Events

March 20, Friday at 7PM – a collaborative performance, a USA premiere performance of Bernard Wayne Sanders 14 Stations of the Cross (seven preludes & seven fugues) by Stephen Gentile and students Mari Lyn Ampe, Sheila Loger, Chuck Lenz and Mary Joy Rieder, presented alternatum with readings and prayers, featuring the 31-rank Wicks organ at the Church of St. Helena (3204 East 43rd Street) in Minneapolis, MN.  Free. 

March 20, Friday at 7PM – a gala concert In Praise of Bach, with music of Johann Sebastian Bach performed on the eve of his birthday (3/21/1685) and presented by area organists in a benefit for the Arrowhead Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, featuring the 55-rank Austin pipe organ at 1st United Methodist Church (the Copper Dome Church, at 230 E. Skyline Parkway) in Duluth, MN.  Free/donation. 

March 21, 2026 – Bach’s Birthday Bash, 9AM-5PM - for nearly twenty years, the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (TCAGO.ORG) has sponsored a celebration of Bach’s traditional birthday (b. March 21, 1685) either on his actual birth date (as it falls in 2026) or on the Saturday before…when the event is the (Before) Bach’s Birthday Bash.  The first hour will be broadcast live on YourClassical MPR network stations (KSJN-99.5FM in the Twin Cities), to which you can listen at home.  The entire day is open to all at any point along the circuit, and you are invited to share in the live excitement in person at various churches in Saint Paul, MN, beginning at Gloria Dei Church and then follow the crowd to enjoy direct involvement with each of the other four programs…some people actually do attend everything from beginning to end.  For more information:  www.tcago.org

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:  

9AM – Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (700 South Snelling Avenue)

BACH (trans. Dupre):  Sinfonia, fr Cantata BWV 29 –Brenda Sevcik, organ

BACH:  Chaconne and Fugue in d, BWV 1178 & Allabreve in D, BWV 589 —Dean Billmeyer, organ

BACH:  Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D, fr Well-tempered Clavier Book I (BWV 850) –Gideon Scheeler, piano  

BACH:  Prelude & Fugue in E-flat, BWV 998 –Lukas Murdych, guitar

BACH: Three Pieces: Chaconne in g, BWV 1179 Chorale-prelude, Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668 Fugue in g, BWV 578 –Celina Kobetitsch, organ

 10:30AM – Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church (1900 Wellesley Avenue)

BACH:  Fantasia and Fugue in c, BWV 537 –Joel Anderson, organ

 BACH:  Flute Sonata in e, BWV 1034 Adagio ma non tanto-Allegro-Andante-Allegro –Jeeyoun Kang, flute; Sujin Cho, piano

 BACH:  Motet, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 –The Elm Ensemble/Sally Messner, director Bruce Jacobs, organist

BACH (trans. ?): Prelude, fr Lute Suite in E-flat, BWV 998

BACH (arr. Gouin):  Arioso, fr Cantata BWV 156

BACH:  Siciliano (ii.) and Allegro (iii.), fr Flute Sonata in E-flat, BWV 1031 —David Milne, soprano saxophone; Jeana Ogren, piano      

11:30AM-1:00PM – Lunch Break

1:00PM – St. Thomas More Catholic Community (Summit Avenue at Lexington)

 VIVALDI/BACH:  Concerto in d, BWV 596 [Allegro] – Pleno-Grave – Fuge – Largo e spiccato – [Allegro] --Samuel Libra, organ

 BACH:  O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 656 --Emily Roth, organ

 BACH:  Prelude & Allemande, fr Cello Suite No. 5 in c, BWV 1011 –Samantha Lee, viola

BACH:  Diverse Chorale-preludes, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604 --Noah Strom, organ

BACH:  Toccata  & Fugue in d, BWV 538 (Dorian)– Daniel Schwandt, organ

2:30-PM – St. Clement’s Episcopal Church (901 Portland Avenue)

 BACH:  Partita, O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 --Catherine Rodland, organ

VIVALDI/BACH:  Concerto in a, BWV 593, Allegro – Adagio - Allegro --Amy Maakestad, organ

BACH:  Pastorale in F, BWV 590 (4 movements) --Graeme Shields, organ

BACH:  4 Orgelbüchlein Chorale-preludes, Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625; Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626; Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (arr. C. E. P. BACH), BWV Anh. 73; Wer nun den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 642 --Nicholas Kees, organ

4:00PM – House of Hope Presbyterian Church (797 Summit Avenue)

BACH (arr. Rübsam):  Partita in a, BWV 1013 Allemande – Corrente – Sarabande – Bourée anglaise (originally for solo flute; premiere performance) –Wolfgang Rübsam, organ

BACH:  English Suite No. 2 in a, BWV 807 Prélude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Bourrées I & II – Gigue --Jacob Marvets, piano

BACH:  Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564 --David Jenkins, organ

BACH (completed by Michael Ferguson):  Contrapunctus No. 14, fr The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 --Nils Halker, organ

March 22, Sunday at 2:30PM – choirs from four University of Minnesota campuses…Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris and Crookston…present a concert of Music for a Grand Space, accompanied by Cathedral organist Christopher Ganza and featuring works by Vierne, Britten, Dove, Bruckner, Hailstork and others, utilizing the 86-rank Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner/Quimby pipe organ in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (239 Selby Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free.   

