Music at Pine Street

Sunday, September 24^th – 4:00 P.M.

Svyati Duo

Cellist Rebecca Hepplewhite and Organist Julian Collings
Heralded as ‘exemplary’ performers by Fanfare Magazine, their concert engagements have taken them to venues throughout Europe, the United States of America, and Asia; highlights include performances at the Hong Kong Cultural Center, where they performed to an audience of 1600, St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Tokyo University Concert Hall and a concert at Worcester Cathedral, which included a performance of their transcription of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. In 2020, they were invited to perform two recitals for the American Guild of Organists National Convention in Atlanta.

Sunday, October 29^th – 4:00 P.M.

Organist Eric Plutz

Eric Plutz is the organist at Princeton University, where his responsibilities include playing for weekly services at the Chapel, academic ceremonies, and solo concerts, as well as accompanying the University Chapel Choir in services and concerts. Mr. Plutz “performs with gusto, flair, clarity, and strong yet pliant rhythmic control. James Hildreth, for The American Organist. “Plutz is a master craftsman… his performances are sensitive, emotional, stunningly accurate, and spectacularly musical… truly a world-class performance by a world-class musician.” James Reed for The Diapason.

Sunday, December 10^th – 4:00 P.M.

A Festival of Lessons and Carols

A gala reception follows the service.

A service of scripture and song, woven together with readers of all ages, takes us on a truly magical progression from prophecy to fulfillment, from Old Testament foretelling to a birthday celebration.

Pine Street Chancel Choir, Joseph Garrison, conductor, Matthew McMahan, organistBrass Quintet and Percussion

Sunday, March 10^th – 4:00 P.M.

Trumpet and Organ Concert

John Stoudt, trumpet, and Joseph Garrison, organ. The concert will feature Carson Cooman’s “Solstice Sonata,” commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for its 2014 Biennial National Convention in Boston, MA.

Sunday, April 14^th – 4:00 P.M.

Harmonies of the Divine: A Choral Concert

A gala reception follows the service.

Featuring Messe Solennelle, Op. 16 by Louis Vierne and Messe Solennelle, Op. 36 by Charles Marie Widor. Both masses were scored for choir and two organs and were later adapted for choir and one organ by Ronald Huntington, which you’ll hear in this concert—initially composed for performance in the church of St-Sulpice, ‘one of the noblest structures in Paris,’ the place which inspired Vierne and Widor to write their extraordinary Mass settings. r

Sunday, May 5^th – 4:00 P.M.

Organist Nathan Laube

Nathan Laube is an Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music and an International Consultant in Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom. His extensive international career takes him continually to major concert venues and festivals worldwide. Known for his brilliant playing, gracious demeanor, and creative programming of repertoire spanning five centuries (including his virtuoso transcriptions of orchestral works), Mr. Laube has earned high praise from critics and peers alike.