Amanda Mole Master Class
2024-10-19 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm Street, Glenview, IL, 60025, United States
Amanda Mole Masterclass
Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 10:00am
Glenview Community Church
1000 Elm Street, Glenview, IL 60025
Concert organist Amanda Mole presents a concert in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the installation of Glenview Community Church’s Buzard pipe organ. The concert is Friday, Oct. 18 at 7:00pm and will be followed by a reception. The following morning, Mole will give a masterclass at 10:00am. You won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear this talented, prize-winning organist!

Renée Anne Louprette, organ
2024-10-20 15:00 - 16:30 | Bond Chapel, 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
“Renée Anne Louprette must be counted among the greatest performers of our time.”
– Orgelnieuws, The Netherlands
Hailed by The New York Times as “one of New York’s finest organists,” Renée Anne Louprette maintains an international career as a recitalist, pedagog, and collaborative artist. Based in New York, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher, and Alice Tully Hall. Now, she brings her “grace, and charm, as well as her seemingly effortless virtuosity” (Choir & Organ) to Bond Chapel’s Reneker organ with works by J.S. Bach, Georg Böhm, Johann Adam Reincken, and more.

A Gift of Music
2024-10-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
We will celebrate the 30th anniversary of “A Gift of Music”, featuring the wonderful organist, Andrea Handley. She will be presenting works by Bach, Elgar, and Widor. The recital is part of a special Vespers service on Sunday at 3 pm. Please join us as we come together in praise.

Hansol Kim in Recital
2024-11-16 15:00 - 16:00
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street in Evanston, presents Hansol Kim, 2024 Graduate Organ Scholar Award recipient, in recital on Saturday, November 16 at 3 pm. Program includes works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Schumann, Laurin, Reger, and Karg-Elert. Admission is free, reception following.

Handel's Messiah: Part 1
2024-11-22 19:30 - 20:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
On Friday, November 22nd, the Festival Choir and Orchestra of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents part 1 of Handel’s “Messiah.” The concert is sure to usher in the spirit of the seasons of Advent and Christmas. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.

A Gift of Music
2024-11-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
The wonderful musicians from Poland will present a captivating duo recital featuring the organ and clarinet on Nov. 25
Please join us in experiencing the beautiful harmony and unique colors created by these two instruments.

Annual Epiphany Party
2025-01-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Andrea Handley’s home, 516 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Saturday, January 4, 2025 @ 6:00pm
516 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL 60201
We gather at the home of Andrea Handley for our annual post-Christmas, Epiphany party. Enjoy a wonderful dinner and drinks with colleagues followed by dessert, carols, and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride.” Free street parking is available on Greenwood and in the lot across the street at First Presbyterian Church. A suggested donation of $15-20 helps cover the cost of this event. Cash at the event is easiest but you may also donate via Zelle using treasurer@teal-ostrich-479748.hostingersite.com
Please RSVP before the end of 2024 by completing this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ew4RUrGj8Ci0Qy9-7Ndn83AMbNLLkQB7l92XN0U69WU/

Cathedral Mini Concert for 175th Anniversary
2025-01-12 11:45 - 12:15 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
An organ concert featuring Dr. Stephen Alltop on the Flentrop organ playing works by Bach, Clerambault, Widor and Marchand.

A Gift of Music
2025-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Beautiful ensemble performances, featuring the organ, cello, and flute, will be presented at the Dobson organ, Elliott Chapel. The Program will include works by M. Bruch, G. Faure, and J.S. Bach.

Cathedral Concert Series
2025-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Organ and Trumpet concert featuring Ross Beacraft, Trumpet and David C. Jonies, Director of Music & Organist.

A Gift of Music
2025-02-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
As a Gift of Music in February, we will be celebrating Black History Month. A special vocal concert with Vespers will take place in Elliott Chapel on Sunday at 3 pm Feb. 23. The soloist, Melinda Alberty will be presenting spirituals — beautiful and uplifting songs. Please feel free to join us!

