Pipedreams Regional Organ Events Calendar
Upcoming organ events in and around Minnesota.
Last updated on October 3, 2023.
Related link: Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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As we attempt to regain some of the cultural life that we enjoyed prior to the Coronavirus pandemic, a number of live organ concerts have been scheduled. They’ll be presented with appropriate social distancing and other pandemic-related protective controls in place. Some of these may be streamed, too, and others may be offered exclusively online.
Here’s what is on the calendar in coming days and weeks. Many events were tentatively ‘go’ at the time of posting, but specific information may change. Though we will attempt to keep the information on this page current, please consult the individual venues for any last-minute changes and to confirm accuracy.
October 3, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Samuel Backman (Holy Cross Church, Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
October 5/6, Thursday at 12:10PM – repeated Friday at 7PM – a program of music for flute and organ featuring Donna Hryniewicki and Stacie Lightner (works by Cecile Chaminade, Theuphane Hytrek, Franx Richter, August Kropfreiter, and others) featuring the 32-rank Möller-Obermeyer organ at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (100 North Oxford Strreet) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.
October 5, Thursday at 7:30PM – the duo of Tracelyn Gesteland (mezzo-soprano) and Wyatt Smith (organ) present a program of works by Craig Phillips, Carson Cooman, Margaret Sandresky and others featuring the 35-rank 1925 Skinner-2005 Schantz organ in Aalfs Auditorium of the University of South Dakota in Vermllion, SD. The program will be repeated 10/7 in Yankton, SD and 10/8 in Sioux City, IA (see below).
October 7, Saturday at 7PM – visiting virtuoso Raul Prieto Ramirez appears in concert in the Chapel Arts Series featuring the Gabriel Kney tracker-action pipe organ in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland Avenue at Ashland) in St. Paul, MN. Free/donation.
October 7, Saturday at 4PM the duo of Tracelyn Gesteland (mezzo-soprano) and Wyatt Smith(organ) present a program of works by Craig Phillips, Carson Cooman, Margaret Sandresky and others featuring the 46-rank 2008 Salmen pipe organ at the United Church of Christ-Congregational (210 West 5th Street) in Yankton, SD.
October 8, Sunday at 1:30PM – musicians Luke and Sarah Foster, Noah Strom and Emma Todd present a memorial concert and celebration of the life of the late Jim Robertson, featuring the 42-rank Skinner organ at Vista Lutheran Church (4003 Wooddale Avenue South) in Minneapolis/St. Louis Park, MN. Free.
October 8, Sunday at 2PM – the duo of Tracelyn Gesteland (mezzo-soprano) and Wyatt Smith (organ) present a program of works by Craig Phillips, Carson Cooman, Margaret Sandresky and others featuring the 60-rank 1992 Möller pipe organ at 1st Presbyterian Church in Sioux City, IA.
October 10, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Joseph Trucano (Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
October 13, Friday at 7:30PM – resident musician Gregory Peterson presents a solo concert, including the premiere performance of Tapestry of Fire by Minneapolis composer Libby Larsen and featuring the 81-rank Schlicker-Dobson organ at Normandale Lutheran Church (6100 Normandale Boulevard) in Edina, MN. Free/donation.
October 15, Sunday at 3PM – resident musician Scott Turkington plays a concert on 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.
October 15 at 4PM – recitalist Chad Winterfeldt (Gustavus Adolphus College) plays the first in a series of four celebratory concerts featuring the 44-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1114 West Traverse Road) in St. Peter, MN. Free/donation.
October 17, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Jacob Benda (University of St. Thomas) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
October 18, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – resident musician Joel Anderson plays the 2nd concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
October 19, Friday at 7:30PM –resident musician Robert Ragoonanan, with Sean Miller (saxophone) and Marshall Yoes (trumpet) present a concert of music for ‘organ plus’, including works by Samuel Adler, Carlos Guastavino, Andre Waignein, Alan Hovhaness, Sharon J. Willis and Naji Hakim featuring the 41-rank Holtkamp organ at University Lutheran Church of Hope (601 13th Avenue SE) in Minneapolis, MN.
October 21, Saturday from 9:30AM-5PM – a Saint Paul Organ Crawl in Center City & Cathedral Hill (public invited) sponsored by the Pipe Organ Heritage Committee of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, with visits to:
Assumption Catholic Church/9:30AM (1935 Kimball-Welte/51 West 7th Street) – Simon Pick, organist
St. Mary’s Catholic Church/ 10:30AM (1927 Reuter/261 8th Street East.) –Mary Joy Rieder, organist
1st Baptist Church/11:30AM (1875 Steere & Turner, revised/499 Wacouta Street) –Bruce Jacobs, organist
A rare chance to visit the James J. Hill Mansion/2PM (1889 Hutchings/260 Summit Avenue) –Stacie Lightner, organist
Virginia Street Church/3PM (1919 Hall/170 Virginia Street) –Ed Copeland, organist
Unity Unitarian Church/4PM (1965 Noack/732 Holly Avenue) –Tom Ferry, organist
Instruments will be demonstrated and, in some cases, ‘open-console’ access will follow. Participate in the entire day, or some when you can to individual venues. Free and open to all who are curious.
