Events

August 2, Sunday at 4PM - Sanctus, the annual Red River Valley Chapter benefit concert, presented by Elliot Sander, Sub-Dean of the Red River Valley Chapter. Featuring the 3-manual, 34-rank Sipe organ at Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral (3600 25th St S) in Fargo, ND.

August 4, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist John Baumann plays the ninth concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists featuring the 24-rank Dobson organ in Trinity Chapel at Bethany Lutheran College (730 Luther Drive) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

August 4, Tuesday at 12:15PM – in the ninth concert of the Summer Organ Recital Series, guest soloist John MacInnis plays the 77-stop Reuter/Walker organ at Trinity Lutheran Church (222 6th Avenue SW) in Rochester, MN. Free/donation.

August 5, Wednesday at Noon – local musician Ken Hager presents the final concert in the 42nd season of the Organs In Review summer recital series in (mostly) Hibbing, with a performance on the Wicks pipe organ at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (2310 Seventh Avenue East) in Hibbing, MN. Free/donation to the Claribel Hamilton Organ Scholarship Fund. Stay for a community lunch afterwards most weeks.

August 5, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as part of the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, soloist Megan Engel presents a concert on the 10-stop 1989 Holtkamp organ at Bethel Lutheran Church (1321 North Avenue) in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

August 9, Sunday at 2PM – guest soloist Dennis James offers accompaniment to the popular Harold Lloyd silent film Safety Last featuring the Wurlitzer organ at the Phipps Center (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI. Admission.

August 11, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Christine Schulz plays the final concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists featuring the 24-rank Dobson organ in Trinity Chapel at Bethany Lutheran College (730 Luther Drive) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

August 11, Tuesday at 12:15PM – in the tenth concert of the Summer Organ Recital Series, guest soloist Nathan Elsbernd plays the 77-stop Reuter/Walker organ at Trinity Lutheran Church (222 6th Avenue SW) in Rochester, MN. Free/donation.

August 12, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as trhe final event in the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, soloist Stephen May presents a concert on the 45-rank Steere-Möller-Rutz organ in Skinner Chapel on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

August 16, Sunday at 3PM – resident musician Scott Turkington plays the 50-rank Noack organ in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (5250 Justin Road) outside La Crosse, WI. Free/donation. Come early and enjoy lunch in the Culina Mariana Café in the Visitor’s Center before the scenic walk up to the Shrine.

August 18, Tuesday at 12:15PM – in the eleventh concert of the Summer Organ Recital Series, guest soloist Lee Afdahl plays the 77-stop Reuter/Walker organ at Trinity Lutheran Church (222 6th Avenue SW) in Rochester, MN. Free/donation.

August 25, Tuesday at 12:15PM – in the final concert of the Summer Organ Recital Series, guest soloist Matt Gender plays the 77-stop Reuter/Walker organ at Trinity Lutheran Church (222 6th Avenue SW) in Rochester, MN. Free/donation.

September 4, Friday at 7PM – resident faculty organist Carrie Groenewold plays “A Flowering of Netherlandish and Flemish Psalms and Chorales” on the 57-rank 1978 Brunzema-Casavant mechanical action pipe organ in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. Free.

September 13, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Catherine Rodland (St. Olaf College, Northfield) plays the 50-rank Noack organ in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (5250 Justin Road) outside La Crosse, WI.  Free/donation.  Come early and enjoy lunch in the Culina Mariana Café in the Visitor’s Center before the scenic walk up to the Shrine.

September 13, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Celina Kobetitsch plays a 50th Anniversary concert featuring the 36-rank 1976 Van Daalen pipe organ at Zion Lutheran Church (241 5th Avenue North) in Hopkins, MN. Free/donation.

September 18, Friday at 7:30PM – guest recitalist Peter Sykes (faculty of Juilliard School NYC) plays a solo recital celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the installation of the diminutive but dramatic 22-rank 1976 Brunzema-Casavant pipe organ at Maternity of Mary Catholic Church (1414 Dale Street North) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation. Reception follows.

September 19 Saturday from 9:30-noon – as a continuation of the parish pipe organ’s 50th Anniversary, guest presenter Peter Sykes oversees an ‘community open house’ discovery-session/master-class, for organ students and musically curious folks, a real-time exposé focusing on “Making the Most Out of Modest Resources”, featuring the 1976 Brunzema-Casavant organ at Maternity of Mary Catholic Church (1414 Dale Avenue North) in Saint Paul, MN. Free.

