Organist Erik William Suter - Oct 5, 2013 (Page 14)
Erik Suter, internationally acclaimed organist and musician
Saturday, October 5 at 4 p.m., organist Erik Wm. Suter will open our 2013 Evensong Concert Season with a virtuoso program of works by Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, Jehan Alain, César Franck, and Maurice Duruflé. A native of Chicago and an internationally acclaimed musician, Suter served as organist at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for nearly 10 years. Suter maintains an active solo recital schedule. He has performed extensively in the United States, Canada, Japan, as well as several European countries. He has performed at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Organ Historical Society. As a continuo artist, he has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra. He has been heard on the nationally syndicated Minnesota Public Radio show Pipedreams and has recorded for the JAV Recordings, Gothic, and Pro Organo labels.
Saturday, October 5 at 4 p.m., organist Erik Wm. Suter will open our 2013 Evensong Concert Season with a virtuoso program of works by Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, Jehan Alain, César Franck, and Maurice Duruflé. A native of Chicago and an internationally acclaimed musician, Suter served as organist…
The Tempest Trio performed Antonin Dvorak‘s Trios for violin, cello and piano in E minor (Op. 90) “Dumky” and F minor (Op. 65). Combining technical mastery, expressive depth, and performance experience, pianist Alon Goldstein, violinist Ilya Kaler and cellist Amit Peled have…
On Saturday, March 23, the Columbia Collegiate Chorale, Pro Musica and New England Youth Ensemble of Washington Adventist University, with the Spencerville Sanctuary Choir and friends, presented a concert titled “Divine Duos.” Organist Mark Willey, opened the program with four pieces by Franck, Lefebure-Wely, Widor, and Vierne, designed to introduce the…
On Saturday, February 16, organist Kimo Smith will present a concert of music by John Cook, J.S. Bach, Joseph Jongen, J.M. Michel, Leon Boëllmann, Janet Linker, and Dan Locklair. Dr. Smith is an active educator, church musician, recitalist, and collaborative pianist. He is currently Associate Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at La Sierra University,…
Our good friend, internationally renowned cellist Amit Peled will perform a special bonus concert on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The program opened with two works for solo cello: J.S. Bach‘s Suite No. 1 and György Ligeti‘s Sonata. Mr. Peled was joined for the second half of the program by pianist Stefan Petrov for a performance of Robert Schumann‘s…
Organist Jeremy Filsell will close the official 2011-2012 Evensong Concert Series with a special concert on Saturday, May 26 at 4 p.m. The first half of the program featured organ works by American composers, Raymond Weidner, Richard Purvis, Gerald Near and Leo Sowerby; a fitting tribute to the American made Moller, Op. 11806 organ. The second half featured…
On April 28, at 4 p.m., the Brass Mosaic and friends presented a program of music for brass ensemble and organ. The ten piece brass ensemble, formed from some of the best brass players in our area’s orchestras and military brass ensembles, combined with our own organist, Mark Willey, to play…
On Saturday afternoon, March 24 at 4 p.m., the Spencerville Evensong Concert Series presented a program of choral masterworks by Maurice Duruflé, C. Hubert Parry, Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Mathias, and more. The concert featured the Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Washington Adventist University, Spencerville Sanctuary Choir, New England Symphonic…
On February 4, conductor and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho performed a program featuring works from his recently released solo CD. Dr. Gascho enjoys a varied career as a baroque keyboardist–performing as a soloist and collaborative artist; conducting opera, orchestra and choir; editing and arranging scores; and teaching and lecturing. He has won numerous grants and prizes,…
The Sanctuary Choir at Spencerville, and the Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Washington Adventist University, conducted by Dr. James Bingham lead this service, with accompaniment on the organ by Mark Willey and the piano by Mark Di Pinto. This year, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the…