Lenten Music and Meditations
2023-03-16 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-23 11:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | St. David’s Episcopal Church, 2410 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL, 60025, United States
Lenten Organ Recital Series: Lenten Music and Meditations
Richard Spantikow, Organist
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Come enjoy calming half-hour organ recital with meditations on scripture and poetry each Thursday morning at 11am.
Varying musical periods and composers will be featured.
Recitals take place each Thursday during lent from February 23rd through March 30th.

Organ Day Concert: Dr. Brian Schoettler
2023-03-19 13:00 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Organ concert featuring works by Bach, Baker, Beethoven, Brahms, Harris, Muffat, Schoettler, & Swann.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Historic Organ Recital
2023-03-19 14:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Waunakee, 5763 Co Rd Q, Waunakee, WI, 53597, United States
First Presbyterian will host an organ recital on Sunday,
March 19, 2023 at 2 pm featuring highly regarded organist
Dr. Andrew Schaeffer, Director of Music at the Luther
Memorial Church in Madison, WI. The recital will be
dedicated to the life and service of Pat Ronspiez who
served as organist at FPC for 37 years.
Our historic 1873 Schuelke organ built in Milwaukee, WI and
rebuilt by Wahl Organ Builders of Appleton, WI in 1992.
Dr. Andrew Schaeffer is the Director of Music at Luther
Memorial Church, Madison, Wisconsin. A Chicago native,
Schaeffer holds degrees from St. Olaf College, Yale
University and a doctoral degree from the University of
Oklahoma. Andrew’s responsibilities include playing organ
for Sunday services, directing the children, youth and adult
choirs, various instrumental ensembles and overseeing the
general music ministry of the congregation. He has been at
Luther Memorial Church since 2018. Schaeffer is also
editor-at-large of The Diapason, a nationally published
organ and church music magazine.
There will be a free will offering with 90% going to the
Waunakee High School Music Department for the purchase
of a new grand piano and 10% towards church mission
projects

First Presbyterian Talent Show
2023-03-19 16:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Come and clap your hands for many of the talented members of First Presbyterian Church and the broader community. There will be four categories of performers: K-5th grade, 6th-12th grade, adults (non-retired), and adults (retired). Contact Adam Hendrickson to sign up adamhendrickson@firstpresah.org.

Lenten Music and Meditaitons
2023-03-30 11:00 - 11:30 | St. David’s Episcopal Church, 2410 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL, 60025, United States

Wednesdays at Noon
2023-04-05 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
Music of Holy Week

Spring Choral Concert
2023-04-23 16:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Join Chancel Choir, Men’s Chorus and orchestra for a light and colorful celebration of music. Music from The Sound of Music, Candide, and other classic, American musicals will be offered as featured works. It will be a fun afternoon of music you won’t want to miss!

Wednesdays at Noon
2023-05-03 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
John Eckhardt, violin
Music for Violin and Organ

Choir Concert: Robert Ray's "Gospel Mass"
2023-05-19 19:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
On Friday, May 19th at 7:30pm the Festival Choir of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents Robert Ray’s “Gospel Mass” under the direction of Dr. Brian Schoettler, Minister of Music & Organist.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Cathedral Music Series @ Holy Name Cathedral
2023-05-28 19:00 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
David C. Jonies, Organ
Thomas Aláan , Countertenor
Concert to include organ and vocal works including “Five Mystical Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
This concert is open to all. A free will offering will be collected.
There is validated parking available in the garage across the street from the cathedral.

Gift of Organ Music at Elliott Chapel in Evanston.
2023-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
We are hosing “Gift of Music’ at Elliott Chapel, Presbyterian Homes in Evanston.
Our Guest organist is David Schrader.

Gift of Music
2023-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Gift of Organ Music in Elliott Chapel
David Schrader will be presenting about 45 minutes recital in Elliott Chapel.

Brass & Organ Concert
2023-10-20 19:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
On Friday, October 20th, the Music Ministry of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents a concert of music for brass and organ featuring the Gaudete Brass Quintet and Minister of Music & Organist Dr. Brian Schoettler. The program includes classics by J. S. Bach and Marcel Dupré alongside works by living composers including John Cheetham, Adolphus Hailstork, Jessica Hunt, Carlyle Sharpe, and local composers Ephraim Champion and Brian Schoettler. Founded in 2004, the Gaudete Brass has recorded four albums and presents concerts and educational programs throughout the United States. First Church’s sanctuary is home to a four-manual, Austin organ (Op. 319) which has nearly 5,000 pipes across six divisions making it one of the largest instruments on Chicago’s North Shore. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.

Holy Name Cathedral Concert Series
2023-10-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Join us for an extraordinary evening of musical entertainment as we host the artistic talents of Johann Vexo, Choir Organist of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Born in France, Johann’s musical talents have been influenced by the rich musical and cultural heritage of his upbringing. He is considered by some as one of the greatest French organists of our time. He will be performing on the Flentrop organ for the opening concert of the Holy Name Cathedral Concert Series for 2023-2024, playing the works of Bach, Bruhns, Rheinberger and French Romantic composers.

