, kindly dress for a cool afternoon. A reception will follow the concert, thanks to the kind support of the SUMC music and worship commission.
The concert will take place at Sudbury United Methodist Church, 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Admission is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be taken to support the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief to aid victims of flooding in Vermont this past month.
For more informatio...
Works by Beethoven, Murphy
Sudbury United Methodist Church
Contact: kevin@sudbury-umc.org
On Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 4PM, Kevin Murphy, organ, piano, and vocals; Rob Hammerton, vocals and electric bass; Bill Hoke, clarinet; Ciaran Murphy, cello and drums; Tom Gero, guitar; and others will present a Summer Connexions Concert.
The concert will feature selections by that represent an assortment of styles including classical, sacred, and popular. Bill Hoke, Ciaran Murphy, and Kevin Murphy will present the Beethoven Trio opus 11 for clarinet, cello and piano. Kevin Murphy will play three original works for organ. Tom Gero, Rob Hammerton and Kevin Murphy will share a few classic rock selections. The Connexions concerts at Sudbury United Methodist showcase the various talents of church members and guest artists who come to share their music. The concert will take place at Sudbury United Methodist Church, 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts. We will observe COVID protocols of optional masking, distancing, ventilation and open windows. Because we will have fresh air in the sanctuary, kindly dress for a cool afternoon. A reception will follow the concert, thanks to the kind support of the SUMC music and worship commission.
The concert will take place at Sudbury United Methodist Church, 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Admission is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be taken to support the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief to aid victims of flooding in Vermont this past month.
For more informatio...
Works by Beethoven, Murphy
Sudbury United Methodist Church
Contact: kevin@sudbury-umc.org
We are excited to let you know that the Pipes on the Plaza organ concert series which has been greatly beloved will continue this summer, fall, and winter at the Christian Science Plaza. Experience the glorious sounds of one of the world’s largest pipe organs.
On Thursday, August 13, 2024, from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m., listen to Amanda Mole, Concert organist.
To view the concert program and learn more about getting here, please visit christianscience.com/pipesontheplaza.
Additional organ concert dates:
--Monday, October 14 – Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
--Tuesday, December 31 – First Night, Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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Christian Science Plaza
We are excited to let you know that the Pipes on the Plaza organ concert series which has been greatly beloved will continue this summer, fall, and winter at the Christian Science Plaza. Experience the glorious sounds of one of the world’s largest pipe organs.
On Thursday, August 13, 2024, from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m., listen to Amanda Mole, Concert organist.
To view the concert program and learn more about getting here, please visit christianscience.com/pipesontheplaza.
Additional organ concert dates:
--Monday, October 14 – Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
--Tuesday, December 31 – First Night, Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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Christian Science Plaza
Dr. Jan Kraybill is a Grammy-nominated concert artist, musical leader, speaker, and advocate for the power of music to change lives for the better. She has performed as a soloist, collaborative musician, and hymn festival designer/leader in many venues in North American and Europe, as well as in Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. She has been a featured artist and presenter at regional and national conventions of the AGO and other musical organization, and on American Public Media's Pipedreams and other broadcasts. In Kansas City, she is Organ Conseervator aat the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ denominational headquarters, and organist at Village on Antioch Presbyterian Church.
Her program is entitled "Unity in Diversity".
Works by Bonnet, Gabrieli, Bach, Holst, Gounod, Widor, Larsen, Micehl, Idenstam, Simpson, Stanford, and Sowerby
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Students: $10, Children Under 6: Free
Contact: info@mmmh.org
Internationally acclaimed for his technique and artistry, Dr. Tyler Boehmer of Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS is a passionate and devoted organist. His recent accolades include first prize in the 2019 Miami International Organ Competition, and second prize and audience prize in the 2023 International Organ Competition Dudelange.
He has co-taught several organ workshops aimed at helping volunteer church organists become more confident playing in worship services. As a Guest Organist at Temple Square, he akso has thhe opportunity to introduce the Tabernacle Organ to visitors from around the world.
Works by Campbell, Franck, Mendelssohn, Bach, Morel, and Vierne
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Students: $10, Children Under 6: Free
Contact: info@mmmh.org
In the final concert of the 2024 Summer Series, Dana Robinson plays works by Schumann and Widor.
