Join us for a Saint Peter and Mankato Spring Organ Crawl!
Join us on April 11th for the Pipe Organ Heritage Committee Tour of Saint Peter and Mankato, presented in collaboration by the Twin Cities Chapter of the AGO, the Sioux Trails Chapter of the AGO, the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, and The Mankato Symphony Orchestra!
We will hear organs by J.W. Walker, Dobson, Holtkamp, Hendrickson, and Johnson & Son, played by five local organists. Each stop will include a demonstration of the organ and open console time — so bring your music and organ shoes!
The final stop of the day will be the magnificent chapel at the former convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel, home to one of Minnesota’s great organ treasures, the 1877 William Johnson & Son organ built for St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Church in Boston. It was recently announced that the chapel is now owned by the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, and the Mankato Symphony Orchestra will make it one of their primary performance venues. Members of the MSO will join Gustavus Adolphus organist Chad Winterfeldt to showcase the organ and the space.
A coach will depart from Meetinghouse Church in Edina at 8:40 AM, and return at 6:30 PM. The cost of the coach is $40 for TCAGO members and their guests, and $50 for non-members. Lunch will be own-your-own in downtown Mankato.
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8:40 AM Bus departs Meetinghouse Church (1 hr driving), 6200 Colonial Way, Edina, MN 55436
9:40 Arrive St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Saint Peter, MN, 427 W Mulberry St, St Peter, MN 56082
9:50 St Peter’s Lutheran Organ demonstration (20 mins) & open console (20 mins)
Ben Foster, organist
1987 J.W. Walker, II/20
https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/39265
10:30 Load bus
10:40 Depart Saint Peter (20 mins driving)
11:00 Arrive Bethany Lutheran College, Trinity Chapel, 730 Luther Dr, Mankato, MN 56001
11:10 Bethany Lutheran College
Trinity Chapel Organ demonstration (20 mins) & open console (20 mins)
Mark DeGarmeaux, organist
1979 Dobson, Op. 10, II/24
https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/1926
11:50 Load bus
12:00 Depart Trinity Chapel (5 mins drive)
12:05 Arrive Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 720 S 2nd St, Mankato, MN 56001
12:15 Bethlehem Lutheran Organ demonstration (20 mins) & open console (20 mins)
Christine Schulz, organist
1980 Holtkamp, Op 1958, II/31
https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/38924
12:55 PM Lunch on your own (90 mins)
2:15 Load bus
2:25 Depart Bethlehem (or walk 0.9 mile uphill) (5 mins driving, 20 mins walking)
2:30 Arrive Grace Lutheran Church
10 N 4th St, Mankato, MN 56001
2:40 Grace Lutheran Church Organ demonstration (20 mins) & Open Console (20 mins)
Chuck Hoogland, organist
1967, 1992 Hendrickson, Op. 3 & 86, III/41
https://www.pipeorganlist.org/OrganList/data_mn/MN-MankatoGrace.html
3:20 Load bus
3:30 Depart Grace Lutheran (10 mins driving)
3:40 Arrive Our Lady of Good Counsel, 170 Good Counsel Dr. Mankato, MN 56001
4:00 Our Lady of Good Counsel Concert (40 mins)
Chad Winterfeldt, organist, with friends from the Mankato Symphony Orchestra
Open console & Refreshments (20 mins)
1877 Johnson & Sons, Op. 499, III/53
https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/6663
5:00 Load bus
5:10 Bus departs Good Counsel (1 hr 20 mins driving)
6:30 Arrive Meetinghouse Church, 6200 Colonial Way, Edina, MN 55436
