Gunnison Chapel Recitals
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Virtual Organ Concert Series 2020-2021
All concerts will be recorded in Gunnison Memorial Chapel and broadcast on the Chaplain's Office website on the following dates:
Friday, September 11 - Music for Meditation and Reflection - 9/11
Friday, September 25 - Music for High Holy Days
Saturday, October 17 - Laurentian Weekend Organ Concert
Saturday, October 24 - 11th Annual (1st Virtual) J.S. Bach Marathon
Friday, November 13 - Music for Remembering Those We Have Lost in Wars and to Covid-19
Friday, December 4 - Music for Christmas
Friday, January 29 - Music for Healing
Friday, February 19 - Music for Black History Month
Friday, March 19 - 371st Virthday Celebration of J.S. Bach
Saturday, March 27 - 12th Annual J.S. Bach Marathon - POSTPONED UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO PERFORM
Friday, April 2 - Music for Good Friday
Wednesday, April 7 - Yom HaShoah: Remembrance of Holocaust Day
Friday May 28 - Remembering on Memorial Day 2021
Friday, July 2 - Celebrating the Fourth of July
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2019-2020
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 20, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Exploring the World with the Organ
Friday, October 4, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for High Holy Days
Friday, November 8, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrating our Diverse Country
Friday, December 6, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Christmas
Friday, January 24, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
A Time of Joyous Reflection
Friday, February 7, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Black History Month
Saturday, March 28, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. - 11th Annual J.S. Bach Marathon - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Friday, April 10, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel - CANCELED
Music for Good Friday
Monday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. - Yom HaShoah: Music for Meditation - CANCELED
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2018-2019
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 14, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Friday, October 26, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of the French School
Friday, November 9, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of Peace
Friday, December 7, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Christmas
Monday, January 20, 7:00 p.m. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance
Friday, January 25, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Organ Masters of the German and English Schools
Friday, February 8, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Black History Month: Spirituals and Their Arrangers
Friday, March 8, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Early German and English Composers: Buxtehude and Scheidt
March 30, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Tenth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
Friday, April 26, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
The Music of Leonard Bernstein
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2017-2018
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 22, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for High Holy Days
Friday, October 20, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Organ Masters I
Friday, November 10, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Our American Heritage
Friday, December 8, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Christmas
Friday, January 26, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Organ Masters II
Friday, February 9, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Black History Month
Friday, March 9, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Organ Masters III
Saturday, March 31, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Ninth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
Friday, April 6, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrate Spring!
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2016-2017
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 30, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for High Holy Days
Friday, October 28, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Jazz in the Chapel
Friday, November 11, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrate Our Nation's Music
Friday, December 2, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Christmas
Friday, January 27, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Organ Masters
Friday, February 24, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
The African-American Traditions
Friday, March 10, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Jazz in the Chapel
Saturday, April 1, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Eighth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
Friday, April 14, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Good Friday
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2015-2016
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 18, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for High Holy Days
Friday, October 30, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Fabulous Fugues
Friday, November 13, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Thanksgiving
Friday, December 11, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Christmas
Friday, February 5, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Remembering African-American History
Friday, March 11, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of the Masters
Saturday, April 2, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Seventh Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
Friday, April 22, 12:5 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Let's Celebrate
Wednesday, May 4, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Yom HaShoah
St. Lawrence University and the Associated Colleges
of St. Lawrence Valley Recitals 2014-15
Thursday, September 11, 12:15 p.m. - Associated Colleges Concert
(Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam)
Grand Music for the Organ
Friday, September 26, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music for High Holy Days
Thursday, October 2, 12:15 p.m. - Associated Colleges Concert
(Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam)
Explosive Organ Music by Herman Berlinski and Charles-Marie Widor
Friday, December 5, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music for Christmas
Friday, January 23, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music from the Baroque - This concert has been canceled.
Friday, February 6, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Celebrating African-American Music
Thursday, February 12, 12:15 p.m. - Associated Colleges Concert
(Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam)
Organ Music by African-American Composers
Wednesday, March 11, 12:15 p.m. - Associated Colleges Concert
(Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam)
Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach and César Franck
Saturday, March 28, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Sixth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Celebrating the music of Bach and his sons
Friday, April 10, 12:15 - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Celebrate Spring!
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2013-2014
September 6, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Gunnison Memorial Chapel)
Music for High Holy Days
September 11, 5:00 p.m. - Remember 9/11
(Gunnison Memorial Chapel)
Coming Together!