October 22, Sunday at 3:30 – guest soloist Alexander Meszler plays a concert on the 91-rank 2010 Noack mechanical-action pipe organ in the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman (530 Main Street) in La Crosse, WI. Free/donation.
October 24, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Samuel Holmberg (St. Mary Basilica, Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
October 24, Tuesday at 7:00PM – guest soloist and prize-winning organist Alcee Chriss III plays a solo concert on the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner Concert Organ at Northrop on the University of Minnesota’s main campus (84 Church Street SE) in Minneapolis, MN.
October 28, Saturday at 7PM – resident musician Sam Backman, in collaboration with members of clergy and staff, presents a mixed-media, interdisciplinary recital The Valley of the Shadow of Death, featuring the Hinners-Wicks-Orvold organ at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1621 University Avenue NE) in Minneapolis. Free.
October 29, Sunday at 4PM – recitalist Grace Kunkel (Sts. Peter and Paul, Mankato) plays the second in a series of four celebratory concerts featuring the 44-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1114 West Traverse Road) in St. Peter, MN. Free/donation.
October 29, Sunday at 6PM - the 19th 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 1927 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 sold by the slice from 5-6 PM 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 29, Sunday at 7PM – guest soloist Dennis James returns to accompany the thrilling 1929 silent film classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney and featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ in the Phipps Center for the Arts (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI. Admission.
October 31, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Emily Roth (UCC Rochester) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
November 3, Friday at 7:30PM – acclaimed young French guest organist Thomas Ospital (Church of St Eustache, Paris) plays a solo concert of works by Bach, Franck, and Alain, plus an improvisation, featuring the Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ at Augustana Lutheran Church () in West Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.
November 5, Sunday at 3PM – internationally celebrated Canadian recitalist Isabelle Demers presents a concert on the expanded Holtkamp-Pasi pipe organ at St. John’s Benedictine Abbey Church in Collegeville, MN. The program will include the public premiere of Rachel Laurin’s Concert Piece No. 5 (Tone Poem in Honor of Saint Benedict) which had been commissioned for an inaugural-series concert to have been played by the composer in 2020, an event delayed multiple times because of COVID constraints. Because of a serious health issue, Ms. Laurin has ceded this premiere to her friend and colleague, Ms. Demers. The public is welcome – free.
November 5, Sunday at 4PM – resident musician Emily Bruflat plays the third program in a series of four celebratory concerts featuring the 44-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1114 West Traverse Road) in St. Peter, MN. Free/donation.
November 7, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Sarah Carlson (1st Lutheran, Bemidji) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
November 9, Thursday at 7:30PM – newly appointed resident musician Stephen Hamilton plays a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the installation of the church’s 33-rank pipe organ by Lynn Dobson (Opus 4) at Olivet Congregational Church (1859 Iglehart Avenue) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.
November 10, Friday at 7PM – guest soloist Catherine Rodland (artist in resident at St. Olaf College) plays a program featuring the 72-rank Jaeckel pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1100 East Superior Street) in Duluth, MN. Free/donation. More Information here. See also tomorrow.
November 11, Saturday from 9:30AM to Noon – as part of a “Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza” event with the recently acquired OrgelKids mini-organ kit, guest Catherine Rodland leads a masterclass with Arrowhead AGO Chapter scholarship students featuring the 72-rank Jaeckel pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1100 East Superior Street) in Duluth, MN. Free.
November 12, Sunday at 3:30 – guest soloist James D. Hicks plays a concert of Scandinavian music on the 91-rank 2010 Noack mechanical-action pipe organ in the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman (530 Main Street) in La Crosse, WI. Free/donation.
November 12, Sunday at 4PM – recitalist David Fienen (Emeritus Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College) plays the last in a series of four celebratory concerts featuring the 44-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at 1st Lutheran Church (1114 West Traverse Road) in St. Peter, MN. Free/donation.
November 14, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Alessandro Bianchi (St. Edward’s Anglican, Lugano, Switzerland) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
November 14, Tuesday at 7:00PM – a presentation of silent films, with live music by Dreamland Faces including organ accompaniment, in collaboration with the Archives on Screen Twin Cities Film Project, featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner Concert Organ at Northrop on the University of Minnesota’s main campus (84 Church Street SE) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission + streaming options.