Evensong
2023-10-29 16:00 - 17:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
The Choir of St. Giles will lead Evensong (sung Evening Prayer) on Sunday afternoon, October 29 at 4:00. This service of prayers, scripture lessons, hymns, and canticles is a time of serenity and beauty. Lasting 45 minutes or less, it is perfect solace for a late Sunday afternoon. You are encouraged to come and bring friends and neighbors.
The choir will offer the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B-Flat by the Anglo-Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). Psalm 103 will be sung to two different Anglican chants. The Preces and Responses will be a new setting by Käthe Wright Kaufman, a very talented young musician who is making her place in the world. Now based in Atlanta, she was head chorister at St. Luke’s in Evanston, studied organ with me in high school, graduated with two degrees in organ from Eastman, and served as organ scholar at Peterborough and Truro Cathedrals in England. The anthem is “Evening Hymn” by H. Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950), one of the standard cathedral anthems for Evensong. The dark and mysterious middle section is a prelude to Halloween – Banish the dreams that terrify, and night’s fantastic company: keep us from Satan’s tyranny: defend us from unchastity. The organ prelude – Prelude in e-flat minor (Suite, Op. 5) by Maurice Duruflé – and postlude – Toccata (Suite Gothique) by Léon Boëllmann – also evoke the upcoming night of ghouls and goblins.

Stephen Buzard in concert at Winnetka Congregational
2023-11-03 19:00 - 20:30 | IL
Stephen Buzard will be playing the Pasi at Winnetka Congregational on Friday evening, November 3 at 7:00 p.m. His varied program will feature works by Bach, Byrd, Jongen, Muhly and Alain. This is the inaugural concert in a 3 – year concert series set up by the church to share their wonderful organ and wonderful space. This is a free concert and a reception will follow. Please come.

Organ Concert
2023-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 | St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, 2001 80th St., Kenosha, WI, 53143, United States
Kenosha organist Brian Schoettler presents an hour of organ music in the sanctuary of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, November 5 at 2:00pm. Selections include Bach’s epic “Passacaglia and Fugue,” a transcription of the first movement of Beethoven’s serene “Pastoral Symphony,” and other works by Dupré, Harris, Marchand, Mendelssohn, and Schoettler. The concert is free and open to the public.

Morgan Simmons Memorial Concert
2023-11-10 19:30 - 20:30 | Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, 60611, United States
Friday, November 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Fourth Presbyterian Church
The Fourth Church Choral Society is doing a concert on Friday, November 10 at 7:30pm to honor Morgan Simmons. Morgan was Organist and Choirmaster at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago from 1968-1996 and a former dean of the North Shore AGO chapter. This free concert will feature music composed by Morgan for both choir, organ and other instruments. The church is located at the corner of Delaware and Michigan Ave across from the Hancock Building and parking is available in the back of the 900 Michigan Ave building. A reception honoring Morgan will follow the concert.

Organ Recital
2023-11-12 15:00 - 17:00 | St. Chrysostom’s Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
Daryl Robinson – Organist
Daryl plays music by Jeanne Demmessieux, Gaston Litaize,
Louis Vierne, Melchior Schildt, J. S. Bach, Jason Roberts, and Rachel Laurin.
Organ by C. B. Fisk, Opus 123

Choir Concert
2023-11-17 19:30 - 20:30 | IL
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 in English. One of the best-known works of Bach is Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring which is from Cantata No. 147. The choir will present the complete cantata which received its premiere 300 years ago in 1723 during the first year of Bach’s tenure in Leipzig. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.

Bach Organ Marathon
2023-11-19 12:00 - 18:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
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 will be truly enriching. Twelve organists from the Chicago area will perform beginning on the half-hour from 12:00-6:00. There will be short breaks between performances for you to enjoy a quick refreshment in the narthex with thanks to Hunger Resource Network. A suggested donation of $10 per performance is encouraged, but any amount is welcome. Come for one or two performances or stay all afternoon – it’s up to you. Detailed information on the organists and Bach repertoire will be forthcoming.

Organ Concert
2024-01-21 15:00 - 16:00 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
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).

John Schwandt Organ Recital
2024-02-25 15:30 - 17:00 | Chapel of Christ Triumphant, Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 N Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, WI, 53097, United States
Organ recital by John Schwandt on the Steiner-Reck organ in the Chapel of Christ Triumphant at Concordia University Wisconsin.

Piano Duo Concert
2024-03-03 16:00 - 17:30 | First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, 1427 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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
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Organ Concert
2024-03-15 19:30 - 20:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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.

The Gift of Music (Organ Recital)
2024-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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 Week Festival: J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
2024-05-05 16:00 - 18:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
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 in B Minor, amid joy and gratitude for all who have been part of Bach Week.”
Webster, a nationally prominent church musician, has been the festival’s music director and conductor since 1975.
He performed in and helped organize Evanston’s first Bach Week, May 5-12, 1974, during his senior year at Northwestern University’s School of Music, under his mentor, festival founder Karel Paukert. The latter was associate professor of organ and church music at NU and organist and choirmaster at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, the festival’s first home.
Shortly after launching Bach Week, Paukert moved to the Cleveland, Ohio, area, where he has enjoyed a long and distinguished music career that continues to this day. He is expected to attend Bach Week’s final concert May 5 at St. Luke’s featuring Bach’s B-Minor Mass.
Artists performing in the B-Minor Mass are:
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano
Kathleen Felty, soprano
Susan Platts, contralto
Geoffrey Agpalo, tenor
David Govertsen, bass
North Park University Chamber Singers
Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Webster, conductor
Jason Moy, organ

Vierne's Messe solennelle
2024-05-17 19:30 - 20:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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.

Organ Concert - Matthew Doran, Organ
2024-05-19 15:00 - 16:00 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Works by Adolphus Hailstork, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marianne Kim, Olivier Messiaen, Ad Wammes, and Jean Sibelius
