Sharon R. Peterson plays Solo Organ Recital
2025-12-19 12:10 - 12:50 (America/Chicago) | Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, 60611, United States
Sharon R. Peterson will play a solo organ recital at 4th Presbyterian Church, (126 E. Chestnut, Chicago,) on Friday, December 19, at 12:10pm on their Noonday Concert Series. Her seasonal program will consist of lesser-known pieces by well-known composers, (Bach, Brahms, Percy Grainger, Leo Sowerby, and Samuel Barber,) in addition to the Noel Basque (Introdution & 8 Variations,) by Dom. Paul Benoit. Max Drischner and Norberto Guinaldo will also be featured. Come, enjoy !

NSAGO Epiphany Party
2026-01-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Andrea Handley’s home, 516 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Saturday, January 6, 2026 @ 6:30pm
Address: 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 December using this link: https://forms.gle/KrBcXF7ycSXdu8SBA

Holy Name Cathedral Concert Series Organ Concert
2026-01-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Featuring Dr. Lynn Trapp playing the Flentrop Gallery Organ

NSAGO Members’ Recital
2026-02-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
NSAGO Members’ Recital celebrating Black History Month
Sunday, February 1, 2026 @ 3:00pm
FUMC Evanston (NEW location)
516 Church Street
Evanston, IL 60201
The recital is free and open to the public.
Enter via the entrances on Church St. or Hinman Ave.
Limited street parking is available and Evanston’s public parking garages are free on Sundays including the one at Chicago & Church across from the venue:
https://www.cityofevanston.org/residents/parking/lots-and-garages
We encourage you to continue to explore this repertoire through collections like GIA’s “King of Kings” and MorningStar’s “African-American Organ Music Anthology.” Our Sub-Dean Marianne Kim is coordinating this program and performers include Bridget de la Peña, Matthew Doran, Alan Hommerding, Eun Joo Ju, Derek Nickels, & Brian Schoettler.

Karol Mossakowski - Organist
2026-02-13 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Chrysostom’s Church, 1424 N. Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60610, United States
Music at St. Chrysostom’s presents Karol Mossakowski, the brilliant newly appointed Organiste-Titulaire of St-Sulpice, Paris, in concert on St. Chrysostom’s splendid C.B. Fisk organ.
Karol Mossakowski is a young artist renowned for his solo interpretation, improvisation, and collaborative skills with other instrumentalists and orchestras. A winner of First Prizes at both the International Prague Spring Competition and the Grand Prix de Chartres, he is also professor of improvisation at the Higher School of Music in San Sebastián, Spain (Musikene), and Artist in Residence at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Poland.

Lynne Davis, concert organist
2026-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Lynne Davis brings the grandeur of French organ music to life with a mastery honed over decades of study, performance, and teaching. Launched into international acclaim after winning First Prize at the St. Albans International Organ Competition, she has become a preeminent interpreter of French organ repertoire. With performances in nearly every cathedral in France and major venues across Europe and the U.S., Davis is both a celebrated concert artist and a dedicated educator. Her distinguished career includes professorships in France and the U.S., acclaimed recordings, and honors such as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres—testament to her deep influence on the organ world.
Program
BACH: Fantasy in G Major, BWV 572 (“Pièce d’Orgue”)
DU MAGE: Livre d’Orgue
BACH: 18 Leipzig Chorals
BRUHNS: Praeludium in G Major
SWEELINCK: Variations on « Est-ce Mars ? »
ALAIN: Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin
BACH: Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542

Evensong
2026-02-15 16:00 - 17:00 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
EVENSONG – THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (THE TRANSFIGURATION)
The Choir of St. Giles Church
James R. Brown, Director of Music & Organist
Organ: Apparition de l’église éternelle (O. Messiaen)
Preces & Responses (R. Ayleward)
Psalm 114 (P. Hallock)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in A (H. Sumsion)
Anthem: O nata lux de lumine (M. Lauridsen)
Organ: Toccata in b minor (E. Gigout)

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/

Lenten Evensong
2026-03-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Church of the Holy Comforter, 222 Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth, 60043, United States
The 31st Annual Lenten Evensong will be sung by the choir of Church of the Holy Comforter. The service will include the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B-flat by Charles Villiers Stanford and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata 12 “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen.” This service will also be available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@CHCKenilworth.

Paul Fey in Concert
2026-03-15 16:00 - 17:30 | First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL, 60004, United States
Paul is a full-time musician, composer and YouTube organist sensation. He is one of the organists at St. Propsteikirche in Leipzig, Germany. Each unique program will be a combination of his own compositions and music from the world of organ literature.

A Gift of Music
2026-03-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Elliott Chapel, 3131 Simpson Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Douglas Cleveland will present a program of great organ music on the Dobson organ in the chapel. Please join us on Wednesday afternoon and enjoy an inspiring time of beautiful music.

