March 19, 2023 – 3:00 – 5:00 PM

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd, Albany, NY

“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” Johann Sebastian Bach

Join us for a “refreshing” afternoon featuring three organists playing an all-JS Bach program:

Alfred V. Fedak

Steven L. Rosenberry

Brian J. Taylor

Admission is free. There will be a free-will ofering.

April 28, 2023 – Road Trip to Lake George and Glens Falls

Starting at 10:00 at St. James’ Episcopal Church, 172 Ottawa St, Lake George.

Bryan Kirk will meet us as St. James, give a short history and demonstration of the Skinner organ. There will be time for others to play the organ as well, so bring your favorite piece of music. The members of the church will be preparing a nice lunch for us at the church. In lieu of a charge for lunch, they are asking those attending to make a donation that will go to their organ maintenance fund. Following lunch, we will proceed to First Presbyterian Church in Glens Falls, where Bryan will talk about and
demonstrate the magnificent organ, one of the 100 largest pipe organs in the US. There will also be time to try this organ. Please let me know if you will be joining us for this event by April 22, at schilleg@union.edu.

Transportation is on your own … this is a great chance to team up and car pool!

St. Luke’s RC Church, 1241 State St., Schenectady

May 7, 2023 Time TBD

Dominic is a high school student from the Utica area, a phenomenal young organist who has already played several significant concerts including West Point and the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia. He studies organ with Stephen Best, a member of the faculty at Hamilton College and organist at First Presbyterian Church in Utica.

The organ is a new 2-manual Allen hybrid of 50 stops incorporating the pipework from the original William Laws instrument.