Sunday, March 30, 2025 3:00 PM - Needham, MA
Organ Concert Celebrating Bach's 340th Birthday
Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave
Cost: Free Will Offering

The concert features a program celebrating J.S. Bach' 340th birthday. Best described as a "Bach Adjacent" program, the repertoire will include music by Buxtehude, Dunham, Ginastera, and, of course, Bach himself, all of which will be performed by Mary-Katherine Fletcher on the church's Meta organ. Admission is free and a reception will be held following the concert.
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Saturday, April 5, 2025 7:30 PM - Orleans, MA
Stephen Tharp Organ Concert: Dupré’s Stations of the Cross
Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bayview Drive
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - Free for Students and Youth
Hear Stephen Tharp on the unique surround-sound St. Cecilia organ as he performs Marcel Dupré’s entire Stations of the Cross: Le Chemin de la Croix, Op. 29, with poetry by Paul Claudel. Experience this moving work in the days leading up to Holy Week. Tharp has been hailed by the Diapason as being “the best organist in America”.
Works by Dupré
Contact: 508-240-2400
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Sunday, April 6, 2025 12:30 PM - West Hartford, CT
Pipes Alive! Sarah Ku, organist
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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave
Cost: Free

The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Sarah Ku playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 6, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
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Sunday, April 6, 2025 3:00 PM - Marlborough, MA
Assabet Valley Chambersingers Presents “Sing Into Spring: A Choral Perspective”
First Church in Marlborough, 37 High Street
Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $; Sr/Stu: $ - Pay as you wish at the door
Marlborough, MA – The Assabet Valley Chambersingers proudly presents Sing Into Spring: A Choral Perspective, a captivating choral concert to be held on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 3:00 PM at First Church in Marlborough Congregational, 37 High St., Marlborough, MA. This uplifting and diverse program is offered as a “Pay What You Wish” event, made possible in part by a generous grant from the Marlborough Cultural Council, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Under the artistic direction of Robert Eaton, the program will feature an eclectic selection of choral works designed to entertain, inspire, and provoke reflection. Highlights include:
• Renaissance madrigals that explore the lighter side of romance
• Traditional American folk songs arranged by Aaron Copland
• Musical settings of poetry by James Agee, Rudyard Kipling, and Mother Teresa
• Vocal jazz selections
• Timely and thought-provoking songs by Lennon & McCartney and Bob Dylan
This carefully curated program will take audiences on a journey through time and emotion, blending historical and contemporary themes that resonate with today’s world.
The Assabet Valley Chambersingers is a 20-voice ensemble drawn from the Assabet Valley Mastersingers that specializes in performing a diverse repertoire such as unaccompanied and accompanied madrigals, motets, Broadway show tunes, and vocal Jazz standards from various eras. Founded in 1988 as a civic out...
Contact: Mike Ring
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Sunday, April 6, 2025 7:30 PM - New Haven, CT
Guest Artist Organ Recital: Nathan Laube
Center Church on the Green, 250 Temple St
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $

Center Church on the Green, New Haven, is delighted to bring in guests artists from around the world to play our wonderful Charles Fisk Opus 54 organ. We are excited to have Nathan Laube perform a celebrity organ recital on April 6, 2025 at 7:30pm. Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world, and is currently Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music.
Ticket sales begin on March 3, 2025. Please visit the Center Church website for more information at
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Contact: music@centerchurchonthegreen.org
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:15 PM - Boston, MA
Pipes on the Plaza
The Mother Church Extension at the Christian Science Plaza, 250 Massachusetts Ave
Cost: Free
Experience the glorious sounds of one of the world’s largest pipe organs at the Pipes on the Plaza organ concert at The Mother Church, featuring Alan Montgomery, interim Director of Music and Organist of the Riverside Church in New York. He will play a range of classical pieces, including Tchaikovsky and Elgar. To view the concert program and learn more about getting here, please visit christianscience.com/pipesontheplaza.
Upcoming organ concert dates:
Tuesday, June 10: Sandro Russo
Tuesday, August 12: Giorgio Revelli
Monday, October 13: Bryan Ashley
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Sunday, April 13, 2025 2:00 PM - West Hartford, CT
New World Trio: Ensemble in Residence at the Red Door
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave
Cost: Free

Join us on Sunday, April 13, at 2:00pm, for New World Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at Music at the Red Door.
Anhared Stowe, violin
Peter Zay, cello
David Ballena, piano
This event will be presented in person only.
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
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Friday, May 2, 2025 7:30 PM - West Hartford, CT
Congabop! Afro-Cuban Inspired Jazz
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave
Cost: Free

You’ll find it impossible to sit still during this evening featuring Afro-Cuban influenced rhythms and soulful, creative music and dance. Join us on Friday, May 2, at 7:30pm as we welcome back Ed Fast and Congabop for this upbeat treat for young and old alike! This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
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Saturday, May 3, 2025 5:00 PM - Hampton, CT
Soup 'n Silents at Hampton Congregational Church
Hampton Congregational Church, 263 Main Street
Cost: Tickets: Gen: $16; Sr/Stu: $ - $12 students, children 5 and under free,
Hampton Congregational Church has announced this year’s gala Silent Film event is pure comedy featuring Harold Lloyd in one of his funniest features: ‘Girl Shy!’ Made in 1924, near the peak of his career, the film includes all the usual Lloyd conniving touches to keep audiences of all ages laughing.
Returning to accompany the film is Clark Wilson, considered by many to be the best silent film accompanist in America. He’ll use the church’s special-designed digital organ that’s custom fitted with all the needed musical flavors for silent comedies.
The event includes pre-show dinners of homemade soups and breads as well as a silent auction. Servings begin at 5 p.m. and continue to 6:45. Showtime is 7 p.m.
This is an evening out for everyone from school kids to grandparents. Meal and movie are $16 for adults and $12 for students. Children 5 and under are free. Bring the entire family for $40.
Call: 860 455-9677 or email hcc06247@gmail.com for questions and pre-show ticket purchases.
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 12:30 PM - West Hartford, CT
Pipes Alive! Angela Kraft Cross, organist
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave
Cost: Free

The 2024-2025 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Angela Kraft-Cross playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 4, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
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Sunday, May 18, 2025 5:00 PM - Marblehead, MA
“The Singer’s Guide” — James Bobb, organ
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 26 Pleasant St.
Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $20 - $100 for season subscription (5 concerts

For the churchgoer, singing hymns might be a familiar activity, but for those who wish to partake in communal singing outside of a liturgical context, or for those who just can’t get enough on Sunday mornings, this event is for you! James Bobb, professor of organ at St. Olaf College, will lead a hymn festival focusing on texts that invoke God’s love, but will also include a local favorite, Marblehead’s Official Town Anthem, “Marblehead Forever”.
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 12:30 PM - West Hartford, CT
Pipes Alive! Christa Rakich, organist
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave
Cost: Free

Our 2023-2024 season draws to a close with Pipes Alive! featuring St. John's organ artist-in-residence Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.
Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org
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