November 15, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest artist Carolyn Diamond plays the 3rd concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
November 19, Sunday at 2PM – a concert presented by the Two Rivers Chorale and the From Age to Age Choral Ensemble, with works including the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé and featuring Christopher Ganza playing the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
November 18, Saturday at 7:30PM - Canon Musician Raymond Johnston leads a concert including the Poulenc Organ Concerto, (with soloist Scott Turkington) and Benjamin Britten’s cantata St. Nicholas, with choir and orchestra at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission.
November 19, Sunday at 4PM – internationally acclaimed American recitalist Nathan Laube (Eastman School of Music faculty) presents a concert on the 55-rank 1965 Phelps-Casavant organ at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (4100 Lyndale Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
November 28, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Thomas Vozzella (St. Andrew’s Episcopal, Kansas City, MO) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
December 3, Sunday at 6:30PM - the annual tradition of a Community Sing-Along of Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Chorale at Saint Olaf Catholic Church (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Bring your score, or a score can be provided. Freewill donation.
December 5, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Simon Pick (Assumption Church, St. Paul) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
December 7/8, Thursday at 12:10PM – repeated Friday at 7PM – a program of music for flute and organ for Christmas featuring Donna Hryniewicki and Stacie Lightner featuring the 32-rank Möller-Obermeyer organ at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (100 North Oxford Strreet) in Saint Paul, MN. Free/donation.
December 9, Saturday at 7PM – a winter concert, Luminous Night of the Soul, with the choir of St. Mary’s Basilica (Minneapolis) and University of St. Thomas faculty soloists Jacob Benda (organ) and Allison Ostrander (violin) for music inspired by Advent and Winter, with works by Ola Gjeilo, Jessie Montgomery, Stephen Paulus, Antonio Vivaldi and others, at the University’s St Thomas Aquinas Chapel (Cleveland at Ashland) in Saint Paul, MN. Free
December 9, Saturday at 7PM – resident organist Rachel Kresha and a chamber choir present an Advent Lessons & Carols service based on the “O” Antiphons, featuring the 39-rank Glück pipe organ at the Cathedral of Christ the King (1111 Belknap Street) in Superior, WI.
December 9/10, Saturday at 7:30PM and Sunday at 4PM – Philip Brunelle and the VocalEssence Choirs present the annual ‘Welcome Christmas’ Concerts featuring the Aeolian-Skinner concert organ at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Carlson Family Stage (84 Church Street SE) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission charged.
December 12, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Benton Schmidt (Newman Center, Fargo, ND) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
December 20, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist David Jenkins plays the 4th concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
December 21, Thursday at 7:30PM – join James Olcott and the Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble with organist Bill Chouinard for a Brass and Organ Holiday Concert, featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ in the Phipps Center for the Arts (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI. Admission.
January 7, Sunday at 2:30PM – guest organist Scott Turkington (Guadalupe Shrine, La Crosse plays a solo concert on the 87-stop Foley-Faker organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation
January 9, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Raymond Johnston (St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
January 12, Friday at 7:30PM - .resident organist Samuel Backman plays the premiere of his original Symfonia Kolęd (Symphony of Carols) featuring the Hinners-Wicks-Orvold pipe organ at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1621 University Ave NE) in Minneapolis. This new work is based on beloved Polish Christmas carols, and its four movements are cyclically unified by the Gregorian melody of Puer Natus Est. This concert will also feature works by Polish composers, and it will be performed in memory of Janusz Zorawski. Free and open to the public.
January 14, Sunday at 2:30PM – guest organist Dean Billmeyer (U of MN Emeritus) plays a solo concert on the 87-stop Foley-Faker organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
January 17, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist Stacie Lightner plays the 5th concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
January 23, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist John Stender (1st Presbyterian, Rochester, MN) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
January 30, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist James D. Hicks (recitalist/recording artist, New Jersey) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
February 6, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist David Lim (University of Oklahoma) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
February 11, Sunday at 2:30PM – local organist Christopher Ganza (St. Paul Cathedral) plays a solo concert on the 87-stop Foley-Baker organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
February 20, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Pierre Zevort (Dourdan, France) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
February 21, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist Kathrine Handford plays the 6th concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
February 24, Saturday at 7PM – guest soloists of The International Saxophone Quartet collaborate with facuty organist Jacob Benda for an exploration of music from around the world, featuring the Gabriel Kney pipe organ at the St.Thomas Aquinas Chapel of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland at Ashland) in Saint Paul, MN. Free.
