Events presented by
American Guild of Organists – Spokane Chapter
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Help support our 80th season! Thank you!
Fall Gathering
Sunday, September 7, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Potluck dessert social, season updates, open organ console. Join us!
Lukas Hasler Masterclass
Monday, September 22, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
- Scarlett Thomsen – Prelude, BWV 547 – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Jonathan Truong, CAGO – Cantabile – César Franck
- Joseph Schubert, PhD – Jubilate Deo from “Diptych Liturgique” – Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
- Maria Truong – Praeludium, E-moll (Die Kleine) – Nicolas Bruhns
Join us for a fun and informative hour!
Lukas Hasler Recital
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
$10 suggested donation.
The 80th season of the Spokane Chapter begins with a two-day residency of Lukas Hasler! You are invited to what promises to be a spectacular recital performed on the cathedral’s newly-renovated Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.
Performance Anxiety with Robert Riggs, MD
Sunday, October 5, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Do you dread Sunday morning services or recitals? Do you often feel like you’re not ready?
During the service or performance, do you play a crack, then see red, and the rest of the performance is a blur because you have gone into “automatic mode”?
We all have these feelings to some degree. However, some of us are crippled by fear and self-doubt. As a performing musician, Dr. Robert Riggs shares his strategies for coping with stress and managing adrenaline spikes, commonly known as performance anxiety. Join us! You’ll be glad you did…
King of Instruments – Organ Recital
Sunday, November 9, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Sign up to perform in this recital!
- Phineas Pope – Improvisation on “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, John Rosamond Johnson/Phineas Pope
- Mark Haberman – God of Grace, arr. Paul Manz
- Joseph Schubert – Préludes Liturgiques, No. XX: Sans rigueur, Gaston Litaize
- Henry Bauer – Ave Maris Stella. III (Vêpres du Commun), Marcel Dupré
Members of the Spokane Chapter perform a variety of works on the King of Instruments. You’re invited!
Epiphany Gathering
Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:00 p.m.
Dessert potluck, season updates, share stories from Advent and Christmas! Join us!
Organ Academy Orientation
Saturday, January 24, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
Sign up for Organ Academy 2026! Registration is OPEN!
Students meet teachers, students meet students, and parents meet everybody at this informational meeting.
Arts Marketing and The Tipping Point
Sunday, February 15, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Beverages will be served.
Question: Who are you trying to reach with your advertising?
Answer: Everybody!
[Buzzer sound]: WRONG!
“Oh, no! We’re two weeks from the performance, and we haven’t sold any tickets. Quick – run an ad!”
[Buzzer sound]: WRONG!
Edward Hurd discusses specific differences between arts marketing and conventional marketing. Additionally, he relates insights from Malcom Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference.” Learn what has been driving the growth initiatives of the AGO – Spokane Chapter for the past three years. Apply the concepts to your own organizational efforts.
Bachathon
Sunday, March 22, 2026
1:00 p.m. – Whitworth Church
2:30 p.m. – St. Augustine Catholic Church
4:00 p.m. – Trinity Lutheran Church, Coeur d’Alene
Our team of four organists performs a sixty-minute program of Bach’s organ music in three locations. You’re invited to attend a performance at a location near you!
Duruflé Requiem
Sunday, April 19, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
$10 suggested donation
Dr. Geoffrey Boers conducts the choirs of Gonzaga University and Eastern Washington University in a gala performance of sacred choral works, including the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé. Join us!
Organ Academy Recital
Sunday, May 3, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
Full information available in April.
The organ academicians conclude their fourteen-week course of study with a festival recital. A celebration reception follows. You’re invited to attend this event, which will give you hope for the future!
Chapter Potluck Picnic and 2026-2027 Season Reveal
Sunday, June 14, 2026
2:00 p.m.
Manito Park – South (Upper) Picnic Shelter
Adjacent to Upper Playground
Celebrate a busy and successful 80th season. Plus, the 81st season is revealed. Join us!
Grow Your Choir! with Ann Benson
Sunday, June 28, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Why is my choir dwindling in size? Why don’t the growth strategies I used 40 years ago work anymore? Where IS everybody?
What worked in 1990 or 2000 no longer works. Learn ways to attract, engage, and energize your choral program from Ann Benson, choral music director at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church! You’re invited!
2026 AGO National Convention
July 6-10, 2026
The St. Louis chapter invites everyone to their first national AGO convention since 1948. Exciting and inspiring events are planned. New, commissioned works will be premiered from:
- Rollo Dillworth
- Jonathan Dove
- Jessica Hunt
- Sarah McDonald
- Shruthi Rajesekar
- Zanaida Stewart Robles
- Gwyneth Walker
- Mack Wilberg
Consult the convention website for more information. This promises to be an amazing convention. Meet us in St. Louis!
