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Sunday, March 16, 2025 3:00 PM Somerville, MA Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland
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Somerville Museum, Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.) Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30; Sr/Stu: $25 - Museum members $25. Tickets are availabl |
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More Event Details Details: El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Karen Burciaga, Mai-Lan Broekman, James Perretta and Alice Mroszczyk, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute & orpharion) gives a rare complete performance of John Dowland's masterwork, including pavans, galliards and almains for instrumental ensemble.
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Works by John Dowland Contact: For more info, call (617) 666-9810 or go to (link) [Map]  |
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Sunday, March 16, 2025 3:30 PM Shrewsbury, MA Assabet Valley Mastersingers performs Mendelssohn's "Elijah"
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Saint John's High School, 378 Main Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $20 - Children are free with accompanying adul |
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More Event Details Details: The Assabet Valley Mastersingers, directed by Dr. Robert P. Eaton, invite you to experience Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah” on March 16th, 2025 at 3:30 PM. The concert venue is Saint John’s High School, located at 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
”Elijah” has resonated with generations of music lovers because of sublime melodies and powerful narratives. In addition to the Assabet Valley Mastersingers chorus, our performance features a stellar lineup of soloists, and a professional orchestra. Come, and take a transformative musical journey that will resonate long after the final note fades.
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Works by Felix Mendelssohn Contact: Nathan Colby, Theatre Coordinator, 508-842-8934, ext. 490 [Map]  |
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Sunday, March 16, 2025 5:00 PM Marblehead, MA “The Composer’s Muse” — Cathy Meyer, organ
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 26 Pleasant St. Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $20 - $100 for season subscription (5 concerts |
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Details: For centuries, composers in awe of the organ’s majesty have written masterpieces which have remained in the repertoire to this day. Often overlooked, however, are the masterpieces being written today that will become the classics of the years to come. In our penultimate program of the series, Cathy Meyer, Minister of Music and Organist at South Church (UCC) in Andover, MA, will present works by contemporary and living composers as we celebrate the present and future of our organ.
(Snow Date: Mar. 23)
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Sunday, March 16, 2025 5:00 PM Salem, MA Evensong with the Jubilate Chamber Choir
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The Tabernacle UCC Church, 50 Washington Street Cost: Free |
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Details: Please join the Jubilate Chamber Choir for a service of reflective readings and music. We are preparing for a Choral Residence at Chichester Cathedral in August of 2025 and we are singing Evensongs in the Boston Area as a Choir in Residence.
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Works by Lizzy Wheeler, Jonathan Battishill, Richard Ayleward Contact: maryjodice1@gmail.com [Map]  |
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Monday, March 17, 2025 7:30 PM Shrewsbury, MA Open Rehearsal: Come Sing with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers
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First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road Cost: Free - No cost |
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More Event Details Details: Are you looking for choral experience in a community of welcoming, inclusive, respectful, collegial, and talented vocalists? Do you value high artistic standards? Welcome to Assabet Valley Mastersingers (AVM). Please come join us for our Open Rehearsal on Monday, March 17th for our concert in May which will feature two large works by contemporary composers Ola Gjeilo and Elaine Hagenberg, as well as two shorter works by Christopher Tin and Jake Runestad.
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Works by Ola Gjeilo, Elaine Hagenberg, Christopher Tin, Jake Runestad [Map]  |
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Friday, March 21, 2025 6:30 PM West Hartford, CT Organ Sounds with Mary Pan
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Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Will Offering |
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More Event Details Details: Join us for a half-hour organ concert featuring Beth Israel’s magnificent Austin pipe organ and guest organist Mary Pan! All Organ Sounds concerts are open to the public and performed live and livestreamed. Visit (link) for the link to join us virtually, the program, the artist biography, and more information. Donations are welcome at the event, or go to (link).
Ms. Pan is an organist, pianist, and choral director based in Rochester, New York. She is a native of Connecticut and a graduate of the Hartt School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. She is a prizewinner in many competitions, including the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition and the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition. She is also a recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including the M. Louise Miller Scholarship and the Yankee-Pogorzelski Memorial Scholarship. Mary has served as organist or full-time organ scholar at several churches in Connecticut, as well as at Grace Church in New York City; Saint James Cathedral, Chicago (Episcopal); and Gloucester Cathedral in the United Kingdom. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
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Works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Whitlock, Bairstow Contact: bethisrael@cbict.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Friday, March 21, 2025 7:00 PM Storrs, CT Bach's Birthday Bash!
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St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel, 42 N. Eagleville Road Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ |
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More Event Details Details: Bach’s Birthday Bash
Diane Meredith Belcher - organist
John Brombaugh Opus 21
March 21st, 7:00 pm
St. Mark’s Episcopal Chapel
The University of Connecticut
42 North Eagleville Road
Storrs CT 06268
Suggested Donation: $20
Benefit Concert for Choral Scholarships to UConn Students
Internationally renowned organist Diane Meredith Belcher will present a recital on the restored Brombaugh organ, op.21. Ms. Belcher will perform works by Bach, Buxtehude, and Sweelink including Bach’s Great Prelude and Fugue in A minor. Stefan Maier undertook the restoration of Opus 21 in collaboration with Taylor and Boody under the guidance of John Brombaugh. Mr. Brombaugh quotes, “The triplets, opus 20, 21 and 22, are three of my best instruments,” to which Ms. Belcher adds, “The restoration of Opus 21 along with the chapel’s excellent acoustics make it a joy to play.” Please attend this unique event and support the choral scholar program at St. Mark’s Episcopal Chapel.