September 20, Sunday at 3PM – The University of St. Thomas Chapel Music Series begins the season with an eclectic solo concert by Aaron David Miller in tribute to Emeritus Professor Gene Audette, featuring the 1987 Gabriel Kney pipe organ in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas (Cleveland at Ashland) on the St. Paul, MN campus. Free/donation.

September 25, Friday at 7:30PM – the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (England), led by Peter Holder, offer a rare Minnesota concert, featuring the Foley-Baker pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission.

September 26, Saturday at 7:30PM – emeritus faculty recitalists Chris Kachian (guitar) and David Jenkins (organ and harpsichord) present a Bach-and-Forth concert including sonatas by the father-and-son team of Johann Sebastian and Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, featuring the 56-rank 1985 Schantz pipe organ in the sanctuary of Lumen Christi Catholic Community (2055 Bohland Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.

September 27, Sunday at 3:30PM – talented local Aquinas High School student Gabriel Rivera Bird plays a solo concert on the magnificent 94-rank Noack pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman (530 Main Street) in downtown LaCrosse, WI). Free/donation.

October 8, Thursday at 7PM – as the opening event in the annual Chapel Arts Series, violinist Borislava Iltcheva (Baton Rouge Symphony) joins organist Jacob Benda for a multi-media program featuring music for violin, organ and piano, including works by Bach, Bednall, Copland, Vaughan Williams, and the world premiere of River: Dragon by Kenji Kuriyama, highlighting the 56-rank 1987 Gabriel Kney pipe organ in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel on the campus of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland at Ashland) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.

October 9, Friday at 7PM – guest soloist Jonathan Ryan (Director of Music at Christ Church, Cranbrook, MI) presents a concert featuring the famous 1966 Schlicker pipe organ at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

October 11, Sunday at 4PM – resident organist John Helgen will be featured in a performance of the Saint-Saëns “Organ” Symphony, with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, featuring the new Nordlie-Holtkamp-Möller organ at Roseville Lutheran Church (1215 Roselawn Avenue West) in Roseville, MN. Free/donation.

October 17, Saturday at 7PM – come for an evening of silent film with organ accompaniment as guest soloist Ed Copeland (Heights Theatre) provides music to the classic movie Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde featuring the new 28-rank Grandall & Engen/Casavant organ at St. John’s Lutheran Church (625 12th Avenue) in Howard Lake, MN. Free/donation.

October 23, Friday at 7PM – guest organists Michael Bauer and Marie Rubis Bauer play the annual Joan Ringerwole Organ Recital on the 57-rank 1978 Brunzema-Casavant mechanical action pipe organ in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. Free.

October 25, Sunday at 3:30PM – Minneapolis organist Samuel Libra (Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church) plays a solo concert on the magnificent 94-rank Noack pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman (530 Main Street) in downtown LaCrosse, WI). Free/donation.

October 25, Sunday at 6PM - the 22nd annual Tricks and Treats with the Mighty Organ concert with resident organist Bill Chouinard in the Sanctuary of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (900 Stillwater Road) in Mahtomedi, MN, featuring the mighty 108-rank Casavant/Schantz organ. The performance, replete with special lighting and video effects, is designed with young listeners in mind and children are invited to come in costume. Come early for pizza supper (pay as able/$3-5 suggested) from 5:00 - 6:00 in the new adjoining Fellowship Hall gathering space. A free-will offering will be receivable both prior to and following the concert. For more information and any updates, visit saintandrews.org or call 651-426-3261.

October 26, Monday at 7PM – a concert by the 12 singers of the VOCES8 US Scholars Ensemble at St. Mark’s Cathedral (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Donation.

October 27, Tuesday at 7PM – resident organist Greg Zelek and trumpeter Caleb Hudson present a pre-Halloween concert, Haunted Harmonies, featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

October 29, Thursday at 7PM – to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of their instrument, guest soloist Olivier Latry (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) presents a conversation/master-class for organists and music-loving auditors featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 8th Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN.

October 30, Friday at 2PM – the public is invited to a ‘conversation’ with Parisian organist Olivier Latry (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris), who will talk about his life and career in an informal afternoon session at St. Olaf Catholic Church (215 8th Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Free.

