Events

May 3, Sunday at 3PM – in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the organ’s installation, internationally-acclaimed guest soloist Nathan Laube (Eastman School of Music) will present a solo concert on the Duluth-built 72-rank mechanical-action pipe organ by Daniel Jaeckel at 1st Lutheran Church (1100 East Superior Street) in Duluth, MN.  Free.  Reception follows. 

May 3, Sunday at 3PM – resident organist Brice Petersen teams up with the Superior Brass for a concert featuring the 36-rank 1976 Van Daalen pipe organ at Zion Lutheran Church (241 5th Avenue North) in Hopkins, MN.  Free/donation.

May 3, Sunday at 4PM – resident organist and cantor Daniel Schwandt accompanies the Mount Olive Cantorei in a Festival Hymn Festival, Fur such a Time as This, featuring the 55-rank 1966 Schlicker pipe organ at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

May 8, Friday at 7:30PM – Gregoriana:  a program highlighting a new publication of a dozen new Gregorian chant-based works by contemporary women composers, in a concert by three women performers – Kristina Rizzotto, Diane Meredith Belcher, and Melanie Ohnstad - and the Women’s Schola of the University of St. Thomas Liturgical Choir, led by Dr. Elena Bird Zolnik, singing the ancient Gregorian melodies on which the new organ solos are based, featuring the 86-rank Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner/Quimby pipe organ in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (239 Selby Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN.

May 12, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Kathrine Handford (Church of Saint Mark, St. Paul) continues the 2025-2026 season of Tuesday noonday concerts featuring the 57-rank 1998 Casavant pipe organ at the Church of St. Louis, King of France (506 Cedar Street) in downtown Saint Paul, MN.  Free.

May 14, Thursday at 7PM – celebrate Ascension Day with an Ecumenical Choral Vespers service featuring choirs of St. Thomas More and St. Paul’s Reformation Lutheran Church and the Skinner-Schantz organ at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (60 Kent Street) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation. 

May 16, Saturday at 7:30PM – the Cathedral Choir, Choral Society and Orchestra, led by resident musician Raymond Johnston, present a Grand Season Finale Concert at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove Street) in Minneapolis, MN.  Admission.

May 17, Sunday at 3PM – resident musician Scott Turkington and the Shrine Choir and Brass Ensemble present a program of music in celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, featuring the 50-rank 2008 Noack tracker-action organ in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (5250 Justin Road) just outside La Crosse, WI.  Free/donation.  The Culina Mariana Café in the Visitors Center is an excellent place for pre-concert lunch.

May 17, Sunday at 4:30PM – resident organist Nils Halker and choir director Mark Stahura present music by Henry Purcell and Orlando Gibbons as part of an Evensong Service featuring the 27-rank 1964 Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church (901 Portland Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation. 

May 19, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Charles Barland (University of Dubuque, IA) concludes the 2025-2026 season of Tuesday noonday concerts featuring the 57-rank 1998 Casavant pipe organ at the Church of St. Louis, King of France (506 Cedar Street) in downtown Saint Paul, MN.  Free.

May 20, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist Christopher Ganza plays the final concert in the 2025-2026 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 8th Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

May 31, Sunday at 10AM – resident musician Richard Gray conducts Gloria settings by Antonio Vivaldi and John Rutter, with choir, Copper Street Brass, organ and harpsichord during morning service at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (60 Kent Street) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation. 

May 31, Sunday at 3PM – resident musician Samuel Libra presents a concert of Music for  the Blessed Virgin Mary, including works by Bach and Rheinberger and the cycle Invocations by Henri Dallier, featuring the Patterson pipe organ at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (1 Lourdes Place) in Minneapolis.  Free/donation. 

June 2, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Chad Winterfeldt plays the opening concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this week featuring the 13-rank Hoppe/40-stop Viscount digital/pipe organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church (222 Pfau Street) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

June 6/7, Saturday and Sunday – the annual Bach Tage , a weekend immersion for choral singers in music of the Bach Family, led by Dr. Marin Jacobson (Valpariso University) and this year focusing on Cantata No. 45 by J. S. Bach and a Nunc Dimittis by elder cousin Johann Christoph Bach, with Saturday rehearsals and a 4PM afternoon harpsichord recital by Tami Morse, and a 4PM Sunday afternoon concert, all events at Mount Oliver Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN.