Media Contact: Dr. Charles Houmard, Music Director, St. Mark’s Episcopal Chapel
admin@stmarkschapel.org
860-429-2647
Praeludium in C, BWV 547 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, SwWV 302 — Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
Onder een Linde Groen, SwWV 49 — Sweelinck
Prélude et Fugue (1912) — Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
Sonata in a, BuxWV 272 — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–...
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Works by Bach, Buxtehude, and Sweelinck Contact: admin@stmarkschapel.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Friday, March 21, 2025 7:00 PM Storrs, CT Bach's Birthday Bash!
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St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel, 42 N. Eagleville Rd Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ |
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More Event Details Details: Internationally renowned organist Diane Meredith Belcher will present a recital on the restored Brombaugh organ, op.21. Ms. Belcher will perform works by Bach, Buxtehude, and Sweelink including Bach’s Great Prelude and Fugue in A minor. Stefan Maier undertook the restoration of Opus 21 in collaboration with Taylor and Boody under the guidance of John Brombaugh. Mr. Brombaugh quotes, “The triplets, opus 20, 21 and 22, are three of my best instruments,” to which Ms. Belcher adds, “The restoration of Opus 21 along with the chapel’s excellent acoustics make it a joy to play.” Please attend this unique event and support the choral scholar program at St. Mark’s Episcopal Chapel. Featuring works by Bach, Sweelinck, and Buxtehude. Benefit Concert for Choral Scholarships to UConn Students.
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Works by Bach, Buxtehude, Sweelinck Contact: Charles Houmard, Director of Music, admin@stmarkschapel.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Friday, March 21, 2025 7:30 PM West Hartford, CT Spring Chamber Music - The Claremont Trio
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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More Event Details Details: 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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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 7:30 PM Hartford, CT The Annual Clarence Watters Memorial Recital: Alcee Chriss, Concert Artist and Wesleyan University Organist
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Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $0; Sr/Stu: $0 |
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More Event Details Details: Trinity Organ Series presents outstanding artists in recital at Trinity College Chapel. Our exceptional pipe organ, built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, contains over four-thousand pipes that range in size from pencils to large trees. Each pipe has its own unique sound, combining to a thrilling sonic experience.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 7:30 PM Hartford, CT The Annual Clarence Watters Memorial Recital: Alcee Chriss, Concert Artist and Wesleyan University Organist
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Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $0; Sr/Stu: $0 |
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More Event Details Details: Trinity Organ Series presents outstanding artists in recital at Trinity College Chapel. Our exceptional pipe organ, built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, contains over four-thousand pipes that range in size from pencils to large trees. Each pipe has its own unique sound, combining to a thrilling sonic experience.
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Saturday, April 5, 2025 7:30 PM Orleans, MA Stephen Tharp Organ Concert: Dupré’s Stations of the Cross
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Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bayview Drive Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - Free for Students and Youth |
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More Event Details Details: Hear Stephen Tharp on the unique surround-sound St. Cecilia organ as he performs Marcel Dupré’s entire Stations of the Cross: Le Chemin de la Croix, Op. 29, with poetry by Paul Claudel. Experience this moving work in the days leading up to Holy Week. Tharp has been hailed by the Diapason as being “the best organist in America”.
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Works by Dupré Contact: 508-240-2400 OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Sunday, April 6, 2025 12:30 PM West Hartford, CT Pipes Alive! Sarah Ku, organist
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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More Event Details Details: 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.
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Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Sunday, April 6, 2025 7:30 PM New Haven, CT Guest Artist Organ Recital: Nathan Laube
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Center Church on the Green, 250 Temple St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $ |
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More Event Details Details: Center Church on the Green, New Haven, is delighted to bring in guests artists from around the world to play our wonderful Charles Fisk Opus 54 organ. We are excited to have Nathan Laube perform a celebrity organ recital on April 6, 2025 at 7:30pm. Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world, and is currently Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music.
Ticket sales begin on March 3, 2025. Please visit the Center Church website for more information at (link).
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Sunday, April 13, 2025 2:00 PM West Hartford, CT New World Trio: Ensemble in Residence at the Red Door
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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More Event Details Details: 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.
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Friday, May 2, 2025 7:30 PM West Hartford, CT Congabop! Afro-Cuban Inspired Jazz
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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Details: 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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Sunday, May 4, 2025 12:30 PM West Hartford, CT Pipes Alive! Angela Kraft Cross, organist
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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More Event Details Details: 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.
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Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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Sunday, May 18, 2025 5:00 PM Marblehead, MA “The Singer’s Guide” — James Bobb, organ
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 26 Pleasant St. Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $20 - $100 for season subscription (5 concerts |
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Details: For the churchgoer, singing hymns might be a familiar activity, but for those who wish to partake in communal singing outside of a liturgical context, or for those who just can’t get enough on Sunday mornings, this event is for you! James Bobb, professor of organ at St. Olaf College, will lead a hymn festival focusing on texts that invoke God’s love, but will also include a local favorite, Marblehead’s Official Town Anthem, “Marblehead Forever”.
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 12:30 PM West Hartford, CT Pipes Alive! Christa Rakich, organist
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave Cost: Free |
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More Event Details Details: 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.
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Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  |
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