St. John's Organ Society Summer Concert Series
St. John's Catholic Church, Bangor, Maine
Fall Concert:
Tuesday, October 13 - 7:30 PM
Anne Laver (Syracuse, NY)
Organ Master Class with Bradley Hunter Welch
Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch is Resident Organist at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and also serves as Artist-in-Residence at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Class topics will include maximizing expression, color and the creative possibilities of the organ; organ technique: touch, articulation, expression, and dynamics; and organ technique as applied to classic, romantic, and symphonic organ literature. If you wish to play at the masterclass, please email your name and the piece you wish to play to dovermasterclass@gmail.com.
Young Organists Collaborative Fall Faculty Concert
Friday, October 16, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Christ Church Episcopal
43 Pine Street, Exeter, NH
$10 suggested donation at the door
North Star Baroque
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Woodford's Church, Portland
Bach, Violin concerto in A minor
Handel, Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi, “O qui coeli”
Music of Monteverdi
With vocal soloists Mara Riley and Logan Trotter
Tickets available at www.porttix.com
Benefit Concert for ILAP
Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Woodford's Church, Portland
Musical Artists include Madeleine Hanna and the 4-person Jawahir Arabic Music Ensemble performing song and dance primarily from Lebanon, The Pihcintu Multinational Girl’s Choir along with the band Akiwacu, featuring the voices of children from 16 different countries impacted by war, famine, and turmoil, and Hadithi Abdulle, oud player and singer from Somalia, presenting music on the theme of resiliency and personal testimony. Poetry will be shared by Jeri Thériault, a Franco-American poet from Maine, and Richard Blanco (via video)—selected by President Obama as the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. Signed copies of his poetry suitable for framing will be available by donation. The evening will be topped off by the Singing Resistance chapters of both Portland and Brunswick-Topsham who will lead songs developed in 2026 as resistance cries in the face of the Minneapolis ICE occupation. Pulling this all together will be our amazing emcee: Brunswick comedian, Mohamed Awale.
Donations will be accepted at the door and go directly to ILAP as well as to presenting artists who have been impacted by recent immigration activity. ILAP is Maine’s only statewide provider of free immigration legal services. ILAP advances justice for Maine’s immigrants through free immigration legal services, community outreach, and advocacy.