October 30, Friday at 7PM - Philip Brunelle conducts a lavish concert with VocalEssence and additional choruses and orchestra including a presentation of the extravagant Te Deum by Hector Berlioz at the Cathedral of Saint Paul (239 Selby Avenue) in St. Paul, MN. Admission.

November 1, Sunday at 3PM- resident musician Brice Petersen, with strings and other instruments, concludes the 50th Anniversary series of concerts featuring the 36-rank 1976 Van Daalen pipe organ at Zion Lutheran Church (241 5th Avenue North) in Hopkins, MN. Free/donation.

November 1, Sunday at 3PM – an All Saints Remembrance program highlighting a performance of the Maurice Duruflé Requiem with mezzo-soprano Robin Helgen, a string orchestra conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, and organist Louise Bass featuring the new Nordlie-Holtkamp instrument at Roseville Lutheran Church (1215 Roselawn Avenue West) in Roseville, MN. Free/donation.

November 1, 2026, Monday at 7PM – resident organist and composer Samuel Backman teams up with soprano Elena Bird Zolnick to premiere Through the Flames, a song cycle for soprano and organ composed by Backman and based on the lives—nay, deaths—of a series of martyrs. This performance will take place on All Saints Day at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1621 University Ave NE) in Minneapolis, MN.

November 15, Sunday at 9AM – the dedication of the new organ with special music during service followed by an official inaugural concert at 2PM with soloist Aaron David Miller featuring the new Nordlie-Holtkamp-Möller organ at Roseville Lutheran Church (1215 Roselawn Avenue West) in Roseville, MN. Free/donation.

November 15. Sunday at 3PM – the Oratorio Society of Minnesota, led by Matthew Mehaffey, presents Master Darke’s Testament, a concert featuring works by English composer Harold Darke, with three premieres including the 40-minute oratorio The Beatitudes, with choir, orchestra, and organist Samuel Backman featuring the monumental 114-rank 1991 Visser-Rowland organ at the Wooddale Church (6630 Shady Oak Road) in Eden Prairie, MN. Admission.

November 21, Saturday at 7PM – student organist Andrew Chesebro plays his senior recital on the 57-rank 1978 Brunzema-Casavant mechanical action pipe organa in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. Free.

November 22, Sunday at 3:30PM – Twin Cities organist John Stender (Normandale Lutheran Church) plays a solo concert on the magnificent 94-rank Noack pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman (530 Main Street) in downtown LaCrosse, WI. Free/donation.

November 29, Sunday at 2:30PM – Canon Musician Raymond Johnston presents a solo recital featuring the Foley-Baker pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

December 5, Saturday at 4PM – in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the relocation of historic pipe organ to Mankato, soloist Celina Kobetitsch will play Handel’s Organ Concerto, Op. r4, no. 5 in a concert that also includes Haydn’s Symphonies No. 30 (Alleluia) and 104 (London), with the Mankato Symphony led by Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi and featuring the 1877 Johnson & Son organ in the Chapel on Good Counsel Hill, Mankato, MN. Admission.

December 8, Tuesday at 7PM – new music composer inti figgis-vizueta teams up with the Rothko Quartet, cellist Andrew Yee, and Aaron David Miller (in a solo organ piece Waya) for a ‘Liquid Music’ program of Music for Transitions briefly featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

December 12, Saturday at 7:30PM – the Cathedral Choir led by Canon Musician Raymond Johnston presents a Great British Christmas as part of the Music series at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Donation.

January 10, Sunday at 3PM – resident organist Samuel Backman presents the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé in commemoration of 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, featuring the 36-rank Hinners-Wicks-Orvold pipe organ at Holy Cross RC Church (1621 University Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

January 15 Friday at 7PM – guest soloist Ben Kerswell (Bach Society, Houston) will play a solo recital on the 50-rank 2005 Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ at Augustana Lutheran Church (1400 Robert Street South) in West St. Paul, MN. Free/donation.

January 24, Sunday at 2:30PM – guest musician Joel Anderson (St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis) presents a solo recital featuring the Foley-Baker pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

January 30, Saturday at 7:30PM – the Northrop Dance Series presents a program including a significant organ component featuring organist Greg Zelek and the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

February 7, Sunday at 3PM – a silent-film event with guest organist Aaron David Miller featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

February 7, Sunday at 3PM – in a special Builders’ Recital and the final event in the ‘dedication series’, organ builders and church organists David Grandall and David Engen explore the sonic resources of their recent work on the expanded 28-rank Grandall & Engen/Casavant organ at St. John’s Lutheran Church (625 12th Avenue) in Howard Lake, MN.