March 22, Sunday at 3PM – resident musician Scott Turkington and the Shrine Choir present a program of prayerful and meditative music, including the Missa In Simplicitate by Jean Langlais, 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.

March 22, Sunday at 4PM – music director Richard Gray leads a Choral Evensong for Lent at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (60 Kent Street) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation. 

March 22, Sunday at 4PM – a Bach’s Birthday Bash concert sponsored and performed by members of the Red River Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, featuring the 66-rank Austin pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (619 Broadway North) in Fargo, ND.  Free/donation.   

March 24, Tuesday at 7PM – sponsored by the Bach Society, emeritus University of Minnesota organ professor Dean Billmeyer presents an all-Bach program…Influencers, In-Crowds and Interpertations…featuring the 50-rank Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ at Augustana Lutheran Church (4100 Robert Street South) in Saint Paul, MN.  Admission.  

March 26, Thursday at 7PM – a program Songs of Hope and Healing, presented by soprano Erika Lantz, flutist Anita Rieder, cellist Charles Asch, pianist-composer David Evan Thomas, and organist Bruce Jacobs, with works by Handel, Debussy, Bach and others featuring the 31-rank Hendricksosn pipe organ at Trinity Episcopal Church (322 Second Street) in Excelsior, MN.  Free/suggested donation.

March 27, Friday at 11:10AM – visiting artist Christiaan Teeuwsen presents a master-class featuring the 57-rank Brunzema-Casavant organ in the B. J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA.  Free. 

March 28, Saturday at 7:00PM – visiting artist Christiaan Teeuwsen presents a solo concert (as part of the Joan Ringerwole Recital Series) featuring the 57-rank Brunzema-Casavant organ in the B. J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA.  Free. 

March 29, Sunday at 2 PM – the Cathedral Schola and Choir, with tenor Nick Chalmers and baritone Andrew Cane, led and accompanied by Music Director and organist Christoph Ganza present a performance of the Passiontide cantata The Crucifixion by Sir John Stainer at the Cathedral of Saint Paul (239 Selby Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation.  

Sunday, March 29 at 4PM – organist Stephen Hamilton 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 70-rank Casavant pipe organ at Hamline Church United Methodist (1514 Englewood Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN.  Admission charged.

March 31, Tuesday at 7:30PM – the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Carrie Groenewold, will present a concert including the "Organ” Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns featuring the 57-rank Brunzema-Casavant organ in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA.  Free. 

April 3, Friday at noon – guest soloist John Schwandt offers reflective improvisations on the Stations of the Cross in a solemn liturgy of hymns and prayers for Good Friday featuring the 55-rank 1966 Schlicker pipe organ at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN.  Free/donation.

April 3, Friday at 7:30PM – the Cathedral Choir, led by Raymond Johnston, presents Music for Good Friday at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove Street) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

April 7, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Andrew Schaeffer (Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI) 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.

April 10, Friday at 7:30PM – with guest organist Greg Zelek, Philip Brunelle conducts the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers in a program of a cappella choral works and organ solos by Roger-Ducasse, Durufle, Poulenc and many others featuring the Foley-Baker pipe organ at the Cathedral of Saint Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN.  Admission.

April 10, Friday at 8:15PM – graduating senior student Henry Rye presents a concert in two locations on the St. Olaf College campus in Northfield…Studio A (Dobson organ) and Boe Chapel (Holtkamp organ).  Free.

Saturday, April 11 at 4PM – a guest appearance by the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, led by Philip Brunelle, with organist Greg Zelek, featuring an all-French program of works by Debussy, Dupre, Boulanger, Milhaud, Messiaen, Poulend and many others utilizing the expanded 111-rank 1961 Holtkamp/2020 Pasi pipe organ at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey Church in Collegeville, MN.  Admission. 

April 14, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Samuel Backman (Holy Cross RC Church, Minneapolis) 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.

April 15, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist Celina Kobetitsch plays the 6th 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. 