Woman Composer Sunday Members’ Recital
2025-03-09 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Sunday, March 9, 2025 @ 4:00pm
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights 302 N. Dunton Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Join us on Sunday, March 9 in Arlington Heights when North Shore chapter members present a program in observance of Woman Composer Sunday – the same weekend as International Women’s Day. Our organists include Meg Cutting, Marianne Kim, Christine Kraemer, Hyunah Lee, Sharon Peterson and our featured woman composers are Marilyn Biery, Marianne Kim, Fanny Mendelssohn, Shirley Munger, Florence Price, Elizabeth Stirling, and Rebecca te Velde.

All-Bach Organ Concert: Brian Schoettler
2025-03-21 19:30 - 20:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
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 and open to the public. A public parking garage is located across from the church at the corner of Chicago & Church and limited street parking is also available.
Friday, March 21, 2025 – 7:30pm
All-Bach Organ Concert: Brian Schoettler
First United Methodist Church
516 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: 847-864-6181

Bach in the City - 'Bach and the Venetians'
2025-03-21 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1010 W. Webster Avenue, Chicago, I, 60614, United States
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 329th birthday, will feature one of the German Baroque composer’s choral works with continuo (strings and portative organ), another that adds brass to the mix, and a solo pipe organ work. The program also offers brass and choral works by Renaissance composer Giovanni Gabrieli, an a cappella vocal work by contemporary composer Paul Mealor, and a work for brass, choir, and continuo by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni’s uncle.
“Expect an evening of polychoral splendor,” says music director-conductor Richard Webster, who held the same post for 50 years with the former Bach Week Festival.
Webster plans to take advantage of “the spaciousness, resonant acoustics, and visual beauty of St. Vincent de Paul Church” by having multiple groups (choirs) of voices and instruments positioned around the church.
“This concert will conjure the rich, multi-dimensional, kaleidoscopic interplay of sounds that audiences experienced when listening to the Gabrielis’ polychoral masterworks at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, where each composer served a term as principal organist,” Webster says.
Concert artists are Chicago’s celebrated Gaudete Brass with guest brass musicians; the Bach in the City Chorus; organ soloist Jacob Reed, who has been heard on organ and harpsichord with the Newberry Consort, Haymarket Opera, Bella Voce, and others; Nomin Zolzaya, principal cellist with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra; and contrabassist Ian Hallas of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Listeners will hear J. S. Bach’s longest and most complex motet, the tender and lyrical “Jesu, meine Freude” (Jesus, my joy), BWV 227. The original version of Bach’s poignantly beautiful motet (O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht” (O Jesus Christ, light of my life), BWV 118, scored for choir and brass accompaniment, was written to be played outdoors at a graveside service.
Bach’s Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542, for solo organ, known as “The Great G Minor,” opens with a noble, tragic-sounding prelude, followed by a rollicking and inventive take on a Baroque dance tune.
Works by Giovanni Gabrieli include the “Sonata pian’e forte” (Sonata soft and loud) for a brass ensemble split into two groups facing one another from opposite sides of the hall. His “Canzon septimi toni” No. 2 calls for similar placement of instrumentalists in dialogue with each other. In Renaissance Italy, a canzon was a short, upbeat secular song. “Septimi toni” means “seventh mode” and refers to what’s nowadays called the key signature.
Scott Tegge, Gaudete Brass’s founding tuba player, says he and his colleagues “relish the rare opportunity to perform these pieces in the way that Gabrieli intended,” as spatially separate brass choirs rather than as a single unit seated in front of the audience.
Gabrieli wrote his motet “Plaudite, Psalite” (Clap your hands, sing praises) for three mixed-voice choirs of sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses. The joyful “Alleluja” sections begin with one choir, then add a second, and end with all three.
Gabrieli’s dazzling motet “In ecclesiis” (In the congregation) a 14, C. 78 also calls for three distinct choirs: four soloists and continuo accompaniment, full choir and continuo, and a brass choir.
Welsh composer Mealor (b. 1975) wrote “Locus iste” (This place), a sacred motet for four-part choir, in 2011 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the King’s College Chapel in Aberdeen, Scotland. He has composed music for some of the most important UK state, national, and Royal occasions of the past decade, including the wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales in 2011.
Andrea Gabrieli’s “Gloria in excelsis Deo” (Glory to God in the highest), another Renaissance masterwork designed for the expansive acoustics of St. Mark’s, is composed in 16 parts, using voices and instruments in four four-part choirs. The work ends in a buoyant, triple-time rhythm.
Bach in the City describes the concert as a pilot project to gauge audience and donor interest in the new enterprise and help set the direction for future programming.
Tickets and information
Tickets for Bach in the City’s “Bach and the Venetians” concert are $45 for VIP admission, which includes reserved seating and a souvenir tote bag; $30 adult general admission; $25 seniors 65 and older; and $10 students (with valid ID). Tickets are available at bachinthecity.org and by phone, 312-273-9834.