June 7, Sunday at 2PM – guest theatre organist Zach Frame (Organ Piper Pizza, Wisconsin) plays a program of Broadway, Big Bands, Beatles, and Beyond on the 16-rank 1026 Wurlitzer organ at the Phipps Center (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI.  Admission.  

June 7, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Aaron David Miller presents a celebratory 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.

June 9, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Kaleb Schmidt plays the second concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this week featuring the 13-rank Hoppe/40-stop Viscount digital/pipe organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church (222 Pfau Street) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation. No recital next week.

June 14, Sunday at 3PM – prior to their group tour abroad, in a multi-choral celebration ensembles from The Meetinghouse, St. Philip the Deacon, Shepherd of the Valley and Grace Episcopal Churches and Kantorei present the premiere performance of a new work for choirs and instruments by Tom Trenny, featuring the 51-rank Schantz pipe organ at Saint Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN.  Free/donation.  

June 23, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Tom Andrews plays the third concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this week featuring the 13-rank Hoppe/40-stop Viscount digital/pipe organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church (222 Pfau Street) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

June 24, Wednesday at 12:15PM – to kick off the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, faculty soloist Catherine Rodland presents a concert on the 89-rank Holtkamp organ in Boe Chapel on the campus of St. Olaf College (1523 Campus Drive) in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

June 28, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Christoper Ganza (Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN) 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.

June 30, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist David Mertesdorf plays the fourth concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this week featuring the 13-rank Hoppe/40-stop Viscount digital/pipe organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church (222 Pfau Street) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

July 7, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Timothy Frank plays the fifth concert in the Summer Noontime Organ Series sponsored by the Sioux Trails Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this week featuring the 24-rank Dobson organ in Trinity Chapel at Bethany Lutheran College (730 Luther Drive) in Mankato, MN. Free/donation.

July 8, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as part of the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, soloist Nathan Proctor presents a concert on the 26-rank 1991 Dobson organ at St. John’s Lutheran Church (500 3rd Street West) in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

July 14, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Mark DeGarmeaux plays the sixth 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.

July 15, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as part of the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, students of the Lutheran Summer Music Academy present a concert on the 42-rank 1984 Dobson organ in Studio A of the Christiansen Music Hall on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

July 21, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Nathan Nikoley plays the seventh 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.

July 22, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as part of the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, soloist Noah Klein presents a concert on the 52-rank Johnson-Schlicker-Rutz organ at 1st United Church of Christ (300 Union Street) in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

July 26, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Andrew Scanlon (Church of the advent, Boston) 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.

July 27, Monday at 6:30PM – as part of the St. John’s Summer Music Camp, a family-friendly event with Pizza and Pipes, featuring Matt Tylutki (chapel organist at Augustana University and Director of Youth Music at 1st Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls) exploring the sonic resources of the new Grandall & Engen/Casavant organ at St. John’s Lutheran Church (625 12th Avenue) in Howard Lake, MN.

July 28, Tuesday at 12:10PM – guest soloist Elisabeth Urtel plays the eighth 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.

July 29, Wednesday at 12:15PM – as part of the 19th season of Seven Northfield Noontime Organ Recitals, soloist Richard Collman presents a concert on the 58-stop Allene electronic organ at St. Peter Lutheran Church (418 Sumner Street East) in Northfield, MN. Free/donation.

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 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, Saturday 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 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.

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 20, Sunday at 9AM – the dedication of the new organ with special music during service followed by an official inaugural concert (at 2PM) by soloist Aaron David Miller playing the new Nordlie-Holtkamp-Möller organ at Roseville Lutheran Church (1215 Roselawn Avenue West) in Roseville, 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 27, Tuesday at 7PM – resident organist Greg Zelek (and another instrumentalist TBA) 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.

October 29, Friday at 7:00PM – 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 7:00PM – to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of their instrument, guest soloist Olivier Latry (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) presents a solo recital featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 8th Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. 

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.