February 21, Sunday at 3PM – a performance of the Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra by Stephen Paulus, with soloist Jacob Benda, as part of a concert with other works performed by the Minneapolis Civic Orchestra led by Matthew George, featuring the 48-rank 2003 Reuter pipe organ at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church (9201 Normandale Boulevard) in Bloomington, MN. Free/donation.

February 27, Saturday at 7:30PM – a performance of Passio by Arvo Pärt, a setting of the Passion Story according to the Gospel of St. John, scored for vocal soloists, choir, violin, oboe, cello, bassoon and organ, will be presented by the Cathedral Choir under the direction of Raymond Johnston at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (590 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission/donation.

March 7, Sunday at 3PM – Duluth organist Charles Sundquist presents a concert performance of Marcel Dupré’s The Stations of the Cross, a sequence of 14 musical meditations based on the grippingly dramatic poetry of Paul Claudel, which will be read (in English translation) by Michael Barone, featuring the 39-rank Glück pipe organ in the Cathedral of Christ the King (1410 Baxter Avenue) in Superior, WI. Free/donation.

March 9, Tuesday at 7PM – sponsored by the Walker Art Center and Liquid Music, view the path-breaking silent film Koyaanisquatsi, accompanied by the Philip Glass Ensemble, with organist Michael Riesman featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

March 18, Thursday at 7PM – as part of the Chapel Arts Series, a special event titled Let Us All Rejoice features works for organ and choir, including Rachel Laurin’s Concert Piece No. 5, played by Jacob Benda, a Requiem by Michael Trotta conducted by the composer and sung by the St. Thomas Liturgical Choir and Alumni Choir, and the world premiere of a new work by British composer David Bednall. Conductors will include Michael John Trotta, Elena Bird Zolnick, and Rob Strusinski. Featured is the 1987 Gabriel Kney pipe organ in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel on the campus of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland at Ashland) in St. Paul MN. Free/donation.

March 19, Friday at 7:30PM – a concert by Stephen Hamilton, sponsored by the Bach Society of Minnesota, devoted to works composed and inspired by J. S. Bach…including music of Mendelssohn and Ginastera…featuring the Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ at Augustana Lutheran Church (1400 Robert Street South) in West St. Paul, MN. Admission.

March 20, 2027, Saturday from 9AM-5PM – the annual Before Bach’s Birthday Bash featuring five free hour-long concerts of Bach’s music at various churches in the Twin Cities, sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists…details TBA

March 21, Sunday at 3PM – a collaborative performance by the Bach Society of Minnesota and the Minnesota Chorale, jointly conducted by Jennaya Robison and Matthias Maute, with vocal soloists Aaron Sheehan (Evangelist), Dashon Burton (Jesus), Clara Osowski and Sonia Tengblad, to mark the 300th anniversary of the first performance by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, in concert at Central Lutheran Church (333 South 10th Street) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission.

March 21, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Stephen Hamilton performs Marcel Dupré’s suite Le Chemin de la Croix/The Stations of the Cross, 14 meditations on poems by Paul Claudel which will be read by Michael Barone in English translations, featuring the Holtkamp-Pasi pipe organ at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey Church, Collegeville, MN. Free/donation.

April 11, 2027, Sunday at 4PM –as part of the impressive Bethlehem Music Series, Vincent Dubois, organist from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, performs a solo concert on the 55-rank 1965 Casavant organ at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (4100 Lyndale Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN.

April 11, Sunday at 4PM –as part of the impressive Bethlehem Music Series, Vincent Dubois, organist from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, performs a solo concert on the 55-rank 1965 Casavant organ at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (4100 Lyndale Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Come early for a 3:30PM pre-concert chat with the artist and Pipedreams host Michael Barone.

April 28, Wednesday at 7PM – resident organist Greg Zelek and a small ensemble of TBA musicians) present a concert featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ above the Carlson Family Stage at Northrop on the University of Minnesota main campus in Minneapolis. MN. Admission (UofMN students free), also live-streamed.

May 15, Saturday at 7:30PM – a performance of the Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra by Stephen Paulus, with soloist Jacob Benda, as part of a concert with other works performed by the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra led by Yuri Ivan, featuring the new Nordlie-Holtkamp pipe organ at Roseville Lutheran Church (1215 Roselawn Avenue West) in Roseville, MN. Free/donation.