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March 2024
Recital by James Welch
March 15, 2024, 7 p.m., Friday St. George Tabernacle 18 S. Main Street, St. George The program consists of pieces that could have been played on the organ in the early days of this Tabernacle, which was completed in 1876. The first organ here was an E. P. Needham “Silver Tongue” reed organ. In 1951 a Balcom & Vaughan organ was installed. Since that time it has received additional pipes and upgrades. Toccata in D minor, Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro con…
Find out more »April 2024
Eccles Organ Festival: Open Gallery Night
Open Gallery Nights Friday 26 April 2024 at 7:00 PM Friday 17 May 2024 at 7:00 PM Wonderful opportunities for organ enthusiasts of every age to explore and play the Cathedral’s Eccles Memorial Organ! This year, families, children and organ-lovers of every age will have three opportunities to visit the Cathedral, enjoy a private tour led by one of the Cathedral tour guides, learn about the history and functioning of the organ, and play their favorite music on the Cathedral organ during the three Open Gallery Nights held…
Find out more »Eccles Organ Festival: Open Gallery Night
Friday 26 April 2024 at 7:00 PM Open Gallery Nights Wonderful opportunities for organ enthusiasts of every age to explore and play the Cathedral’s Eccles Memorial Organ! Participation is limited.
Find out more »May 2024
Eccles Organ Festival: Open Gallery Night
Open Gallery Nights Friday 17 May 2024 at 7:00 PM Wonderful opportunities for organ enthusiasts of every age to explore and play the Cathedral’s Eccles Memorial Organ! This year, families, children and organ-lovers of every age will have three opportunities to visit the Cathedral, enjoy a private tour led by one of the Cathedral tour guides, learn about the history and functioning of the organ, and play their favorite music on the Cathedral organ during the three Open Gallery Nights held in February, April and May 2024. Participation…
Find out more »Eccles Organ Festival: Open Gallery Night
Friday 17 May 2024 at 7:00 PM Open Gallery Nights Wonderful opportunities for organ enthusiasts of every age to explore and play the Cathedral’s Eccles Memorial Organ! Participation is limited.
Find out more »James Welch organ recital – Harmonies from Heaven: Organ Classics, with Symphonic and Operatic Gems
On Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m., James Welch will present an organ recital at the Edgemont Stake Center, 303 W 3700 N, Provo, Utah (not Edgemont North or Edgemont South Stake). The program will feature some great organ classics (Bach’s Toccata in D minor, and Boellmann’s Toccata from the Gothic Suite), orchestral works (Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Mozart’s Symphony No. 39), operatic arias from Puccini’s Turandot and Wagner’s Rienzi, The Holy City, and even a Sousa march about an eclipse.…
Find out more »June 2024
James Welch: Conference Center Recital
On Saturday, June 1, at noon, James Welch will be giving a recital at the Conference Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City. This will be a program of concert arrangements of well-known hymns, including “Amazing Grace,” “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” “Simple Gifts,” “How Great Thou Art,” “Count Your Blessings,” “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” and “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.”
Find out more »August 2024
BYU Organ Workshop
Registration for the 2024 BYU Organ Workshop is available through July 29th. Join the workshop in-person at the BYU Music Building or online on August 5-9, 2024. Online registration is only $100 and includes access to view the classes until September 1, 2024. There will be over 80 classes on different levels and three evening activities - including a field trip to Salt Lake City with a Hymn Sing with the Tabernacle Organists, and a sneak peek of the new…
Find out more »Classical 89 Organ Fest XV
Organ Fest XV will be taking place on Friday, August 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. As has been the custom since the initial Organ Fest in 2008, this year’s program will feature the five members of the Tabernacle organ staff as well as Gabriele Terrone, the organist of the Cathedral of the Madeleine. These annual concerts alternate between the Cathedral of the Madeleine and the Salt Lake Tabernacle, and the performers are excited to return to…
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