Sun., May 26, 3:00 pm
Holy Spirit Lutheran Church

Hear the work of English composer and organist John Reading when Pamela Meys Kane, Music Director/Organist at the 10,000 member St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Bluffton, South Carolina takes the stage.  Kane opens the series with “A Trumpet Air.” The program will also include works by Bach, Franck, and Swinnen, and she’ll close the recital with “Concert Variations on the Star Spangled Banner” by John Paine.

Tue., May 28, 10:00 am
Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul
126 Coming Street

Jonathan Schakel is a DMA candidate in performance Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  He holds a master’s degree in organ and early music from Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. As a recitalist, Jonathan has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, and throughout the United States.  He also works as an advisor and collaborator with the early music vocal ensemble Zephyrus.  Jonathan’s program on the Baroque inspired Gabriel Kney Organ will include a number of early pieces by Sweelinck, Scheidemann, Byrd, Scheidt, Buxtehude, and from the 20th century, pieces by  Dutch composers Ed Wammes and Jacques van Oortmerssen.

Thurs., May 30, 10:00 am
St. Phillip’s Church
142 Church Street

“Festal Flourish” by Gordon Jacob comes to life under organist Richard Gray. The Director of Music for St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, Gray holds degrees in organ performance from Southern Methodist University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music and brings this piece to life with a recital on Casavant-Freres Organ. Other selections will include Phillips, Bach, Alain, and two movements from Symphony No. 3 by Vierne.

Sun., June 2, 3:00 pm
Summerall Chapel, The Citadel
171 Moultrie Court

Enjoy “Piano Concerto,” the only masterwork by Witold Lutosławski, and two pieces from Jazz Suite by Russian composer Alexander Tsfasman from acclaimed artists, Yuri McCoy and Yvonne Chen. Yuri opens the recital with Robert Elmore’s “Rhumba,” showcasing his virtuosic pedal technique. Yuri McCoy received a Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and traveled to Leipzig, Germany, to  study at the Hochschule Fur Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.” Taiwanese-American pianist, Yvonne Chen, received a Bachelor of Music from the Julliard School, a Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in piano performance at Rice while on the faculty of St. John’s School, Houston, Texas.

Tue., June 4, 10:00 am
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
120 Broad Street

Explore the sounds of Boely, Franck, Lefebure-Wely, and “Carillon de Westminster” by Vierne from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church organist and choirmaster, John Walthausen. The musician,who attended the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris and has a master’s in historical keyboards from the Schola Cantorum of Basel, Switzerland, will end the recital on the French-style Bedient organ.

Thurs., June 6, 10:00 am
St. John’s Lutheran Church
5 Clifford Street

Listen to the music of Vierne, Bach, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bolcom, and Dupre as John Nothaft, director of music at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean, Virginia, performs at St.John’s Lutheran Church. The first prize winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs Collegiate Organ Competition and recipient of the NPM member’s scholarship has performed overseas at Truro Cathedral and Chester Cathedral, UK, St.Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, and on Pipedreams Live!