Robinson teaches organ in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also organist of Grace Lutheran Church in the same city. His recording of Bach's Orgelbüchlein on the Brombaugh organ at Christ Church in Tacoma, Washington can be heard on the Arsis label (cd 173) and his recordings of the pedal-piano words of Robert Schumann can be viewed on his YouTube channel, "Dana Robinson Organist".
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Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Students: $10, Children Under 6: Free
Contact: info@mmmh.org
GMChorale has another fantastic Main Stage Season planned for 2024-2025 in the Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, and we would love for YOU to be a part of it. Our fall concert on Sunday, November 10, will feature two majestic works, Handel’s “Dettingem Te Deum” and Bach’s “Gloria in Excelsis Deo.” Composed within a couple of years of each other at a time of war, they both convey messages of gratitude and peace. For our Spring Main Stage concert on Sunday, April 27, our artistic director has selected a monumental masterwork for the production — Mozart’s “Requiem.” Although Mozart left it unfinished at the time of his tragic death, it is a choral-orchestral work of unparalleled importance.
GMChorale singers have the opportunity to become better musicians by engaging with these masterpieces with professional section leaders and music teachers, an experience unique to GMChorale. Weekly rehearsals are held on Tuesday nights at Bethany Lutheran Church, 50 Court St. in Cromwell, beginning on September 3rd.
Don't miss the unique opportunity to fall in love again with these timeless masterworks. Fill out the inquiry form at <a href="https://www.gmchorale.org/join" target="_blank">(link)</a>
Claim your seat! Sing with GMChorale.
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Bethany Lutheran Church
The American Guild of Organists Western Massachusetts Chapter and the music department of UMass Amherst are bringing Chris Prestia for a FREE workshop and masterclass entitled “Master Your Music in Fewer Practice Sessions” – so that musicians can do what they do better, quicker, more effectively – and ultimately more joyously. Principles covered in the workshop include the best ways to organize and plan your practice time, identify core issues behind mistakes, solve issues efficiently, and retain corrections. The new processes learned in these areas can then be gradually integrated into musicians' existing practice routines – whether they are vocalists, string players, brass or woodwind players, or percussionists. Chris will teach how to make these processes habitual through research-based conditioning techniques so musicians will never “forget” to use them.
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Bezanson Recital Hall
The American Guild of Organists Western Massachusetts Chapter and the music department of UMass Amherst are bringing Chris Prestia for a FREE workshop and masterclass entitled “Master Your Music in Fewer Practice Sessions” – so that musicians can do what they do better, quicker, more effectively – and ultimately more joyously. Principles covered in the workshop include the best ways to organize and plan your practice time, identify core issues behind mistakes, solve issues efficiently, and retain corrections. The new processes learned in these areas can then be gradually integrated into musicians' existing practice routines – whether they are vocalists, string players, brass or woodwind players, or percussionists. Chris will teach how to make these processes habitual through research-based conditioning techniques so musicians will never “forget” to use them.
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Bezanson Recital Hall
Sudbury United Methodist Church plans to dedicate a Schlicker pipe organ recently installed in Davison Chapel at SUMC this Sunday, September 15, 2024, immediately after coffee hour fellowship. After a very brief liturgy from the United Methodist Book of Worship for the dedication of an organ, a program featuring organists from SUMC and from outside SUMC will play short pieces to demonstrate the capabilities of this new to SUMC instrument.
Acquisition of this Schlicker pipe organ was made possible by two bequests from Yuh Rong Tsay-Smith and Russ and Wanda Doughty. These gifts were made with the stipulation that SUMC investigate the addition of a pipe organ in Davison Chapel. Music Director Kevin Murphy worked with Russ and Andover Organ Company this past spring to facilitate the move of this organ from Kearsarge Community Presbyterian Church in New London, NH to SUMC.
Come meet this new musical member of the SUMC community! It is a markedly smaller instrument than our Stuart tracker in the sanctuary, but it has a lovely sweet voice, surprising power and a couple of distinctive colors in its palette. You will be glad you attended this celebration! Send questions and concerns to SUMC music director Kevin Murphy, AAGO <kevin@sudbury-umc.org>.
Works by Fanny Crosby, Bach/Walther, Mendelssohn, English traditional, Buxtehude, Bradbury, Wyeth's "Repository" 1843, J. H. Buttstedt, and J.S.Bach
Sudbury United Methodist Church
Contact: kevin@sudbury-umc.org
Grammy Award winner Paul Jacobs performs in Methuen's Fall Scholarship Fund Concert.
