The 2022-23 season celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Trinity's landmark Austin pipe organ, dedicated in 1972. Enjoy a series of Thursday afternoon 30-minute Lunchtime Recitals by visiting artists from throughout the region, and two full-length Friday evening performances.
Trinity Organ Series is presented by Trinity College Chapel and Department of Music. All performances are free and open to the public.
Friday Evening Recitals
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Christopher Houlihan
November 11, 2022
7:30 p.m.
Click here to watch a recording of the live-stream.
A PDF of the program is available here, which includes a brief history of organ music at Trinity College.
Program includes An Introduction to the King of Instruments by Robert Edward Smith, featuring narration by John Nowacki, Classical Music Producer/Host at NEPM. Christopher Houlihan is the John Rose Distinguished College Organist-and-Director of Chapel Music and Artist-in-Residence at Trinity College.
“In Mr. Houlihan’s hands, the organ delivered plenty of firepower and juicy, well- blended chords, like a homogeneous string section in a fine symphony orchestra.” –The Wall Street Journal |
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Isabelle Demers
Friday, June 16, 2023
7:30 p.m.
presented by the Jolidon Organ Recital Series of the Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
“Demers crafted an imaginative program for her… and delivered it with precision and flair. Demers’ playing amounted to unalloyed musical joy.” (ClevelandClassical.com)
The Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists concludes its 2022-2023 season with a performance by Isabelle Demers, international concert organist and Associate Professor of organ at McGill University, Montreal. Program to be announced.
The Jolidon Organ Recital Series is a music series hosted by the Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and in honor of Marjorie Jolidon. These concerts are offered free to the public through the generous support of our local partnering institutions and the Jolidon Fund of the Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
More information is at www.hartfordago.org. |
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Alcee Chriss (Postponed)
The Annual Clarence Watters Memorial Recital
presented with the Jolidon Organ Recital Series of the Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
“Chriss won the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, but this is not the usual competition-winner playing. He plays with clarity, imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality” (American Record Guide)
Alcee Chriss is Assistant Professor of Music and University Organist at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. |
Thursday Lunchtime Recitals
12:10 p.m. recital by Ellen Dickinson, Trinity College Carillonist
12:45–1:15 p.m. recital by organists from throughout the region
A light lunch is offered in the Chapel during the carillon recitals. Lunchtime performances are offered in-person only.
Winter 2023
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Nathaniel Gumbs
Thursday, January 26, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Yale University
More information is available here. |
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Christopher Houlihan ’09
Thursday, February 2, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
John Rose Distinguished College Organist and Director of Chapel Music,
and Artist-in-Residence at Trinity College
More information is available here. |
| Please note: there are no performances on February 9. |
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Ezequiel Menendez
Thursday, February 16, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford
Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.
More information is available here. |
| Please note: there are no performances on February 23. |
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Michelle Horsley
Thursday, March 2, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Trinity Church, Hartford
More information is available here. |
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Mary Pan
Thursday, March 9, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Burlington, Conn.
former organ scholar at Gloucester Cathedral, England
More information is available here. |
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Natasha Ulyanovsky
Thursday, March 16, 2023
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford
More information is available here. |
Fall 2022
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Christopher Houlihan ’09
Thursday, October 20, 2022
12:45–1:15 p.m.
John Rose Distinguished College Organist and Director of Chapel Music,
and Artist-in-Residence at Trinity College
More information is available here. |
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Vaughn Mauren ’07
Thursday, October 27, 2022
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Christ Church Bronxville, New York
More information is available here. |
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Scott Lamlein
Thursday, November 3, 2022
12:45–1:15 p.m.
St. John’s Church, West Hartford
More information is available here. |
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Evan Cogswell
Thursday, November 10, 2022
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, New Jersey
More information is available here. |
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Susan Caroll
Thursday, November 17, 2022
12:45–1:15 p.m.
Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
More information is available here. |
