Bach's monumental Mass in B Minor will be the grand finale of the Evanston-based Bach Week Festival's 50th anniversary and its farewell season. “It's truly been a half-century labor of love,” Richard Webster, the festival’s longtime music director, says. “And we’ll conclude this amazing journey with J. S. Bach’s final sacred masterpiece, the incomparable Mass […]
On Friday, May 17th, the Festival Choir of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents a concert featuring two choral masterworks: Paul Winter’s “Earth Mass” and Louis Vierne’s “Messe solennelle.” The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.
Works by Adolphus Hailstork, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marianne Kim, Olivier Messiaen, Ad Wammes, and Jean Sibelius
Steven Schnurr will be presenting the organ recital, featuring some works by Ch. Widor, M. Reger, and L. Vierne.
Organ and Trumpet concert featuring Ross Beacraft, Trumpet and David C. Jonies, Director of Music & Organist.
In celebration of Bach’s birthday on Friday, March 21, Dr. Brian Schoettler, will present an all-Bach organ concert featuring FUMC Evanston's mighty, Austin pipe organ (Opus 319). Included on the program is Bach's monumental Passacaglia and, maybe the most famous work for organ, the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The 7:30pm concert is free […]
Bach in the City, successor to the Chicago area’s long-running Bach Week Festival, will present “Bach and the Venetians,” the new organization’s inaugural concert program, at 7:30 p.m. March 21, 2025, at its home venue, St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1010 W. Webster Avenue, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The concert, on J. S. Bach’s […]
The Friends of Casavant Op 3062 present the 1926 silent film "The General" starting Buster Keaton. Following the sudden death of Jay Warren on February 24th, Emmanuel Episcopal would like to present the film 'The General' in memory of Jay's life and legacy and support of the Silent Film Society, and are delighted that our […]
A celebration of 40 years as Director of Music & Organist at St. Giles Episcopal Church, Northbrook Organ by Hellmuth Wolff & Associates (1993) Program: Modus ludendi (S. Scheidt) Passacaglia in d minor (D. Buxtehude) Trio en passacaille (A. Raison) Passacaglia in c minor (J.S. Bach) Andante, from Trio Sonata IV (J.S. Bach) Chorale in […]
Undergraduate Organ Scholar Award Winner recital by David Devine, University of Iowa student of Gregory Hand, reception following
ALL SAINTS EVENSONG The Choir of St. Giles Church James R. Brown, Director of Music & Organist Preces & Responses (Martin Neary) Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in d minor (T. Walmisley) Anthem: A New Song (J. MacMillan)
Thursday, November 13, 2025 4:00 - 4:30 pm Lecture 4:30 - 5:20 pm Recital Garrett Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Chapel of the Unnamed Faithful 2121 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60201 Dr. Corrado Cavalli, organist at St. John Cantius, presents a lecture on Italian organ music followed by the a recital featuring works by, Bergamo, Bossi, Capocci, […]
Graduate Organ Scholar Award winner, Katie Gunn, Indiana University, student of Chris Young, reception following
St. Catherine of Siena – St. Lucy & St. Giles Parish (Oak Park, IL) announces the dedication of their new Berghaus pipe organ, November 16 at 3 p.m. The event features Jonathan Oblander in recital; free and open to the public, with a reception following. The organ comprises three manuals and pedal, four divisions, 47 […]
Organist Brian Schoettler will present a 60-minute concert featuring FUMC Evanston's mighty, Austin pipe organ (Opus 319). The program will feature works by American composers including Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Florence Price, and others. The 1:30pm concert is free and open to the public. Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 1:30pm Organ Concert: Brian […]