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St. John's Organ Society

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

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Resources of Interest to Organ Aficionados

George Bozeman, Jr. and Co.

Pipedreams – From American Public Media

Pipedreams Profile of the Hook Opus 288

Organ Historical Society

Organ Clearing House

Welcome to The Osiris Archive & The Diapason Index

Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

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2021 Summer Concert Series

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August 5 St. John’s Organ Concert Features Jennifer McPherson
St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce the 28th Summer Recital Series on Maine’s largest 19th-Century mechanical-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288, at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor. These hour-long recitals occur on Thursday evenings at 7:30. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.Our opening summer concert (Thursday, August 5) features Jennifer McPherson (Portsmouth, NH) performing works of J.S. Bach, Alexandre Guilmant, and Charles Tournemire. McPherson serves as Director of Music and Liturgy at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, NH, and holds degrees from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, OH. She has performed throughout the United States and Canada and has been awarded prizes in multiple competitions, including the International Organ Competition Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck in Amsterdam. A committed teacher of young musicians, Ms. McPherson is co-director of The Choir School at St. John’s, an after-school tuition-free music program for children grades 3-8. She also serves on the faculty and the board of the Young Organist Collaborative, an outreach program of St. John’s Portsmouth.www.facebook.com/events/890012468392217?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A387765287932281%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22recommended_actions%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D ... See MoreSee Less
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St. John's Organ Society publsihed our 2021 Newsletter. Take a look!hookopus288.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/SJOCJUNE2021-web.pdf ... See MoreSee Less
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ST. JOHN’S, BANGOR ANNOUNCES 2021 SUMMER ORGAN RECITAL SERIESSt. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce the 28th Summer Recital Series on Maine’s largest 19th-Century mechanical-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288, at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor. The 2021 Summer Concerts are performed on Thursday evenings at 7:30.August 5: Jennifer McPherson (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexandre Guilmant, and Charles TournemireAugust 12: Jeremy Thompson (Charlottesville, Virginia)Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Eugène Gigout, and Franz LisztAugust 19: Erica Johnson (Walpole, Massachusetts) Celebrate music of female composers for the organ, including Cécile Chaminade, Florence Price and Ethel SmythAugust 26: George Bozeman (Deerfield, New Hampshire)Music of Johann Sebastian BachSeptember 2: Kevin Birch with Anatole Wieck, violin (Bangor, Maine)Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck John Fesperman, Curator Emeritus of Musical Instruments at the Smithsonian Institution, referred to the St. John's Organ as "..a musical monument of great importance..."St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information please access the website: www.hookopus288.org. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

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Welcome back! St. John's Organ Society is pleased to announce that we will resume our summer organ concerts beginning on August 5, 2021 and running through September 2, 2021 on Thursday evenings at 7:30!We are also pleased that we will host two international concerts:1. Christa Rakich on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, and2. Gregory Crowell on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.All these concerts are performed at St. John's Catholic Church, 207 York St, Bangor, ME. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.For more information, please visit our website: hookopus288.net ... See MoreSee Less
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