A Treasure Trove...

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I (finally!) found a site which lists a good many of the local musical events near (well, on a global scale)
me! ;D 8) 8) 8) 8)

http://www.mce.org/pages/MusicEventsCalendar.htm

I began cutting and pasting together a listing of the October and November organ concerts but as most of the material found on the link above includes a significant amount of choral music... performed in churches... and is likely to be accompanied by whatever organ is handy... not to mention that nearly half the events include organs... Well...

Oct 18 – Szabolcs Szamosi, cathedral organist in Pecs, Hungary, performs music mainly by composers of that country. St. James Cathedral. 8 pm.

Oct 21 – Mark Brombaugh is the Third Friday recitalist on the superb organ built by his brother, John Brombaugh. Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma. Noon.

Oct 21 – James David Christie, chair and organ professor at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, plays the dedicatory recital on the new, 36-rank Casavant mechanical action organ. Our Lady of Fatima Church in Seattle's Magnolia district. 7:30 pm.

Oct 22 – The Tudor Choir presents "Simple Gifts: Shaker Tunes and Anglo-Americana." Blessed Sacrament Parish, Seattle. 7:30 pm.

Oct 23 – Canon Musician J. Melvin Butler, organist, and soprano Rebekah Gilmore, director of the Saint Mark's Boys and Girls Choir, are featured in an Organ Plus event. Thomsen Chapel, Saint Mark's Cathedral. 2 pm.

Oct 23 – Mark Andersen plays the dedicatory recital on the restored Whalley and Genung tracker organ. Resurrection Lutheran Church, Des Moines. 3 pm.

Oct 23 – CANCELLED: Sietze De Vries from Groningen, NL is the guest recitalist for the opening concert in the series on the Fritts organ. Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma.

Oct 28 – Martin Olson of Trinity Parish Church performs in this Fourth Friday concert at Spanaway Lutheran Church. Noon.

Oct 29 – Pamela Decker, described as "one of America's most intrepid virtuoso organists," is the recitalist at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle. 7:30 pm. Decker will lead an improvisation master class at 10 am this day.

Oct 30 – Music Northwest presents the superb Seattle Pro Musica in "Music for the Reformation." First Lutheran Church of West Seattle. 3 pm.

Oct 30 – Marie Rubis Bauer of St. Cecilia's Cathedral, Omaha, is the recitalist. Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood. 7 pm.

And since November is close at hand...

November

Nov 02 – Faure's Requiem is the musical setting for the celebration of the Mass for the Feast of All Saints. St. James Cathedral. 7:30 pm.

Nov 04 – "Happy Anniversaries:" Pianist Duane Hulbert celebrates 25 at UPS and the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth in a program of mainly Liszt works, book-ended by compositions by Debussy and Schubert. Schneebeck Concert Hall, UPS. 7:30 pm.

Nov 04 – Noted organist Douglas Cleveland is featured in recital. Trinity Parish Church, Seattle. 7:30 pm.

Nov 05 – J. Melvin Butler of Saint Mark's Cathedral performs the dedicatory recital on a 20-rank instrument newly installed by the Pipe Organ Foundation. Covenant Presbyterian Church, Issaquah. 7:00 pm.

Nov 05 – Ruth Draper plays 20th and 21st century chamber works on the Aeolian-Skinner organ, joined by Sandra Saathoff, flute, and Joseph Bichsel, cello. Seattle First Baptist Church. 7:30 pm.

Nov 06 – Wayne Slater and Brass Band Northwest perform works by Strauss, Saint-Saens and Trachsel. Bellevue First Presbyterian Church. 2:30 pm.

Nov 11 – "Masterworks for String Quartet" includes works by Beethoven, Brahms and Copland. Schneebeck Concert Hall, UPS, 7:30 pm.

Nov 11 – Ezequiel Menendez, since 1996 the director of music at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, is featured in recital on the two grand pipe organs. St. James Cathedral. 8 pm.

Nov 13 – A chamber music concert features the cathedral's associate musician Brian Fairbanks, flutist, and Tim Anderson, pianist. Thomsen Chapel, Saint Mark's Cathedral. 2 pm.

Nov 13 – Mark Brombaugh of Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, is guest recitalist on the Fritts organ. Lagerquist Hall, PLU. 3 pm.

Nov 18 – Carole Terry, organ professor at the UW, presents this month's Third Friday recital. Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma. Noon.

Nov 18 – Douglas Cleveland, organ, and Michael Brockman, saxophone, perform. Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW. 7:30 pm.

Nov 19 – Mezzo-soprano Mika Shigematsu is accompanied by Jay Rozendaal, pianist, in this opening event of the series of concerts and lectures at the Abbey Church, St. Martin's Abbey and University campus, Lacey. 8 pm.

Nov 20 – Brian Fairbanks and Tim Anderson perform "Flute Music From the German Tradition." Saint Joseph Parish, Seattle. 2 pm.

Nov 20 – Seattle Pro Musica, honored choral group which is in residence at St. James Cathedral, makes its annual appearance as part of the Concert Series at St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia. 3 pm.

Nov 20 – Music Northwest presents the Europa Ensemble performing "Russian Masterpieces," works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Olympic Recital Hall, SSCC, West Seattle. 3 pm.

Nov 20 – The Federal Way Symphony and Chorale Society join for Handel's "Messiah." St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Federal Way. 2 pm.

Nov 25 – Laura Ouimette, organist at Blessed Sacrament Parish, is guest recitalist for the Fourth Friday concert. Spanaway Lutheran Church. Noon.

Nov 27 – Cheryl and Tim Drewes of Tacoma are recitalists. Lutheran Church, Tacoma. 3 pm.

Nov 27 – "NOEL," a harp Christmas concert, is at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood. 3 pm.

Nov 27 – The annual O Antiphon service of Advent Lessons and Carols is presented by the Cathedral Choir and the Compline Choir. Saint Mark's Cathedral. 7 pm.

Nov 30 – Molly McNamara conducts the annual Holiday Choral Concert at Minnaert Arts Center, SPSCC, Olympia. 7 pm.

This should give you some idea of what I have been missing :-[ :-[ :-[

Eric
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