Reserved Seating Only: $25 and $35
Tickets go on sale July 15
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Methuen Memorial Music Hall
$25 and $35 Reserved Seating
Contact: info@mmmh.org
Co-presented with the Boston Wagner Society, Church of the Redeemer Organist & Director of Music, Nigel Potts, accompanies Mezzo Soprano, Sarah Rose Taylor, in an all Wagner & Elgar concert on Friday, September 20th at 7pm.
The program includes Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, Prelude to Act 1 and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, and Elgar’s Sea Pictures, all transcribed by Nigel Potts. The concert is free with a suggested donation of $30/$20. Wine reception following in the Parish Hall - all are welcome.
Works by Wagner & Elgar
Church of the Redeemer
Join us for half-hour organ concert featuring Beth Israel's magnificent Austin pipe organ with organist Michelle Horsley! Michelle Horsley is a conductor, organist, pianist, and collaborative artist whose musical endeavors have taken her into diverse artistic engagements across the world.
Works by Bach
Congregation Beth Israel
Contact: bethisrael@cbict.org
A fire in his home destroyed the majority of the musical compositions by Marcel Lanquetuit, principal organist of the Rouen Cathedral's mighty Cavaille-Coll organ. Though no fire alarm will be set off at this concert, nonetheless the grand and inspiring Toccata in D Major will call your attention to a colorful program played by Klaus Becker, organist and music director at St. Mary's in Longmeadow and former dean of our chapter. The tour begins in Normandy, Northern France, and you are invited to travel, or rather go on pilgrimage, to Leipzig, Germany, to pay homage to the great J. S. Bach with his grandiose Prelude and Fugue in D Major as well as the Fantasy and Fugue in in g minor. Continuing our trip, you will visit Marco Enrico Bossi at the Como Cathedral in Northern Italy and listen to the magical and mysterious Scherzo in g minor. Rejuvenated, we will arrive in Paris, France, to hear Eugene Gigout’s sparkling Toccata and his profound Grand Choeur Dialogue. After a brief excursion to Belgium for Joseph Jongen’s famous Toccata, we will return to Paris to revel in Louis Vierne’s Final from his 6th Symphony. On the wings of this piece, you may reach the tip of the Eiffel Tower. Klaus will play this program centering on the Romantic Period on the E.M. Skinner Opus 179 organ. This will be a memorable afternoon well worth attending!
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Skinner Memorial Chapel, United Congregational Church
Peter Sykes, international organist and teacher, will give the inaugural recital in the newly established Mehaffey International Artist Series at FirstLutheran Church.
Works by Back, Buxtehude, Franck, and Woodman
First Lutheran Church
Contact: Steven Young, minister of music
inaugural Mehaffey International Artist Series
Peter Sykes will perform works by Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, and Woodman
Reception to follow.
FREE. ALL WELCOME
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Join us onFriday, September 27, at 7:30pm as we welcome Nat Reeves and Friends as they pay tribute to the late piano legend Kenny Kirkland. For years, Nat has inspired and influenced countless musicians as an educator in Hartford – and he continues to amaze audiences through his performances and recordings. Joined by the innovative Benito Gonzalez (piano) and incomparable Jeff “Tain” Watts (drums), this trio of jazz masters will surely amaze. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Choral Evensong with incense. The Choir of Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church will sing music by Richard Ayleward, Gideon Cox, Jacob Handl, Grayston Ives, Charles South. A reception will follow.
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Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church
Contact: Dan McKinley
October is a beautiful month for travel and there could be none better than this musical Tour of Germany, France, and England with travel guide extraordinaire, Leo D. Abbott. We set off from St. John the Baptist Church in Peabody aboard Hook and Hastings Opus 937 (1879). We will enjoy the works of Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Franck, Langlais, and Saint-Saens along the way returning back in time for a reception to share our impressions of this magnificent journey. Join with other fellow travelers on this musical sojourn you won't soon forget!
Works by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Franck, Langlais, Saint-Saens
St. John the Baptist Church
Attend a return performance of Daniel Roth, one of the leading French organ virtuosos. Mr. Roth has held numerous prestigious positions including over 30 years as Titular Organist at St. Sulpice in Paris, and as Artist-in-Residence at the National Shrine in Washington, DC. A graduate of the Paris Conservatory, he studied with Rolande Falcinelli and Maurice Duruflé. Hear this renowned organist and improviser, on the “overwhelmingly breathtaking” E.M. Skinner Organ.
