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Dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of the historic Hook Opus #288 in Bangor, Maine

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Event Archives

2016 Summer Concert Schedule

2016 International Concert

Special Event – Bach by Candlelight

2015 Summer Concert Schedule

2015 International Concert

2014 Summer Concert Schedule

2014 International Concert

2013 Summer Concert Schedule

2012 Summer Concert Schedule

2011 Summer Concert Schedule

2010 Summer Concert Schedule

2010 A Hook Holiday

2009 Summer Concert Schedule

2008 Summer Concert Schedule

 

2016 Summer Concert Series

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Kevin Birch Organ Concert, August 24, 7:30 p.m., St. John’s Catholic Church

St. John’s Organ Society celebrates 25th Anniversary with summer organ concerts on Maine’s largest 19th-century tracker-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288. These concerts are on Thursday evenings at 7:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor.

The August 24 program features Kevin Birch of Bangor, Maine performing music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Böhm, and James Woodman.

Kevin Birch holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa with previous studies at New England Conservatory in Boston and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Since 1992 he has served as Director of Music at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor, Maine where he also serves as Executive Director of St. John’s Organ Society. He is a member of the music faculty at the University of Maine’s School of the Performing Arts in Orono and serves on the Liturgical Commission for the Diocese of Portland. He has performed solo recitals in the US, Canada, Europe, South America and for several national conventions of the Organ Historical Society.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, visit hookopus288.net/.

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Kevin Birch Organ Concert, August 24, 7:30 p.m.

August 24, 2017, 7:30pm - August 24, 2017, 7:30pm

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Kevin Birch Organ Concert, August 24, 7:30 p.m.

August 24, 2017, 7:30pm - August 24, 2017, 7:30pm

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George Bozeman Organ Concert, August 17, 7:30 pm

St. John’s Organ Society celebrates 25th Anniversary with summer organ concerts on Maine’s largest 19th-century tracker-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288. These concerts are on Thursday evenings at 7:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor.

The August 17 program features George Bozeman of Deerfield, New Hampshire presenting a music program titled “Pictures at an Exhibition as found in the chorale preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach” demonstrating how Bach painted pictures suggested by the words of the chorales.

Bozeman, a native of Texas, studied organ at the University of North Texas, and apprenticed as an organbuilder with Otto Hofmann of Austin, Texas. On a Fulbright grant he studied organ with Anton Heiller and harpsichord with Isolde Ahlgrimm at the Academy of Music in Vienna. After work with organbuilder Fritz Noack he founded his own firm in Lowell, Massachusetts, later moving to Deerfield, New Hampshire. He has continued as an active church musician and is director of music at the Pembroke Congregational Church. He has played recitals across the United States and in Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, visit hookopus288.net/.

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George Bozeman Organ Concert, August 17, 7:30 pm

August 17, 2017, 7:30pm - August 17, 2017, 7:30pm

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George Bozeman Organ Concert, August 17, 7:30 pm

August 17, 2017, 7:30pm - August 17, 2017, 7:30pm

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Abraham Ross Organ Concert, August 10, 7:30 pm, St. John’s Catholic Church, Bangor

St. John’s Organ Society celebrates 25th Anniversary with summer organ concerts on Maine’s largest 19th-century tracker-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288. These concerts are on Thursday evenings at 7:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor.

The August 10 program features Abraham Ross of Holden, Maine performing music of Cėsar Franck, Horatio Parker, Charles-Marie Widor, and George Whitefield Chadwick.

Abe performs regularly as a soloist and an ensemble player with special interests in early music and twentieth-century repertoire. He is currently completing the Masters of Music in Historical Performance at Oberlin Conservatory, where he studies organ with Jonathan Moyer and harpsichord with Mark Edwards. He also serves as Music Intern at Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, where he assists with rehearsals, accompanies services, and engages the community with musical offerings of varying genres.

Abe commenced his study of organ with Kevin Birch at St John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor, Maine, playing the church’s 1860 E. & G. G. Hook organ. During this time, he developed an appreciation and a passion for historical instruments and early music. He went on to attain the position of Organ Scholar for the Class of 2016 at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. During this time, he studied under James David Christie, conducted research in early and twentieth-century keyboard repertory, and performed throughout the Northeast.

Abe has been fortunate to encounter abundant opportunities for musical study and performance. In 2014, he was awarded a Mellon Grant to study seventeenth-century music with Francesco Cera in Rieti, Italy. A summer of study and research culminated in a presentation of Frescobaldi’s Messa della Madonna and the corresponding plainchant within a liturgy at Holy Cross. He went on to win first place in the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists’ Quimby Competition in 2015. Abe’s recent performance highlights include appearances at Universidad del Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina), First Church of Christ Scientist (Concord, NH), and Mechanics Hall (Worcester, MA). This summer Abe returned to his home state, playing as a solo recitalist, as well as with a period instrument ensemble of Boston-area musicians at Blue Hill Bach’s annual festival in mid-coast Maine.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, visit hookopus288.net/.
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Abraham Ross Organ Concert, August 10, 7:30 pm

August 10, 2017, 7:30pm - August 10, 2017, 7:30pm

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