North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Immanuel Lutheran Graduate Organ Scholar Award recital
2025-11-15 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street, Evanston, 60201, United States
Graduate Organ Scholar Award winner, Katie Gunn, Indiana University, student of Chris Young, reception following

Pipe Organ Dedication and Recital
2025-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 | St. Giles, 1045 Columbian Ave, Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
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 stops, 40 ranks, and 2,506 pipes. It was completed in late 2024, primarily using pipework from the 1901 Hutchings & Votey instrument that was removed from The Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Chicago before the church was repurposed into living space. Berghaus constructed a new mobile console along with new framework, slider and offset chests, winding and enclosures. The organ speaks through the grillework to the side of the altar.

Brian Schoettler - Organist
2026-03-01 13:30 - 14:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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 Schoettler
First United Methodist Church
516 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: 847-864-6181
Website: https://faithatfirst.org/event/organ-concert-brian-schoettler/

Trio de Chats Noir (horn, bass trombone, & organ)
2026-03-21 15:00 - 17:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
Album Preview and Benefit Concert
Donations to benefit Hunger Resource Network (https://www.hungerresourcenetwork.org/donate)
Trio de Chats Noirs—Rachel Velvikis (horn), Mark Fry (bass trombone), and organist Christopher Powell—invites you to an intimate album preview concert celebrating our upcoming recording project, Transcendent: Music for horn, bass trombone and organ.
This special performance takes place in the very sanctuary where we have conducted (and will have completed) multiple recording sessions, using the same breathtaking instrument and acoustics. The Hellmuth Wolff organ (Opus 37, 1994) at Saint Giles Episcopal Church is a masterpiece—2 manuals and pedal, 19 stops/25 ranks, mechanical action, classic French-inspired voicing, and a striking solid mahogany double case. Its expressive clarity and warmth, combined with the church’s superb natural resonance, make it the ideal partner for this brass-and-organ repertoire.
The program includes:
Matthias Spiegler – Canzone I
Anton Bruckner – Ave Maria WAB 7
Camille Saint-Saëns – Offertoire
César Franck – Prélude, Op.18
W.A. Mozart – Laudate Dominum
Arcangelo Corelli – Sonata in G Minor
Franz Liszt – Hosannah! (with chorale “Heilig ist Gott der Vater”)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Adagio and Andante
J. S. Bach – Fantasia in G minor BWV 542
Alan Hovhaness – The Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b
G.F. Handel – Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b, HWV deest

Immanuel Lutheran Church Music Endowment presents Vincent Dubois in recital
2026-04-25 15:00 - 16:30 | Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street, Evanston, 60201, United States
Vincent Dubois, organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, plays works by Bach, Liszt, Poulenc, Verne, and Dupre, concluding with an improvisation. Champagne reception following.
