2024-2025 Chapter Program Calendar
Sunday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.
Annual Organ Scholarship Student Recital
Denver South Seventh-day Adventist Church
The opening concert of our 2024-2025 season features the students who received scholarships for organ lessons this summer: Germma Davy, Caroline Mabey, Adam Roper, Caroline Taylor, and Claire Wilson. Their teachers were Mark Alan Filbert and Yinying Luo. Piano and organ teachers: your students are especially encouraged to attend and learn about the scholarship application process. A reception and music swap will follow the concert. Free and open to the public. Click here for a downloadable bookmark listing all of this year's programs.
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Friday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
Organ Concert: Owen Metz
Trinity United Methodist Church, Denver
An exciting young performer (and onetime summer scholarship student) returns to Denver for a wide-ranging program on the historic organ at Trinity Church. Selections will include J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E minor ("Wedge"), Louis Vierne's "Naïades" from the 24 Pièces de Fantaisie, Percy Whitlock's Fantasie Choral No. 1, and Max Reger's Fantasia über den Choral "Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern." Having studied organ with Ken Mervine and piano with Stephen Fiess in Denver, Owen is now studying organ with Jonathan Moyer at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. He was the second-prize winner in the 2023 AGO Southwest Regional Competition for Young Organists. To download the program, click here. Free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $20 per adult (at the door using cash, check, PayPal, or credit card). To make a donation online through Zeffy, click here. Free parking is available in the garage next to the church; concertgoers should enter on the left side of Lincoln Street (between 18th and 19th streets), take a ticket, and have it validated at the welcome desk inside the church.
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Saturday, Oct. 26, 9:30 a.m.-noon
Workshop: Hauptwerk and Technology
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Denver
Learn how to use the Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ in this workshop presented by Ralph Valentine, organist at Saint Andrew's, and Julian Tay, who will bring his home keyboard setup. Attendees will have a chance to try various registrations of their own repertoire. David Vogels will demonstrate the forScore app for score reading and page turning on an iPad. Refreshments will be served, and a music swap will be available. Free, with a suggested donation. To make a donation online through Zeffy, click here​. Free parking is available in the lot next to the church (on the right as you face the front door).
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Friday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m.
Organ and Recorder Concert: Duo Kondens
First Congregational Church, Boulder
Swedish organist Lisa Oscarsson and recordist My Eklun form an unusual ensemble that has worked with many of their country's leading composers. They have performed all over Europe and have released four recordings, focusing on new music. Free and open to the public.
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Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.
Workshop: Collaborative Performance
First Congregational Church, Boulder
Duo Kondens will conduct a workshop on collaborating with other musicians. Refreshments and a music swap will be available. Free and open to the public.
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Saturday, Dec. 7, 1-4 p.m.
Annual Historic Denver Organ Tour
Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver
Assumption of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4610 E. Alameda Ave., Denver
Church of the Epiphany, 100 Colorado Blvd., Denver
This popular holiday event, cosponsored by Historic Denver, will make its first visit to the Hilltop area for a tour of three architectural marvels. At each venue, the building's history will be described and the organ will be demonstrated with holiday fare. Tickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for members of the AGO, Historic Denver, or the Molly Brown House Museum (click here). ​
Saturday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
Members' Recital: Hidden Gems
Christ the King Chapel, Saint John Vianney Seminary, Denver
Chapter members and friends will perform unusual repertoire on the 2018 three-manual Kegg organ. Since the chapel is only occasionally open to the public, this is a wonderful opportunity to experience two "hidden gems": the new Kegg organ and a beautiful sacred space designed by Denver architect Jacques Benedict. A reception following the concert will include a music swap featuring the library of Martha Sandford-Heyns, which she has generously donated to the organists of Colorado. To sign up as a performer, contact Charles Nolen.
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Friday, March 21, 7 p.m.
From the Sea to the Stars: Faythe Freese in Concert
Wheat Ridge Center for Music and Arts
Renowned organist and pedagogue Faythe Freese will perform a multimedia concert featuring the 32-rank McManis pipe organ. Scheduled works include J.S. Bach's Pièce d'orgue, Alesh Jermar's Revêtu de Lumière (Clad in Light) with recorded whale songs, and an excerpt from Hans Zimmer's score to the movie Interstellar. The concert will be followed by a "behind the curtain" look at how the concert was put together. Free and open to the public, with a special emphasis on young listeners.
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Sunday, May 18, 5:30 p.m.
Annual Chapter Meeting and Dinner
Park Hill UCC, Denver
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