Chapter Calendar

80th Season 2025-2026Events presented by

American Guild of Organists – Spokane Chapter

 

 

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Help support our 80th season! Thank you!

Spokane Chapter DONATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Gathering and Season Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Gathering

Sunday, September 7, 2025

3:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

 

Potluck dessert social, season updates, open organ console. Join us!

 

Lukas Hasler Masterclass

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lukas Hasler Masterclass

Monday, September 22, 2025

7:00 p.m.

Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

 

Four organ soloists perform, then receive comments from our guest artist, Lukas Hasler. Watch for details in The ErzählerJoin us for a fun and informative hour!

 

Lukas Hasler Recital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lukas Hasler Recital

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

7:00 p.m.

Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

$10 suggested donation.

Full information.

 

The 80th season of the Spokane Chapter begins with a special 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Anxiety with Robert Riggs, MD

Sunday, October 5, 2025

3:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

King of Instruments – Organ Recital

Sunday, November 9, 2025

3:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Full information.

 

Sign up to perform in this recital by August 31!

 

Members of the Spokane Chapter perform a variety of works on the King of Instruments. You’re invited!

 

Epiphany Gathering

 

 

 

 

 

 

Epiphany Gathering

Sunday, January 11, 2026

2:00 p.m.

The Hive

 

Dessert potluck, season updates, share stories from Advent and Christmas! Join us!

 

Organ Academy 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organ Academy Orientation

Saturday, January 24, 2026

9:00 a.m.

Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

Full information.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arts Marketing and The Tipping Point

Sunday, February 15, 2026

3:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

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 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Full information.

 

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!

 

Durufle Requiem

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duruflé Requiem

Sunday, April 19, 2026

3:00 p.m.

Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

$10 suggested donation

Full information.

 

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 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

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!

 

Picnic - Season Reveal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter Potluck Picnic and 2026-2027 Season Reveal

Sunday, June 14, 2026

2:00 p.m.

Manito Park – Picnic Shelter tbd

 

Celebrate a busy and successful 80th season. Plus, the 81st season is revealed. Join us!

 

Grow Your Choir

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grow Your Choir! with Ann Benson

Sunday, June 28, 2026

3:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

 

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!

 

 

Spokane Chapter DONATIONS

80th Season 2025-2026