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

Faure Requiem, Organ Masterworks, & Andrea Handley Celebration of Ministry
2026-03-22 16:00 - 17:30 | Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 Lake Avenue, Wilmette, IL, 60091, United States
Fauré “Requiem,” Organ Masterworks, & Andrea Handley Celebration of Ministry
Sun., Mar. 22 at 4:00 p.m.
Experience the sublime tranquility of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem on Sun., Mar. 22 at 4:00 p.m. with Chancel Choir and strings, harp, and organ. Also, enjoy additional French organ works including selections from Vierne’s “Symphony No. 1” and Dupré’s “Cortege et Litanie” on Trinity Wilmette’s 63-rank Reuter organ as we celebrate Andrea Handley’s music ministry before her move to California. A reception will follow the concert. The concert is free but advance registration is requested. Click here to RSVP: https://trinitywilmette.breezechms.com/form/60adef95756236375

Organ Concert: Käthe Wright Kaufman
2026-04-12 16:00 - 17:00 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60202, United States
Sun Apr 12th 4:00pm – 5:00pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Evanston, 939 Hinman Ave.
Käthe returns to the instrument upon which she had her first organ lessons: the beautiful and celebrated EM Skinner organ at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Käthe’s time as a chorister at St. Luke’s led her to pursue sacred music as her vocation and career.
Käthe will perform a recital on the Second Sunday of Easter, featuring works well-suited to this symphonic instrument.
General admission is $20 and students and youth are free.

Isza Wu at Loyola
2026-04-19 15:00 - 16:30 | MADONNA DELLA STRADA CHAPEL, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Organist Isza Wu play’s on Loyola’s monthly organ concert series.
https://www.luc.edu/campusministry/mdschapel/organ/
Parking is free on Sundays in the main parking structure, enter at Kenmore and West Sheridan Road.
6453 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
The concert is free and open to the public.

Hans Davidsson, Organ Concert & NSAGO Banquet
2026-04-24 19:30 - 20:30 | St. Giles Episcopal Church, 3025 Walters Avenue, Northbrook, IL, 60062, United States
On Friday, April 24 the NSAGO hosts an organ concert preceded by our annual banquet. We welcome Swedish organist Hans Davidsson who will present a program on the Wolff organ at St. Giles Episcopal Church in Northbrook. Dr. Davidsson is Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy and Music Director at the church of Älvsborg in Göteborg and has done extensive recording of the works of Bach, Böhm, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, and Weckmann. You will not want to miss this concert!
Here is the schedule:
5:30pm Cocktail hour at a nearby restaurant (venue TBA)
6:00pm Banquet
7:00pm Drive to St. Giles
7:30pm Concert
Friday, April 24, 2026
St. Giles Episcopal Church
3025 Walters Ave, Northbrook, IL 60062
This concert is free and open to the public. Freewill offering.

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.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Music Endowment presents Vincent Dubois
2026-04-25 15:00 - 16:30 | Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake Street, Evanston, 60201, United States
Organ concert by Vincent Dubois. Works by Bach, Liszt, Poulenc, Verne, and Dupre. Concluding with an improvisation on submitted themes. Champagne reception following.

Brian Schoettler, organ
2026-04-26 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield, IL, 824 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL, United States
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music with acclaimed organist Brian Schoettler as he brings the grandeur of the pipe organ to life in this inspiring concert. Known for his expressive artistry and innovative programming, Schoettler will showcase a dynamic selection of works that span centuries and styles, from beloved classics to modern masterpieces. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or new to the world of organ music, this performance promises to be a captivating experience filled with rich harmonies and breathtaking virtuosity. Don’t miss this extraordinary free event in our concert series! Reception to follow.
https://first-presbyterian-church-of-deerfield-475624.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/208413124
Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 4:00pm
Concert Series: Brian Schoettler, organ
First Presbyterian Church
824 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015

Organ Concert featuring Alceé Chriss III
2026-05-08 19:30 - 20:45 | First Congregational Church – Elgin, 256 E Chicago St, Elgin, IL, 60120, United States
Organ Concert featuring Alceé Chriss III
First-prize and Bach prize winner at the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, Alcée Chriss III is widely regarded as one of the leading young organists of our time. Previous competition awards include the Firmin Swinnen Silver Medal at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2016 Fort Wayne National Organ Competition, and First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2014 Miami International Organ Competition. Mr. Chriss serves as University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University.
A reception will follow the program.
This program is FREE and open to the public. A free-will offering will be received.
LINK TO POSTER: https://bit.ly/FVAGOPosterMay8
LINK TO EVENT FLYER: https://bit.ly/FVAGOEventMay8

Haydn’s Mass in Time of Distress (Missa in angustiis)
2026-05-15 19:30 - 20:30 | First United Methodist Church Evanston, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
The Festival Choir and Orchestra of First United Methodist Church of Evanston presents Haydn’s Mass in Time of Distress (Missa in angustiis) also known as the Nelson Mass. The program will be conducted by Brian Schoettler with soloists Kari Sorenson, Christine Ebeling Mando, William Johnson, and Joshua Green. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.
Friday, May 15, 2026 – 7:30pm
Haydn’s Mass in Time of Distress (Missa in angustiis)
First United Methodist Church
516 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: 847-864-6181
Website: https://www.facebook.com/faithatfirst
