On Friday, November 17th, the Festival Choir and Orchestra of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents a concert of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and Healey Willan. Healey Willan is considered the dean of Canadian composers. His cantata, The Mystery of Bethlehem, was written in 1923 and sets ancient responsories for Advent and Christmas […]
BACH ORGAN MARATHON Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Hellmuth Wolff organ A Benefit for Hunger Resource Network and the Music Program at St. Giles Johann Sebastian Bach is, of course, the most important composer for The King of Instruments, and an afternoon of his music to commemorate the fine organ by Hellmuth Wolff […]
Organist Brian Schoettler presents a 60-minute concert on the Goulding & Wood organ at Loyola's Madonna della Strada Chapel as part of the chapel's monthly concert series. Admission is free and free garage parking is available (enter at Kenmore and West Sheridan Road).
Organ recital by John Schwandt on the Steiner-Reck organ in the Chapel of Christ Triumphant at Concordia University Wisconsin.
At 4pm on March 3, 1st Presbyterian Church, (Evanston,) the North Shore Choral Society is joined by the four hands and two pianos of Andrea Handley and Sharon Peterson for a family-friendly community concert featuring highlights from Brahms' Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. Please visit www.northshorechoral.org for ticket information
Dr. Brian Schoettler presents an hour of organ music on FUMC Evanston's 4-manual Austin pipe organ. The event is free and open to the public.
We are hosting the Organ Recital as part of A Gift of Music on April 22. The Organist is David Troiano, a Music director, a tenor, and an organist from Detroit and he will be presenting music composed by J.S. Bach, E. Elgar and other American Composers.
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 […]