A Gift of Music
2025-03-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
As the March recitalist in the Gift of Music, Christopher Urban, a wonderful organist at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, will be performing several pieces composed by J.S. Bach Louis Daquin, Paul Fey, Léon Boëllmann.
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Silent Movie - The General
2025-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 203 S Kensington, LaGrange, IL, 60525, United States
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 very own Music Director, Rich Spantikow, will play the accompanying organ score with the blessing of Jay’s family. This event will be supported by your free-will donations; please note the donation opportunity in the billing process.
The General is a 1926 American silent Western slapstick romantic action comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton, who also co-directed it along with Clyde Bruckman.

Organ Concert - SEGNER
2025-04-26 15:00 - 16:30 | New England Congregational Church – Aurora, IL, 406 W Galena Blvd, Aurora, I, 60506, United States
New Principal Organist for New England Congregational Church Daniel Segner is set to present a festive program of favorite pieces on Saturday, April 26th at 3:00pm. This program is FREE with a suggested donation of $10. A festive reception follows the performance.

A Gift of Music
2025-04-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
As a special Gift of Music in April, Elliott Chapel will host a Hymn Festival featuring Marianne Kim. It will take place on the last Sunday of the Month, April 27th, at 3 pm in the Chapel. Please feel free to join us for this special afternoon of music!

Thunder and Wind (Organ and Percussion)
2025-05-09 19:30 - 20:30 | ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 393 n Main St, Glen Ellyn, I, 60137, United States
THUNDER AND WIND – CONCERT EVENT: The Fox Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists has invited you to attend our upcoming Concert Event – “Thunder and Wind” featuring Rhonda Sider Edgington on organ; and Carolyn Koebel on percussion. The concert will take place on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 393 N Main St, Glen Ellyn, Illinois and will feature the J.W. Walker & Sons, Ltd, Organ (1991).
The program will include music for percussion and organ, featuring Kalamazoo-based percussionist, multi-genre and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Koebel. The two have been performing together regularly since 2019, and will play works by Hina Sakamoto, Connor Chee, Fela Sowande, and others. Rhonda will also play solo organ works by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, and a number of living composers.
A freewill offering will be received and a reception will follow the concert.

Handel's Messsiah: Part II & III
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
On Friday, May 16, the Festival Choir and Orchestra of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents parts 2 and 3 of Handel’s “Messiah.” A continuation of their fall concert, the program will feature the concluding sections of the three-part work including the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Soloists include Marguerite DiMarco, Kari Sorensen, Christine Ebeling Mando, Nicolette Nazarowski, William Johnson, Mackenzie Kirkwood, William Schindler, and Joshua Green under the direction of Minister of Music & Organist, Dr. Brian Schoettler. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.
Friday, May 16, 2025 – 7:30pm
Handel’s Messiah: Part II & III
First United Methodist Church
516 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: 847-864-6181
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1359811625143584/

