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June 2021
Samantha Adair Graduate Recital
Samantha Adair, will be playing her graduate recital on Saturday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in Salt Lake City. Her program will include Music of JS Bach, Sweelinck, Bert Matter, and the complete First Symphony of Louis Vierne.
Find out more »Come Hear the Carillon Bells at BYU
On Sunday, June 13, at 2 p.m., James Welch will play an informal concert on the carillon bells on BYU campus in Provo. The program will include arrangements of familiar hymns, folk tunes, and patriotic songs. The program will last about 45 minutes. The concert will not be live-streamed. You are welcome to sit on the lawn or benches in the vicinity of the tower or stroll the campus while you listen. There is free visitor parking in the lot immediately in front…
Find out more »July 2021
Patriotic Concert – James Welch
PLEASE NOTE: James Welch's 4th of July concert has been rescheduled to Friday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. Same location: Oak Hills Stake Center, 925 E. North Temple Drive, Provo. James Welch "Musical Fireworks for the Glorious Fourth" A Patriotic Recital Friday, July 2, 2021 7:30 p.m. Oak Hills Stake Center 925 E North Temple Drive, Provo Top off your July 4th celebrations with an exciting and varied organ concert by James Welch. Works will include: Buck’s “Concert Variations on…
Find out more »September 2021
Neil Harmon playing organ recitals on Temple Square
Neil is playing the organ recitals on Temple Square on Labor Day, Monday, September 6. 12:00 p.m. (noon) in the Tabernacle 2:00 p.m. in the Conference Center The recital features the music of J.S. Bach, Gabriel Pierne, Florence Price, and others. These recitals are 30 minutes with free admission.
Find out more »Kickoff the AGO Year of the Young Organist
September 18: Kickoff the AGO Year of the Young Organist 2:00-3:00 pm, Multi-Stake Building, 350 N 900 E, Provo This kickoff event will focus on resources the American Guild of Organists has for the professional and personal development of organists under the age 30. YSA (Young Single Adult) organists Young professionals and students Experienced organists and teachers All organists in the Utah Valley area are invited to attend and network. Chapter members, please share flyers with YSA organists that you…
Find out more »James Welch Performs the Organ Music of Franklin Ashdown
Sunday, September 19, 7 p.m. Hillside Chapel, 1960 North 1500 East, Provo Click for RECITAL PROGRAM (PDF) With over 300 organ pieces, all published by major publishing houses in the United States, Frank Ashdown is unquestionably the most prolific Latter-day Saint composer for the organ—and one of the very finest. James Welch will play a program of Ashdown’s outstanding organ works. For many years Welch has performed, and in some cases premiered, Ashdown’s pieces. While no one-hour program could ever…
Find out more »October 2021
Rex, King of the Instruments: Filming delayed
The previous target date (October 25) to have the video available to view on YouTube has been delayed, due to the performers' and videographer's schedules and venue availability. Everyone will be notified when the performance is ready for viewing on YouTube. Glen Hicks will perform, Mike Carson will narrate, and Harold Stuart will film an engaging musical tour of the pipe organ, Rex: King of the Instruments. We hope that you will enjoy and share this delightful 9-minute organ demonstration…
Find out more »“Phantom of the Pipes” – Rescheduled
James Welch’s Halloween concert, originally announced for Friday, October 29, at the Utah State Hospital Chapel, has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 28, 7:30 p.m., at the Hillside Chapel, 1960 North 1500 East, Provo. (The State Hospital had to cancel all outside events due to Covid precautions.) Welch’s program will consist of pieces from the medieval to the modern. Of course there will be Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, but also works by Dunstable, Purvis, Bonnet, Clokey, Anderson, and…
Find out more »November 2021
Eccles Organ Festival Paul Jacobs
Paul Jacobs performs on November 14, 8:00 pm Cathedral of the Madeleine Don't miss the opportunity to hear live "one of the major musicians of our time" (The New Yorker), "America's leading organ performer" (The Economist), "A virtuoso of dazzling technical acumen” (The New York Times), and the only organist to ever have won a Grammy Award. Click here for Biography, Program and Notes Note: the live-streaming of Paul Jacobs' recital will only be available the night of the performance.
Find out more »Christmas Informal
November 18: Christmas Informal 7:00-8:00 pm, 3050 N Mojave Lane, Provo Share favorite Christmas organ pieces and play a newly refurbished Wicks organ.
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