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Pipedreams Regional
Organ Events Calendar
Upcoming organ events in and around Minnesota.
Last updated on May 1, 2012
Related link: 
Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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2012: May | June | July | August
May, 2012
The Wurlitzer organ at the Heights Theatre (3951 Central Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 763-788-9079
May 5, Saturday:
4PM – Graduate student Brent Nolte plays a DMA recital of works by Lübeck, Bach, Bolcom and Reubke on the van Daalen tracker organ in the Organ Studio (Room 213) of the University of Minnesota’s Ferguson Hall (west bank campus) in Minneapolis, MN. *Free*
May 6, Sunday:
4PM – Guest organist Dean Billmeyer joins the resident choir, soloists and festival orchestra led by James Fraizer for performance of the Easter portion of Handel’s “Messiah” at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (60 Kent Street) in Saint Paul, MN.
4PM – Organist Julian Collins and cellist Rebecca Hewes (the Svyati Duo from London, UK) present a program featuring the Casavant pipe organ at First Presbyterian Church (512 3rd Street SW) in Rochester, MN. *Donation*
May 7, Monday:
7:30PM – Faculty soloist Stephen Self plays an all-English program of works by Britten, Howells, Leighton, Kelly, Mathias and Dickinson on the Blackinton pipe organ in the Benson Great Hall of Bethel University in Saint Paul (Arden Hills), MN. *Free.*
May 10, Thursday:
12:30PM – Allan Mahnke plays a free "Second Thursday" lunch-time concert on the 19-rank Nordlie pipe organ at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church (15600 Old Rockford Road) in Plymouth, MN. *Donation* More information at: www.stbarnabaslutheran.org/Calendar/ 763-553-1239
May 11, Friday:
7:30PM – Accompanist par excellece Dennis James plays the Mighty Wurlitzer in a silent film festival (“Cars, Cars, Cars!”) at the Phipps Center for the Arts (109 Locust Street) in Hudson, WI. *Admission* More information at: www.thephipps.org
May 13, Sunday:
1PM – Resident musician Joshua Lindgren plays a pair of back-to-back concerts of works by Mulet, Couperin, Clerambault, David N. Johnson, Michael Burkhardt and Herman Berlinski, the first on the 31-rank Schantz organ at House of Prayer Lutheran Church (7625 Chicago Avenue S) in Richfield, MN, the same program repeated at 4PM on the Rodgers electronic organ at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church (3611 North Berens Road NW) in Prior Lake, MN.
The Wurlitzer organ at the Fargo Theatre (314 Broadway) in Fargo, ND, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 701-239-8385
May 19, Saturday:
7:30PM – Resident musician Raymond Johnston, with the Cathedral Choir and Choral Society and the Aurora Brass Quintet, celebrates the return of the rebuilt Cathedral Organ with music by Handel, Parry and Walton, at St. Mark's Cathedral (519 Oak Grove Street) in Minneapolis, MN. More information at: www.ourcathedral.org/music/music-series
June, 2012
The Wurlitzer organ at the Heights Theatre (3951 Central Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 763-788-9079
June 1, Friday:
7PM – Guest soloist Marek Kudlicki (from Vienna, Austria) plays a concert on the Wicks organ at Bethel Lutheran Church (810 Third Avenue SE) in Rochester, MN.
June 3, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Christoph Bull (professor at University of California, Los Angeles) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
June 9, Saturday:
Day one of the sixth annual Bach Tage/Bach Days in Minneapolis, inviting participants to prepare performances of Bach’s Cantata 75 for public performance the following afternoon at 4PM). These are in the context of workshops with conductor Kathy Romey and musical theologian Arthur Halbardier. Also a public chamber/organ concert at 4:30PM Saturday. Mount Olive Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. More information at: http://www.mountolivechurch.org/learning_liturgyconference.html#Bach NOTE: Pre-registration to required to sing in the choir; concerts are open to the public.
June 10, Sunday:
Day two of the sixth annual Bach Tage/Bach Days in Minneapolis, inviting participants to prepare performances of Bach’s Cantata 75 (for public performance 4PM Sunday afternoon) in the context of workshops with conductor Kathy Romey and musical theologian Arthur Halbardier. Mount Olive Lutheran Church (3045 Chicago Avenue South) in Minneapolis, MN. More information at: http://www.mountolivechurch.org/learning_liturgyconference.html#Bach NOTE: Pre-registration to required to sing in the choir; concerts are open to the public.