Morgan Simmons Memorial Service
2025-05-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, 60611, United States
Memorial service for Dr. Morgan Simmons (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2025)
May 17 at 2:00pm
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL 6061
A service of remembrance will take place at a future date at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to:
New Organist Fund (Morgan and Mary Simmons Scholarship) of the American Guild of Organists
475 Riverside Drive
Suite 1260
New York, NY 10115
Or
Music Program at the Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut Street
Chicago, IL 6061

Tom Trenney Hymn Festival
2025-05-18 16:00 - 17:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
May 18, 2025 @ 4:00pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
We partner with the Chicago AGO chapter and Opus 327 to host renowned church musician Tom Trenney at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston for a hymn festival and masterclass. The event is free but you must reserve your tickets in advance using this link: https://bit.ly/trenney
NSAGO members and friends will gather after the hymn festival for our annual banquet. If you have not already RSVPed, please email dean@teal-ostrich-479748.hostingersite.com.
There will be a cash bar at 5:30pm prior to our buffet dinner being served at 6:00pm. The cost is $40/person. Firehouse Grill is located at 750 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202.

A Gift of Music
2025-05-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
As a Gift of Music in May, Dr. Dana Robinson will present a program of Bach’s organ music.
Please feel free to join us and immerse yourself in the beauty of Bach’s music this Monday afternoon!

Christine Kraemer - Gift of Music Recital
2025-06-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Dr. Christine Kraemer presents the final recital of the season on Monday, June 23 at 2:00pm in Elliott Chapel at Presbyterian Homes (1 Calvin Cir, Evanston, IL 60201). Dr. Kraemer is organist at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston. The concert is free and open to the public.

Funeral Service for Kathy Roderer
2025-07-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street, Evanston, 60201, United States
Kathy Roderer (August 12, 1955 – June 13, 2025)
https://www.donnellanfuneral.com/obituaries/Kathleen-Roderer?obId=42942036
A funeral service will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, July 5th, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 616 Lake Street, Evanston, Illinois.

Caroline Robinson
2025-07-20 15:00 - 16:00 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Our Summer Celebrity Series continues with a concert by Dr. Caroline Robinson, concert organist and Assistant Professor of Organ at the University of Michigan.
Parking and admission are free!
Sunday, July 20 @ 3:00pm
Madonna della Strada Chapel
1032 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL

Summer Celebrity Series: Stephen Price
2025-08-17 15:00 - 16:30 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Organist Stephen Price performs a free recital at Loyola University’s Madonna della Strada Chapel. Free admission and parking; open to the public.

North Shore Chapter Potluck
2025-09-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Christ Church Winnetka, 784 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, IL, 60093, United States
We will gather on Sunday, September 14 at 2:00pm at Christ Church in Winnetka for our NSAGO Chapter Potluck. Please RSVP here and indicate what dish you intend to bring (salad, dessert, casserole, veggies and dip, bottle of wine, etc.).
https://forms.gle/TukSVi6GUnFc2f9S7
Hot dogs, Italian beef, soda, and water will be provided. The church address is 784 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, IL 60093. On-street parking is available and we will enter via the door on the south side of the building on Humboldt Avenue. Please invite a colleague who serves at a church near yours to join us. Friends and significant others are also welcome. Simply list them as your guest or have them complete this RSVP. We ask that you RSVP before the end of August. Christ Church will also host a Taizé Service at 5:30pm on the day of the potluck in case you would like to stick around for that. You may also bring along any organ music that you would like to pass along and share with other organists to the potluck. Leftover music will be shared with current organ students at MIC and local universities

A Gift of Music
2025-09-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
You are warmly invited to attend an Organ and Piano Duo Concert on Sunday, September 17th, at 2:00 p.m. in Elliott Chapel. The program will be presented by Noah Wynne-Morton and Eun Joo Ju, featuring a selection of beautiful and inspiring music.

Wednesdays@Noon Recital
2025-10-01 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights
302 N Dunton Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.firstpresah.org
