March 19, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

The Houghton College Choir will perform at St. Mary's Church, 15 St. Mary's Place, Rochester, NY.  The concert is free and open to the public.

Widely acclaimed for its artistry and sensitivity, the Houghton College Choir upholds the sacred a cappella choral tradition of its origins, flexibly embracing diversity of all styles. Whether performing a renaissance mass setting, baroque motet or an African American spiritual, the choir delights in well-crafted sacred choral music.

Since its inception in 1931, the Houghton College Choir has performed throughout the United States and Europe. At home in America’s most prestigious concerts halls and churches of all denominations, the choir has performed to in a variety of concert venues upholding its mission. Recent concert performances include Lincoln Center the Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Heinz Memorial Chapel in Pittsburgh, the Basilica of St. Mary’s in Minneapolis, Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, and Church of the Holy Trinity at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Additionally, the choir has performed in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. This May the choir will again travel abroad with a concert tour of France, Italy and Spain including a special performance at the Vatican.

The choir has been invited to sing for state and divisional American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and The National Association of Music Education (MENC) conventions, including the 2009 MENC Eastern Division Convention in Providence, RI. Additional performances include the United Nations, World Council of Churches, and the Association of Evangelical’s National Convention. Choral-orchestral partners have included the Buffalo and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestras.

March 19, Friday, 7:00 p.m.

Bethany Presbyterian Church, 3000 Dewey Ave, Rochester, NY, 14616.  Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Community Recital featuring Jeff Kempskie, Bryan Holton, and David Baskeyfield.

March 14, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Chelsea Barton, Eastman School of Music undergraduate student, performs at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester. Admission is included in Gallery admission; free for University of Rochester students with ID, Memorial Art Gallery members, and children ages 5 and under.

March 21, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Michael Unger, Eastman School of Music graduate student, performs at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester. Admission is included in Gallery admission; free for University of Rochester students with ID, Memorial Art Gallery members, and children ages 5 and under.

March 21, Sunday, 5:30 p.m.

Winfried Dahlke, of Germany, performs on the Italian Baroque Organ and on the Eastman School of Music's Mustel Harmonium at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester.  He will perform music by by Girolamo Frescobaldi, and Samuel Scheidt on the baroque organ, César Franck, Louis Vierne, and Charles Tournemire on the Mustel Harmonium.

Winfried Dahlke was born Lüneburg in 1969, Winfried Dahlke studied evangelical theology in Göttingen, and church music at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, where his teachers have included Tillmann Benfer, Günter Berger, Harald Vogel and Hans-Ola Ericsson. After receiving the highest possible grade in church-music (advanced studies),  he went on to undertake artist diploma studies with Hans-Ola Ericsson. During his studies he fulfilled the position of organist in the congregation of Sottrum near Bremen. Since 2000 he has looked after ancient organs in many churches between the rivers Weser and Elbe, employed by the Lutheran church of Hannover in the position as organ curator.

Since 2002 Mr. Dahlke is the director of ORGANEUM in Weener, an institution run by the Ostfriesland foundation. Since 2003 he is the appointed organ expert within the Evangelical-reformed church and is delegated by them to oversee the education of organ players as well as to care for a large number of valuable historical organs over a large part of Germany.
In July 2006, he succeeded Harald Vogel as the General music director for the Evangelical-reformed church. He is now also the director of the organ center 'ORGANEUM' - Organ Academy Ostfriesland, which in 2006 developed out of the ORGANEUM, and is financially supported in a cooperation between the Ostfriesland foundation, the Evangelical-reformed church and the city of Weener.

Winfried Dahlke teaches organ at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen; he is also organist at the Große Ref. Kirche in Leer. In 2008 he published his documentation on the inscriptions of the historic organ pipes of the Mare-Hinsz-Höffgen-Organ in Leer, working together with Dr. h.c. Jürgen Ahrend and was supported by NOMINE. In 2009 Mr. Dahlke published an annotated facsimile edition of historic hymnals by M. Jellen and M.J.Fr. Wiedemann with Noetzel. In the same year he documented the inscriptions of the gothic pipes of the organ in Rysum.

Mr. Dahlke performs extensively on the “Kunstharmonium,” the Art Harmonium, and teaches the art of harmonium playing at workshops at the HfK Bremen, in the Organeum and in associated educational establishments.

March 25, Thursday, 7:00 pm

Thatcher Lyman, DMA I at Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY.

March 26, Friday, 8:15 p.m.

Cameron Carpenter is coming to Ithaca College to give a recital on Friday, March 26 at 8:15 pm. You are invited to come hear what the buzz is about, and decide for yourself about this phenomenal presence in the organ world. If you haven’t seen the video clips on YouTube, check them out to whet your appetite. Tickets will be available in advance at ithacaevents.com, at (607) 273-4497, or at the door. Prices range from $11-22.

As with most Carpenter programs, he will decide the program after meeting the instrument, so it will not be announced in advance.

This recital also celebrates the recent SSL console upgrades and tonal work done by Richard Strauss to the school’s 1968 Schlicker organ. For more information, call (607) 274-3717.

March 28, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Bryan Holten, Eastman School of Music undergraduate student, performs at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester. Admission is included in Gallery admission; free for University of Rochester students with ID, Memorial Art Gallery members, and children ages 5 and under.

March 28, Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

Eastman at St. Michael's concert series.  Hour-long concert at St. Michael's Church, 124 Evergreen St. (corner of Clifford and North Clinton Avenues), by Eastman student Michael Unger, organ, with Baroque chamber string ensemble.  Followed by a reception and 4:00 p.m. Mass with special music.

