2022-2023 GALA CONCERT OPENING EVENT & DINNER
Sunday, September 25, 2022 – 3:00 PM
(FREE and open to all)
Members of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists present a Gala Concert featuring the 108-rank 1929 Casavant-2001 Schantz pipe organ at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road in Mahtomedi, MN.
Michael Barone will host and provide commentary between the performers. The concert is free and open to all. The annual TCAGO member dinner, for members and their guests only, will follow the concert in the beautiful new Gathering Space and Fellowship Hall. Plated dinner meal options catered by the Lake Elmo Inn, will cost $35 with wine; and $30 without wine for each member and guest. Additionally, there will be an installation of officers and a special program. Registration and payment required for the TCAGO member dinner by September 18, 2022 online at TCAGO.org or contact Jeremy.Haug@mountcalvary.org, 612-578-8058. Event registration required for dinner only. The concert is free and open to all.
PERFORMERS:
Samuel Backman, Bill Chouinard, Carolyn Diamond, piano, Isaac Drewes, Charles Echols, Ju Young Lee, Stacie Lightner and Donna Hryniewicki, flute, Sarah Palmer, Kris Rizzotto, Emily Roth, Brenda Sevcik, and Noah Strom.
WORKS BY:
Miles Davis, Emma Lou Diemer, Herbert Howells, David N. Johnson, Alvars Kalējs, Olivier Messiaen, Peter Planyavsky, Brenda Portman, Maurice Ravel, James H. Rogers, Guy Weitz and Pietro Yon.
For more information on local organ events, visiting performers and educational opportunities about the organ, go to www.TCAGO.org. Membership in the TCAGO is open to all those interested in the organ.