November 15, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Great Festival Organ Music
December 13, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music for Christmas
January 24, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music of the Great Organ Composers
February 14, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
African-American Spirituals in honor of Black History Month
March 22, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. - Fifth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
March 28, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music of the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque
April 18, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
(Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton)
Music for Good Friday
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2012-2013
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
September 21, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for High Holy Days
October 20, 8:00 p.m. - Celebrate Women!
October 27, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Halloween Program for Children
November 30, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of Charles-Marie Widor
December 7, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for the Holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza
January 25, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
The Organ Masters
February 22, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Black History Month
March 23 - Fourth Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
March 29, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Good Friday
Friday, April 12, 12:15 - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music with guest artists to hope for spring!!
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2011-2012
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
September 11, 7:00 p.m. - Remembering 9/11 - Ten Years Later
A gathering for reflection in words and music, with orchestra and chorus
Christian Hosmer, Conductor and Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Organ and Chorus Director
Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
October 7, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah
October 29, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Halloween
December 9, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of Christmas
February 24, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Remembering Black History Month
March 24, 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Third Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
March 30, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of the Masters
With guest soloists
April 19, 5:00 p.m. - Service of Yom Hashoah
May 4, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrate Spring!
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2010-2011
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
August 25 - Convocation:
Prelude and Postlude Music: Organ Voluntaires
September 10, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music of Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah
Featuring organ music of Samuel Adler, Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, William Bolcom, and Herman Berlinski
With Laura Rediehs, flute and the Ad Hoc Singers
October 1, 2, 3 - Family Weekend
Stained Glass Tour and Organ Recital
Focusing on music of the time of the installation of the organ
(1926 installation; music of the turn of the century)
October 29, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Organ Transcriptions of selections from "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky,
"Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens, and "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1" by Grieg
NYSARC Art Exhibit
December 10, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Christmas Music for the Cathedral
Featuring music of England and France: Andrew Carter, David Willcocks, Louis Claude Daquin, Jean Langlais, Marcel Dupre
With the Ad Hoc Singers
January 28, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music of Scandinavia
NYSARC Art Exhibit
February 25, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Our African American Heritage
With the Ad Hoc Singers
March 25, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Early Masters of the Grand Organ Weimar, J.S. Bach, and Cesar Franck
April 2, 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. – Second Annual J.S. Bach Marathon
With special guests
Year of Collaborative Music
NYSARC Art Exhibit
North Country Public Radio is our media sponsor
April 22, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music for Good Friday with readings
Featuring music from the Hebrew tradition
With the Ad Hoc Singers
May 2, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Yom Hashoah and Remembering:
Readings and musical reflections
St. Lawrence University Recitals 2009-2010
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Friday, September 25, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Featuring music of Bloch and Berlinski
With the Ad Hoc Singers
Saturday, October 3, 1:45 p.m. - Family Weekend Recital
Friday, October 23, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music for an Inauguration
Friday, November 13, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music of Thanksgiving
Friday, December 11, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Music for Christmas, Featuring music of Pierre Villette and Charles Tournemire
With the Ad Hoc Singers
Friday, January 29, 12:15 p.m. - Organ Demonstration and Choral Presentation:
For Parishville-Hopkinton Central School
With the Ad Hoc Singers
Friday, February 19, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Celebrating Black History Month, unfamiliar and familiar spirituals sung and played
With the Ad Hoc Singers
Saturday, March 20, 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. - J.S. Bach Marathon
Featuring organists from Malone to Watertown
North Country Public Radio is our media sponsor
Friday, March 26, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Sonata No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn and Toccata and Fugue by Max Reger
Saturday, April 10, 8:00 p.m. - Music of Eastern Europe:
Four Hands, Four Feet Martin Kasparek and Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Organists
(Sponsored by the St. Lawrence University Music Department)
Friday, April 23, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series:
Celebrate Spring with Jazz, featuring the Gunnison Memorial Chapel Organ
With the Ad Hoc Singers
Noon in the Chapel Concerts 2008-09
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Co-sponsored by the St. Lawrence River Chapter of American Guild of Organists
Bring your lunch to hear concerts in the elegant beauty of the chapel.
All concerts of 2008-2009 will celebrate the International Year of the Organ.
Friday, September 12, 12:15 p.m. - Noon in the Chapel Series
Franck and Bach
Friday, October 3, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Music of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, featuring the music of Herman Berlinski
Friday, November 14, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Thanksgiving and Joy!
Friday, December 12, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Noel!
Friday, February 27, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrating Spirituals and African-American Composers
Friday, March 27, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Celebrating the International Year of the Organ, featuring music composed especially for the IYO from around the world
Friday, April 10, 12:15 p.m. – Noon in the Chapel Series
Music for Good Friday