St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Organ Concerts
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Organ Concerts |
  
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Presenters of Organ Concerts at St. John’s 1979 James Moeser, Dean of the School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1980 Walter L. Pelz, Organist, Bethany Lutheran College, Lindsborg, Kansas (hymn festival) 1981 Marianne Webb, Professor of Music and Organist, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois Eileen Morris Guenther, Organ, Minister of Music, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington D.C., and faculty member of The George Washington University; and her husband Roy James Guenther, Trombone, Chairman of the Department of Music, The George Washington University. Myles Criss, Organist and Choirmaster, Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas 1982 Roger Goetz, Pastor and Kantor, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas Cheryl Markgraf, Cellist, and Nancy Zacho, Organist, both of St. Paul, Minnesota Mary Ellen Sutton, Professor of Organ and Harpsichord, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 1983 Brett Wolgast, student of Mary Ellen Sutton and also winner of the Topeka Chapter, Regional, and National organ playing competitions of the American Guild of Organists James Higdon, Director of the Division of Organ and Church Music, School of Fine Arts, University of Kanas, and Director of Music, Hope Lutheran Church, Shawnee, Kansas 1984 Louis Robilliard. Professor of Organ in France Gretchen J. Wachs, a member of St. John’s and recent graduate of Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska Kenneth Hart, Chair, Division of Fine Arts, Emporia State University, and his wife Ellen Hart, Organist-Choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Emporia, Kansas 1985 Susan Hicks, Oboe, faculty member, University of Kansas, and Susan Marchant, Organ, faculty member, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. Concert presented by the Topeka Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Eileen Morris Guenther, Organ, Minister of Music, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington D.C., and faculty member of The George Washington University; and her husband Roy James Guenther, Trombone, Chairman of the Deparment of Music, The George Washington University. Roger Goetz, Pastor and Kantor, and the Kantorei of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas (hymn festival) 1988 Myles Criss, Organist and Choirmaster, Grace Episcopal Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas (celebrating the completion of the church remodeling) 1989 Marianne Webb, Professor of Music and Organist, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, llinois (celebrating the tenth anniversary of the organ) 1991 Walter L. Pelz, Organist, Bethany Lutheran College, Lindsborg, Kansas (hymn festival) 1993 Haesi H. Fanizzo, Director of Music, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Organfest presented by the Lutheran Fine Arts Council of Topeka, featuring local organists, Donna Eakins, Wanda Lyon, Linda Laird (with Ann Mah, violin), Roger Goetz, and Jerry Anderson 1994 Roger Goetz, Pastor and Kantor, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas (concert in memory of John Rotz, organist of St. John’s from 1976 to 1986). 1999 Marianne Webb, Professor of Music and Organist, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (celebrating the 125th anniversary of the congregation) 2000 Walter L. Pelz, retired organist, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas (a festival of music for organ, choir, and congregation as the final event celebrating the 125th anniversary of the congregation) 2002 Hymn Festival presented by the Topeka Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, featuring organists, Sharon L. Hettinger, Norma Pettijohn, John Salveson, Roger Goetz, Jerry K. Anderson, Mary Ellen Sutton, and Dina P. Evans Myles Criss, retired organist, Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, Corvalis, Oregon 2003 Professor Dr. Mary Ellen Sutton and her students at Kansas State University: Edward Larson, Kim Rogers, Ya-Ling Kao, Kristin Conard, Janci Ablard, and Karen Pesaresi Penner presented by the Topeka Chapter of the American Guild of Organists 2004 Roger Goetz, Pastor and Kantor, and the Kantorei of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas (hymn festival presented by the Topeka Chapter of the American Guild of Organists) 2008 Dr. Stephen Hamilton, Minister of Music and Organist, The Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), New York, New York (jointly sponsored by St. John's Lutheran Church and the Topeka Chapter of the American Guild of Organists) Read Article . . . Concert Program and Review 2009 Harpsicord and Organ Concert by Nicholas Good Concert Details
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