February 25, Sunday at 3PM – soloist Catherine Rodland performs the Organ Concerto by Gerald Near (along with Symphony No. 1 by Florence Price) as presented by the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis (Cary Franklin, conductor) and featuring the Reuter pipe organ at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (4801 France Avenue South in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation. This event continues the 40th Anniversary Celebration of PIPEDREAMS.
February 27, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Andrew Schaeffer (Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
February 29, Thursday at 7PM – organist Aaron David Miller provides accompaniment to the visual conjuring of Manual Cinema (creating real-time cinematic experiences with puppetry) featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner Concert Organ at Northrop on the University of Minnesota’s main campus (84 Church Street SE) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission + streaming options.
March 5, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Ju Yung Lee (Christ Presbyterian, Edina) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
March 12, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Paul Barte (Ohio University) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
March 16, Saturday from 9AM-5PM – the annual Before Bach’s Birthday Bash, a sequence of five hour-long concerts featuring music by Bach played by a variety of local soloists at various venues in the Twin Cities. Details TBA. The first hour will be broadcast live on YourClassicalMPR. Check back here as more information is provided.
March 16, Saturday at 7PM - soprano Kelly Kruse, violinist Marion Judish, and organist/pianist Jacob Benda present a multi-disciplinary concert, The Earthly Immortal Soul and the Battle of Becoming, inspired by artwork on display at the University of St. Thomas by renowned artist Kelly Kruse. Selections include music by Samuel Barber, David Bednall, Hildegard von Bingen, Johannes Brahms, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel on campus (Cleveland at Ashland) in St. Paul, MN. Free.
March 17, Sunday at 2:30PM – local teen-aged organist Henry Dangerfield plays a solo concert on the 87-stop Foley-Baker organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
March 19, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist David Jenkins (TCAGO Dean) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
March 24, Sunday at 2PM – talented young song-writer, film composer and organist Nathan Avakian blends virtual instrument technology with the theater organ in a program devoted to contemporary film and television scores plus improvised accompaniments to short films from the International Youth Silent Film Festival, featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ in the Phipps Center for the Arts (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI. Admission.
March 29, Friday at 7:30 – Canon Musician Raymond Johnston leads a performance of The Crucifixion by Stainer featuring the Cathedral Choir and 87-stop Foley-Faker organ at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
April 2, Tuesday at 7PM – social media maven and exceptional performer Anna Lapwood makes her Minnesota debut with a program of popular film-music transcriptions from Hans Zimmer’s score to Interstellar, plus works by Debussy, Philip Glass, Florence Price and Bach, featuring the 108-rank Aeolian-Skinner Concert Organ at Northrop on the University of Minnesota’s main campus (84 Church Street SE) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission + streaming options.
April 9, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Dean Billmeyer (University of MN) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 13, Saturday at 7PM – visiting Spanish virtuoso Loretto Aramendi appears in concert in the Chapel Arts Series featuring the Gabriel Kney tracker-action pipe organ in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland Avenue at Ashland) in St. Paul, MN. Free/donation.
April 16, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Gregory Hand (University of Iowa) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 17, Wednesday at 12:30 (following noon Mass) – guest soloist Joshua Lindgren plays the 7th concert in the 2023-2024 Noontime Series featuring the 67-rank 2001 Lively-Fulcher pipe organ at the Catholic Church of St. Olaf (215 South 8th Street) in downtown Minneapolis, MN. Free/donation.
April 23, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Carolyn Diamond (Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 30, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Kristina Rizzotto (Lake of the Isles Lutheran, Minneapolis) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 4, Saturday at 7PM – as the season finale for the St.Thomas Chapel Arts Series, resident musician Jacob Benda plays concertos by G. F. Handel, Howard Hanson, and Naji Hakim with the St. Thomas Festival Orchestra led by Matthew George, featuring the 56-rank 1987 Gabriel Kney tracker-action pipe organ in the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel of the University of St. Thomas (Cleveland Avenue at Ashland) in St. Paul, MN. Free/donation.
May 7, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Jeffrey Patry (1st Lutheran, Saint Paul) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 11, Saturday at 7:30PM – Canon Musician Raymond Johnston leads a season finale concert including music of Ravel and the Poulenc Gloria, with choir and orchestra at the Cathedral of St. Mark (519 Oak Grove) in Minneapolis, MN. Admission.
May 14, Tuesday at 12:35PM - guest soloist Kathrine Handford (Church of St. Mark, Saint Paul) continues the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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 21, Tuesday at 12:35PM - resident artist Larry Martin concludes the 2023-2024 season of Tuesday Organ Recitals 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.
