North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Wednesdays at Noon
2023-05-03 12:10 - 12:45 (America/Chicago) | 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

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
2023-04-05 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

Lenten Music and Meditaitons
2023-03-30 11:00 - 11:30 | 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.

Members Recital, Lenten Favorites
2023-03-26 15:00 - 17:00 | St. David’s Episcopal Church, 2410 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL, 60025, United States
Sunday March 26, 2023 @ 3:00pm
St. David’s Episcopal Church
2410 Glenview Road
Glenview, IL 60025

Lenten Music and Meditations
2023-03-23 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-16 11:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-09 11:00 - 11:30 | St. David’s Episcopal Church, 2410 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL, 60025, United States

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.

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

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.

Heartland Brass Quintet
2023-03-12 16:00 - 17:00 | St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 1140 WIlmette Ave, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States
Heartland Brass Quintet
-Matthew Bain and Annie Grapentine, trumpet
-Paul Seeley, horn
-Roger Menning, trombone
-Maxwell Briggs, tuba
Featuring works by: Dukas, Bach, Gabriel, Brahms, Copland, and others.
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 4:00pm
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
1140 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, IL, 60091
Freewill offering

Wednesdays at Noon
2023-03-01 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Michael Rees, organ
Organ Scholar, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Choral Evensong
2023-02-19 16:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
Choral Evensong

The Choir of St. Giles Church
James R. Brown, Director & Organist

Howells – Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)
Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna (a five movement choral cycle)

The 38th Annual Organ Fest
2023-02-19 16:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
In celebration of Black History Month, organists Michael Gagne, Marianne Kim, Christopher Urban, and Gary Wendt team up to provide a dynamic program of music written for organ by Black composers or influenced by music of the Black community. Featured works include a rousing toccata on We Shall Overcome and a toe-tapping arrangement of Every Time I Feel the Spirit.

Wednesdays at Noon
2023-02-01 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
French classics

Concert for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
2023-01-27 19:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Chamber orchestra and Megan Hendrickson, soprano, present Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, the Symphony of Sorrowful Souls. The symphony is set in three movements: the first is a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus; the second a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II; and the third a Silesian folk song of a mother searching for her son killed by the Germans in the Silesian uprisings.

The Glory of Christmas
2022-12-18 16:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Chancel Choir, Men’s Chorus and orchestra present Ola Gjielo’s Dreamweaver as the featured work on the program, as well as other Christmas favorites from John Rutter, Dan Forrest, and Elaine Haganberg. Audience participation is encouraged as we raise our voices in singing familiar carols of the season. Come early to get a seat!

Christmas Lessons and Carols
2022-12-18 16:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
The Choir of St. Giles Episcopal Church, Northbrook
James R. Brown, Director of Music & Organist

Wednesdays at Noon
2022-12-14 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
Samantha Bittle, harp
Christmas music for harp and organ

Messiah Sing-Along
2022-12-04 16:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Join Northwest Symphony Orchestra and soloists for Handel’s Messiah. The many will become one as the audience serves as the chorus. Warm up your vocal cords as we fill the Sanctuary with beautiful music, such as the Hallelujah Chorus, honoring the birth of our Savior.

Schantz Organ 50th Anniversary Concert
2022-11-20 16:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Join First Pres Brass and organist Christopher Urban for a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the installation of the Schantz pipe organ. The featured work will be Josef Rheinberger’s Concerto No. 2 for organ and brass.

James Russell Brown, Organ Recital
2022-11-20 16:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
Music of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Part, Alain, Franck, and Tournemire
Organ by Hellmuth Wolff, Op. 37 (1993)

Rutter "Requiem & Bach "Christmas Oratorio (Part 1)
2022-11-18 19:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
On Friday, November 18th at 7:30pm the Festival Choir and Orchestra of First United Methodist Church of Evanston present:
John Rutter’s “Requiem” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” (Part I).
Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Evensong for All Saints
2022-11-06 16:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
The Choir of St. Giles Episcopal Church, Northbrook
James R. Brown, Director of Music & Organist
Preces & Responses (R. Ayleward)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D (G. Dyson)
And I Saw a New Heaven (E. Bainton)

Oliver Latry in Concert
2022-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield, IL, 824 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL, United States
First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield presents:
Oliver Larry, Titular Organist of Notre- Dame de Paris in concert

Hailed as “a superior organist” by the New York Times, whose playing is “full of poetry, of leaps, and pungency” (Le Monde), Olivier Latry begins aleg of just three American recitals on the historic Noehren organ at FPCD, with two following in California. One of three organistes titulaires atthe world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, he will present an evening-length recital of a variety of pieces that promises to be one of themost exciting concerts on the North Shore this fall!
Tickets are available at the link below.

All Saint's Day Service
2022-11-02 19:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
The Concert Series and the Arlington Heights Ministerial Association provide a community wide All Saints’ Day service with a presentation of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
The choir will be made up of singers from First Presbyterian and neighboring Arlington Heights churches. They will be joined by soloists and orchestra. Free will offering will support the Arlington Heights Emergency Assistance Fund

Wednesdays at Noon
2022-11-02 12:10 - 12:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Christopher Urban, organ
Organ music with harp, chimes and carillon

A Taste of the Great Lakes Regional Convention: Organ and Hors d’oeuvres
2022-10-23 13:15 - 16:00 | Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States
Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 1:15pm
Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette (1024 Lake Ave, Wilmette 60091)
Don’t forget to invite your non-organist friends and congregants to join us for this enjoyable afternoon of organ music at three of our regional convention venues for mini-recitals and a wine and cheese reception.
Free bus transportation will be provided from Trinity to the other two venues and back to Trinity by 4:00pm.

Stephen Tharp in Concert
2022-10-09 19:00 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
International Concert organist and Chicago native, Stephen Tharp in concert at Holy Name Cathedral.
This event is free and open to the public,
Parking is available in the Archdiocese garage across the street from the cathedral at no charge.