June 13, Wednesday:
12:15PM – In this, the first in a series of summer concerts, Steve Gentile plays the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
The Wurlitzer organ at the Fargo Theatre (314 Broadway) in Fargo, ND, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 701-239-8385
June 20, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by Michael Ferguson, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
June 24, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Philip Brisson (from Louisville, KY) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
June 27, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by Richard Clarke, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
July, 2012
The Wurlitzer organ at the Heights Theatre (3951 Central Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 763-788-9079
July 2, Monday:
7PM – Resident artist Jeffrey Daehn plays the first in a series of summer concerts on the Carillon of the Plummer Building on Second Street Southwest in downtown Rochester, MN. *Free*
July 3, Tuesday:
7:30PM – Prize-winning young Michigan organist Jeremy David Tarrant plays the first of three concerts as part of the Pine Mountain Music Festival, featuring the 1899 Barckhoff tracker-action organ at Keweenaw Heritage Center (the elegant former St. Anne’s Church) in Calumet, MI. *Admission* http://pmmf.org/season/
July 6, Friday:
7:30PM – Prize-winning young Michigan organist Jeremy David Tarrant plays the second of three concerts as part of the Pine Mountain Music Festival, featuring the 1886 Schuelke tracker-action organ at Bethany Lutheran Church (715 Mather Avenue) in Ishpeming, MI. *Admission* http://pmmf.org/season/
July 8, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Lawrence W. Lawyer (Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
July 9, Monday:
7PM – Resident artist Sue Bergen (from Naperville, IL) plays the second in a series of summer concerts on the Carillon of the Plummer Building on Second Street Southwest in downtown Rochester, MN. *Free*
July 10, Tuesday:
7:30PM – Prize-winning young Michigan organist Jeremy David Tarrant plays the last of three Pine Mountain Music Festival organ concerts at 1st Lutheran Church (1210 South Stephenson Avenue) in Iron Mountain, MI. *Admission* http://pmmf.org/season/
July 11, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by Charles Echols, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
The Wurlitzer organ at the Fargo Theatre (314 Broadway) in Fargo, ND, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 701-239-8385
July 16, Monday:
7PM – Resident artist Tim Sleep (from Naperville, IL) plays the third in a series of summer concerts on the Carillon of the Plummer Building on Second Street Southwest in downtown Rochester, MN. *Free*
July 18, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by Laura Edman, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
July 22, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Dennis Siebenaler (professor at California State University-Fullerton) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
July 23, Monday:
7PM – Resident artist Wylie Crawford (from Chicago) plays the fourth in a series of summer concerts on the Carillon of the Plummer Building on Second Street Southwest in downtown Rochester, MN. *Free*
July 25, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by John Salveson, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
July 28, Saturday:
7:30PM – A program of music for choir, brass and organ, including the Gloria by John Rutter, presented by the Oratorio Society Chorus (Matthew Mehaffey, conductor) with Lynn Trapp, organist, at St. Olaf Catholic Church (215 South 8th Street) in Minneapolis, MN. *Admission.* More information at: www.oratorio.org
July 30, Monday:
7PM – Resident artist Lyle Anderson (from Madison, Wisconsin) plays the fifth in a series of summer concerts on the Carillon of the Plummer Building on Second Street Southwest in downtown Rochester, MN. *Free*
August, 2012
The Wurlitzer organ at the Heights Theatre (3951 Central Avenue NE) in Minneapolis, MN, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 763-788-9079
August 1, Wednesday:
12:15PM – A summer series concert by Christopher Stroh, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
August 8, Wednesday:
12:15PM – The final summer series concert, by resident musicians Diana Lee Lucker, featuring the 71-rank Hendrickson pipe organ at Wayzata Community Church (125 Wayzata Boulevard East) in Wayzata, MN. *Free.*
August 12, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Michael Dulac (from Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Fort Wayne, IN) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
The Wurlitzer organ at the Fargo Theatre (314 Broadway) in Fargo, ND, is played regularly prior to weekend film showings. Call ahead for details. 701-239-8385
August 26, Sunday:
3PM – Guest recitalist Sue Walby (First Presbyterian, La Crosse) plays the 54-rank Noack tracker-action organ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the countryside outside La Crosse, WI. *Donation*