March 28, Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 21 Church St, Pittsford, NY. Dr. Hans Davidsson in recital on the Taylor & Boody Organ.

April 2, Friday, 7:00 p.m.

Penfield United Methodist Church, 1795 Baird Rd, Penfield, NY, 14526.  Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Community Recital featuring Lars Gjerde, Autumn Cole, and Brett Judson.

April 6, Tuesday, 8:00 pm

Malcolm Matthews, Junior Recital at Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY.

April 7, Wednesday, 12:00 pm

Nicole Marane, Lecture Recital at St. Anne Church, 1600 Mount Hope Ave, Rochester, NY.

Fridays from April 9 to May 14, 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Two Saints Spring Music Festival:  Supporting Local Talent, Local Food, and Local Kids.  Fridays at 12:15 to 12:45 pm at the historic St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Church, 17 South Fitzhugh St, Rochester, NY.

Concert Schedule:

April 9 - Polymer Players, recorder trio

April 16 - Striking Strings, hammer dulcimer ensemble, Mitzie Collins, director

April 23 - Marielle Murphy, soprano; Jamal Moore, bass

April 30 - Annie Laver, organ

May 7 - University of Rochester Brass Choir, Josef Hanson, director

May 14 - Cheryl Frank, viola; Katie Fittipaldi, cello

Box lunches, made with all-natural, local ingredients, will be available for a suggested donation of $7 each.  Please call the church office at 585-546-7730 to guarantee a reservation.

All proceeds directly benefit the Right-On School, a six-week summer day camp program serving inner-city Rochester children.  For more information, visit www.twosaints.org.

April 11, Sunday, 4:00 p.m.

Irondequoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave, Rochester, NY, 14617.  Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Community Recital featuring Oliver Wolcott, Silviya Mateva, and Conrad Smith.

April 13, Tuesday, 8:00 pm

Brett Judson, Senior Recital at Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY.

April 19, Monday, 7:00 pm

Michael Unger, DMA II at Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY.

April 20, Tuesday, 3:30 pm

John Allegar, DMA I at Christ Church, 141 East Ave., Rochester, NY.

April 20, Tuesday, 7:00 pm

Daniel Aune, DMA II at Sacred Heart Church, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester, New York.

April 25, Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 21 Church St, Pittsford, NY. Nazareth College Piano Virtuosity.

April 27, Tuesday, 12:00 pm

Chris Petit, Lecture Recital at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY.

May 16, Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 21 Church St, Pittsford, NY. Concentus Women's Chorus.

June 20 - July 18

Program for Young Organists

The 29th annual Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival (LSM) will offer a comprehensive, four-week program for young organists of all faiths grades 8-12.  A deep pool of nationally-recognized organists will serve on this summer’s faculty, providing exceptional opportunities for mentorship, student learning and performance exposure. LSM’s mission is to transform lives and connect people through faith and music.  Every summer, more than 150 young people from throughout the U.S. come together for this rigorous musical study and performance program in a supportive environment. The 2010 Academy will take place June 20 to July 18 on the campus of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Catherine Rodland joins LSM for the first time as the Regina Holmen Fryxell and Patricia Schad Leege Chapel Organist.  Both a faculty member and a graduate of St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN), Rodland earned her MM and DMA from the Eastman School of Music. In addition to playing for worship services, Rodland will oversee the 2010 organ studio. Organ students receive two private lessons per week and have opportunities to play for various services. During the final Festival Week, organ students are featured in a special recital.

The LSM worship team will be led by Rev. Michael D. Costello, an outstanding organist and an alumnus of LSM.  "I knew I loved music before I attended LSM," says Michael, "but it was my years at LSM that really guided me to a career as a church musician."  Costello is a noted composer and arranger, organist, and an active member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM). Returning for his third summer on the LSM faculty as worship assistant is Chad Fothergill, also an alumnus of LSM. Fothergill is cantor and visiting instructor (organ) at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN).

With a commitment to renewing churches through music, LSM offers beginning and intermediate handbell choirs, church music history, and chapel choir among its elective options. Zebulon Highben will return for his sixth summer as the Paul Bouman Chapel Choir Director. Highben is pursuing a DMA in choral conducting at Michigan State University and is a regional director for ALCM.

LSM’s outstanding faculty guides gifted high school students from around the country through a month of intensive musical training and performance. Open to students of all faiths, LSM encourages students to use music as a catalyst for an exploration of personal faith and creativity. Students engage in individual instrument lessons; chamber ensembles; musicianship classes; symphony orchestra, choir and/or band; electives; and a culminating Festival of performances.

Applications are being accepted for the 2010 Academy and generous financial aid is still available (both merit- and need-based). For more information, visit www.lutheransummermusic.org or contact the national offices in Minneapolis at 888.635.6583 or by email at lsm@lutheransummermusic.org.

 

 

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*Lesson Series 2009 - 2010

$50.00 for all three lessons (paid by the first lesson), $25.00 to audit. Please send your check to Paul Frolick, 36 South Main St., Pittsford, NY, 14534. Questions may be directed to Carol Cowan at pcowan2@rochester.rr.com or 585.544.7998.

 

 

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Please send your upcoming event/concert announcements to James Carpenter and Larry Philbrick, so that we can include them in the newsletter so they can be posted on the website. Thanks!

Please contact Anne Lam if you are interested in hosting an Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) recital at your church in the Rochester area.