April 18, 10AM-11:30AM/12:30PM-2PM - the annual 2026 TCAGO Competition in Organ Performance, sponsored by the Schubert Club and TCAGO member Phil Asgian and, managed by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, takes place at the Lutheran Church of St. Philip the Deacon (17205 County Road 6) in Plymouth, MN. Free; no admission while performers are playing.

April 18, Saturday at 3:15PM – graduating student soloist Jeremiah Knutson presents his senior recital on the Holtkamp organ in Boe Chapel on the campus of St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.  Free.

April 18, Saturday at 7PM – English organist David Bednall (of Clifton and Bristol Cathedrals, England) presents a solo concert at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on the University of St. Thomas campus in Saint Paul, MN.

Sunday, April 19 at 3PM – resident organist Charles Sundquist will perform Romantic organ works by Mendelssohn, Bossi, Buck, Germani and Rheinberger on the historic 26-rank Felgemaker organ at Sacred Heart Music Center (201 W. 4th Street) in Duluth, MN.  Admission.

April 19, Sunday at 3PM – in the first concert is a series celebrating the organ’s 50th anniversary, David Cherwien will lead a Hymn Festival featuring the 36-rank 1976 Van Daalen pipe organ at Zion Lutheran Church (241 5th Avenue North) in Hopkins, MN.  Free/donation. 

April 19, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Thomas Hamilton (Duluth) plays the inaugural concert on the newly rebuilt (by Russel Draeger) Moeller pipe organ at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (5501 East 23rd Street) in Hibbing, MN.  Free/donation. 

April 21, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Ju Young Lee (Christ Presbyterian Church, Edina) 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.

April 23, Thursday at 8PM – resident faculty David Jenkins plays a solo concert of works by Bach, De Grigny, Saint-Saëns, Jeanne Demessieux, Kristina Arakelyan and Jessica French on the expanded 111-rank 1961 Holtkamp/2020 Pasi pipe organ at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey Church in Collegeville, MN.  Free. 

April 25, Saturday at 9:30AM – a workshop/presentation on the music of Sigfrid Karg-Elert by Southern Methodist University professor Stefan Engels, at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church (900 Stillwater Road) in  Mahtomedi, MN.  Sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  All are welcome/Free.  See tomorrow. 

April 26, Sunday at 2:30PM – a concert devoted to the extravagantly post-romantic music of early 20th-century genius Sigfrid Karg-Elert featuring Southern Methodist University professor Stefan Engels and the 108-rank 1927 Casavant/2001 Schantz pipe organ at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church (900 Stillwater Road) in Mahtomedi, MN.  Co-sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  All are welcome/Free. 

April 26, Sunday at 3PM – guest soloist Samuel Backman (Church of the Holy Cross, Minneapolis) 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.

April 26, Sunday at 3PM – students from the Organ Studio of St. Olaf College, Northfield present a ‘benefit’ concert (to raise money in support of their study tour to France) featuring the 26-rank Schantz pipe organ at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church (301 County Road 10) in Excelsior, MN.  Donation.

April 26, Sunday at 5PM – music director Richard Gray leads a Choral Evensong with the Choir of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, featuring the 87-stop Foley-Baker pipe organ at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mark (519 Oak Grove Street) in Minneapolis, MN.  Free/donation. 

April 28, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Pierre Zevort (Dourdan, France) 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.

April 29, Wednesday at 7PM – Northrop organist Greg Zelek teams up with Matt Mehaffey and the University of Minnesota Singers for An Evening of Organ and Choir 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 1, Friday at 7:30PM – guest soloist Isabelle Demers plays the inaugural concert on the new 55-stop Juget-Sinclair pipe organ at the Cathedral of St. Joseph (521 North Duluth Avenue) in Sioux Falls, SD.  Free/donation. 

May 2, Saturday at 7PM -resident musician Jacob Benda teams up with the University of St. Thomas Festival Orchestra (Matthew George, conducting) to perform Barber’s Toccata Festiva (version for strings, trumpet and percussion) and a solo organ arrangement of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Michael Barone) on a program also featuring guest pianist Michael Gurt in Ernest Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich in the St.Thomas Aquinas Chapel of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland and Ashland) in Saint Paul, MN.  Free/donation. 

May 2, Saturday at 7PM – enjoy a Polish Constitution Day celebration of five centuries of Polish sacred and instrumental music, featuring works by Jarzebski, Mielczewski, Gorczychi, Szarzynski, Dankowski, Kusz and Gorecki, performed by the Holy Cross Choir and Chamber Orchestra led by Samuel Backman at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1621 University Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.

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 5, Tuesday at 12:30PM – guest soloist Richard Gray (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 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 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 Jacob Benda 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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.