Christopher Urban, organ Organ music with harp, chimes and carillon

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

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)

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.

Music of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Part, Alain, Franck, and Tournemire Organ by Hellmuth Wolff, Op. 37 (1993)

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.

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.

Christopher Urban, organ Samantha Bittle, harp Christmas music for harp and organ

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

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!

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 […]

Christopher Urban, organ French classics

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 […]

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)