Works by Widor, Franck, JS Bach, Mendelssohn, Alain, Roth
Church of the Transfiguration
Free for Students and 18 & under
Contact: 508-240-2400
Join us on Sunday, October 13, at 2:00pm, for New World Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at Music at the Red Door.
Anhared Stowe, violin
Peter Zay, cello
David Ballena, piano
This event will be presented in person only.
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Music at the Red Door
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Hampton Congregational Church, 263 Main St., Hampton has announced that Aaron Patterson will be this year’s artist to play the church’s 1836 Dennison-Smith Tracker Organ. A native of Philadelphia, Aaron was a student of renowned concert organist Paul Jacobs and received his master’s degree at the Julliard School of Music in NYC where he was a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Mr. Patterson won first place both at the 2017 Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition and the 2016 West Chester University International Organ Competition. He has been a recipient of the Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship from the American Guild of Organists and the Bart Pitman Memorial Music Scholarship from the Delaware Valley Music Club. His performance venues include the Wannamaker Grand Court, where he is an assistant organist; Boardwalk Hall at Atlantic City and Philadelphia’s noted performance hall…the Kimmel Center. He is director of music at Cresheim Valley Church in Philadelphia.
The concert will be held at the church on Sunday, October 20th at 4 p.m. Refreshments will follow in the church hall. There will be a free will offering.
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Hampton Congregational Church
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross continues the longstanding tradition! Thirty-third Annual Cathedral Organ Benefit Recital for the historic 101-rank 1875 E & GG Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801.
Several of New England's notable organists will perform a variety of works on the historic pipe organ of 5,292 pipes.
Performers:
• Leo Abbott, Cathedral Music Director & Organist Emeritus
• Dr. Janet Hunt, International Concert Artist
• Sarah Ku, Organ Scholar, Christ Church, Fitchburg
• Rosalind Mohnsen, Immaculate Conception, Malden
• Peter Krasinski, International Sonic Artist
• Richard J. Clark, Director of Music of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Works by Bach, Barber, Duruflé, Demessieux, Dunham, Karg-Elert, Widor
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
17 and under FREE
Contact:
(link)
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series begins with organist Ondres Hornas playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, November 3, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
PROGRAM:
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - The Moldau from Ma Vltava
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - Movement 4, Allegro con fuoco, from Symphony No.9 in E minor, From the New World
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcoppal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Walden Moore playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, December 1, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Advent’s Lessons and Carols has been an important Anglican ritual since the late 1800’s. In the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, an introspective journey of sacred stories and music help prepare us for the Christmas Season. On Sunday, December 15, at 3:00pm, Lessons & Carols will provide you moment of musical peace in this often-complicated world, as we offer spectacular carols and musical anthems from a long tradition of music of the season. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
The St. John’s Choir School and Adult Choir; Walden Moore, interim choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, organist.
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Kari Miller playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 5, 2024, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Join us on Sunday, January 19, at 2:00pm, for New World Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at Music at the Red Door.
Anhared Stowe, violin
Peter Zay, cello
David Ballena, piano
This event will be presented in person only.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Madison Thompson playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, February 2, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Michelle Horsley playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, March 2, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Noted by the Boston Globe for playing with passion and precision, join us 0n Friday, March 21, at 7:30pm for an evening of exquisite chamber music with The Claremont Trio. Known as the freshest breath of air in the world of chamber music today, be ready as they take full advantage of the beautiful acoustics of the St. John’s nave. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Sarah Ku playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 6, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Join us on Sunday, April 13, at 2:00pm, for New World Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at Music at the Red Door.
Anhared Stowe, violin
Peter Zay, cello
David Ballena, piano
This event will be presented in person only.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
You’ll find it impossible to sit still during this evening featuring Afro-Cuban influenced rhythms and soulful, creative music and dance. Join us on Friday, May 2, at 7:30pm as we welcome back Ed Fast and Congabop for this upbeat treat for young and old alike! This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Angela Kraft-Cross playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 4, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
Our 2023-2024 season draws to a close with Pipes Alive! featuring St. John's organ artist-in-residence Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org