Sunday
November 15, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Saint Mark’s Lutheran Church
A concert of music from the past to the present
with members of the American Guild of Organists – Spokane Chapter.
A fascinating journey through time with music from the earliest sources to the present. Hear selections from:
- Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360)
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- César Franck (1822-1890)
- Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
- Jean Demessieux (1921-1968)
- Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
- Myron Roberts (1912-2004)
Program
MOBILE version with program notes
DESKTOP version with program notes
Special thanks to Randy Darst, St. Mark’s video ministry coordinator for audio engineering!
Artists
Variations on Est-ce Mars? (SwWV 321) – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

Marietta Hardy earned her Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Organ Pedagogy. She then taught group organ classes for BYU and has been teaching privately ever since. She is a nationally certified teacher of music in piano and organ through the Music Teachers National Association and has served as President of the local chapter, and is currently serving as treasurer of the Idaho Music Teachers Association. She served as the accompanist for the Northwest Sacred Music Chorale 2001-2016. She also worked for the late Ron Pearson at the Organ Loft and Northwest Organ Service, selling and demonstrating organs.
Currently, Hardy is an adjunct piano instructor and resident accompanist at North Idaho College as well as the collaborative artist for their Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Choir. She has a thriving studio in Post Falls where she teaches organ, piano, and voice lessons. She has conducted several church choirs and has been the organist for her congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for many years. Hardy serves on the Board of Officers for the AGO Spokane Chapter with focus in the area of membership.
Fantasia, F-moll (K. 608) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Henry Bauer, DMA, is the director of music at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane, Wash., where he conducts the Schola Cantorum, Cathedral Choir, and Diocesan Choir as well as being artistic director of the Sacred Music Series. He has served as a director of music and liturgy in parishes in the Archdiocese of Washington. He holds a doctorate in sacred music and choral conducting along with masters in liturgical music and organ from The Catholic University of America; his doctoral dissertation is on choral literature for the liturgical year. Outside of his professional music ministry career, Dr. Bauer has held several leadership positions for National Association of Pastoral Musicians throughout the years.
Dr. Bauer is the current chair of the Director of Music Ministries (DMM) Forum, was a member of the board of the Director of Music Ministries Division, and chair of the Partner Certification Review Committee for Ecclesial Lay Ministry. He continues to coordinate the Choral Anthem Project and leads reading sessions on choral music. He has presented workshops for cantors and organists, lectures on the role of music and musicians in the liturgy, and choral rehearsal techniques. He has served as a Core Committee member for two national conventions and been the chapter director and treasurer for the Washington DC chapter. He has led several choir tours to Europe. When not doing pastoral work, Dr. Bauer enjoys traveling and doing home renovations. Dr. Bauer serves the chapter in areas: Program, Professional Concerns.
Cantabile – César Franck (1822-1890)

Mark Haberman, a Minnesota native, has resided in Kootenai County for 30 years, relocating from Iowa, after nearly 20 years there. He holds a bachelor of music education degree from Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, and a master of music degree in organ performance from the University of Minnesota. Theological studies were completed at Perkins School of Theology (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Rev. Haberman is an ordained United Methodist deacon. Rev. Haberman has been a church musician for nearly 50 years. He served on the music and program staff of Community United Methodist Church in Coeur d’Alene for 20 years. This was preceded by his service for 15 years on the music and program staff of Grace United Methodist Church in Sioux City, Iowa.
He currently serves as organist at Coeur d’Alene’s Trinity Lutheran Church. His 22-year social services career included 16 years at Community Action Partnership in Coeur d’Alene. In May 2022, Rev. Haberman retired from Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington in Spokane, where he served as planning and resource director. Haberman serves the chapter in areas: Finance/Development, Program, and Nominating.
Te lucis ante terminum (from Le Tombeau de Titelouze, Op. 38) – Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Rorate Caeli – Jean Demessieux (1921-1968)

Maria Truong has been playing piano for 14 years and organ for seven years. Her principal organ teacher is Dr. Janet Ahrend. In addition to keyboards, Maria plays violin and harp. Maria studies voice with Mandi Rickard and sings in her church choir with her siblings. Her non-musical interests, which she rarely gets around to, include sewing, photography, and archery.
When the Morning Stars Sang Together – Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)

Edward Hurd holds a bachelor of music education degree from Central Washington University, Ellensburg, where he spent four years as organist and assistant music director at Ellensburg Presbyterian Church. While teaching at East Valley High School in Spokane Valley, he served as director of music ministries for Opportunity Presbyterian Church. He was full-time director of music ministries (organist/choirmaster) for First Presbyterian Church in Mesa, Ariz. while completing his graduate studies in choral conducting at Arizona State University. For ten years, he served as associate director of music and organist for All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Phoenix. He has conducted choral ensembles twice at the St. Moritz Festival (Switzerland), and numerous tours and festivals throughout England, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Russia. Hurd’s principal conducting teachers include the late B. Fred Hammack, G. Gordon Leavitt, and Douglas McEwen.
While in Nebraska, Hurd served as director of traditional worship (organist/ choirmaster) for the 2,500-member congregation of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, La Vista, for nine years. He was artistic director for the 200-voice community chorus, Voices of Omaha, for eight years. He was performance rentals director for Omaha Performing Arts which operates the Orpheum Theater and renowned Holland Performing Arts Center, joining the organization as general manager in 2003. Since returning to Spokane, Hurd was organist/bellmaster for Opportunity Presbyterian Church in Spokane Valley. He has also served as organist for Central Lutheran Church and the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. He is a busy substitute music teacher for Spokane Public Schools and maintains a private piano and voice teaching studio. Hurd is a frequent adjudicator for area solo/ensemble contests. Hurd is a member of the National Association for Music Education and American Choral Directors Association. Hurd serves the chapter in areas: Administration, Communications/Marketing.
Homage to Perotin – Myron Roberts (1912-2004)

Joseph Schubert, PhD, retired from teaching in 2020, after thirty-six years of teaching choral music in public schools at the junior high, high school, and university levels. From 2009 through 2023 Dr. Schubert also taught music theory, choral literature, and academic research and writing in the “Three-Summer Master of Music in Choral Conducting” program at California State University, Los Angeles. As a composer, his works have had world-premieres at the prestigious London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in 2025 and 2026.
He has been a church organist since he was eighteen years old. He currently serves as organist for St. Augustine Catholic Church, and he is organ instructor at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Dr. Schubert’s dissertation dealt with twentieth-century French organist Jean-Jacques Grünenwald, providing an extensive biography and a comprehensive analysis of Grünenwald’s solo organ works in the context of the twentieth-century French organ school. Dr. Schubert serves the chapter in areas: Program and Professional Concerns.
Street Team Assets
Chapter members:
- Print/place posters in your choir room or studio
- Place posters wherever lovers of organ music might see them
- Share images on social media
- Include images in your Sunday service leaflet or congregation newsletter
Print Posters & Fliers
Social Media – all sized for optimum 2026 display
- Facebook Post (1080×1080)
- Pinterest Pin (1000×1000)
- Instagram Feed (1080×1440)
- X (Twitter) In-Feed Image (1080×1080)
- LinkedIn Post (1080×1080)
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