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HPCUMC Thanks Its Donors
Donors cite various reasons for supporting church ministries. HPCUMC’s organ concert series resonates with benefactor Ron Thain because the organ is a complex instrument that “exposes people to lots of other instruments” through its various sound qualities.

Sentimentality is at the essence of Larry McGruder’s underwriting: Twenty-seven years ago, Larry and his then-bride-to-be Jill arrived at the stone chapel where they were to be married, only to discover that a moving truck was ready to haul away the chapel’s antique organ. “We convinced movers to hold off loading the instrument until after the wedding. And since then, beautiful organ music holds special meaning for us.”

HPCUMC thanks these donors and others—and welcomes inquiries into funding future performances.
 

The Organ Concert Series

Our annual organ concert series is another way that HPCUMC brings the community together. In our fifth season, the 2008-2009 HPCUMC Organ Concert Series promises to be fabulous!

Bonus Organ Concert: The Bach Birthday Bash!

This three-hour Bach music marathon delivers the creme de la creme of Greater Cincinnati's organ performers. With this special tribute to J.S. Bach on his 324th birthday, Thom Miles, Yun Kyong Kim, James Walton, and Kim Heindel entertain us.

Date:  Sunday, March 22

Time:   Please note this special concert begins at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Grace Avenue Sanctuary

Cost:  Free. Donations are appreciated

March 22, 2009 - Bach Birthday Bash

Four of the Tri-States virtuosi present works by J.S. Bach. Read the artist bios here

Lynne Davis April 26, 2009 – Lynne Davis, professor of Organ and Ann & Dennis Ross Endowed Faculty of Distinction in Organ at Wichita State University. Read full text.

Thomas Trotter October 26, 2008 – British virtuoso Thomas Trotter is the Birmingham City Organist and organist at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey and visiting Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music, London. Read full text.
January 25, 2009 Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault, America’s Favorite Duo-Organists. Read full text.

The Chenaults The Chenaults

We hope you will join us for these performances.

  • Performances are on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary at 1345 Grace Avenue at the corner of Grace and Observatory Avenues in Hyde Park.
  • The concerts are free and open to the public.
  • There is no reserved seating and tickets are not required.
  • Doors open no later than 3:00 p.m.
  • Performances generally last 1-1/2 hours.
  • You are cordially invited to a reception to meet the artists immediately following each concert

Your contributions designated to The Organ Concert Series Fund will enable us to continue to offer quality concerts to our members and to the community.

 

Check Out The Organ's Specifications

Organ Concert Series on WGUC (90.9 FM)
A composite program of selected highlights from HPCUMC's Organ Concert Series over the past two years was presented on WGUC public radio on Easter evening, April 8. Selected organ works were performed by Paul Jacobs, Olivier Latry, Pierre Pincemaille, and Stefan Engels. Interested persons can listen to this one-hour "Music Cincinnati" program on their computer by accessing the following WGUC website:
http://www.wguc.org/schedule/musiccincinnati_apr08.asp

October 12, 2008 – WGUC will broadcast a third “Music Cincinnati” special on Sunday evening October 12, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. featuring the artists who appeared on the 2007-2008 Organ Concert Series – Alan Morrison, New York Piano-Organ Duo, and Thierry Escaich.

 

Previous Performers

BIRMINGHAM   [Birmingham Town Hall]  "A capacity audience heard Thomas Trotter play a challenging program....with impressive artistry and the technical mastery that places him firmly in the top echelon of international recitalists..." Birmingham Evening Mail

The Chenaults

"A crowd pleasing performance.”
The American Organist

"Double or triple solo lines over lush accompaniments that would be
impossible with only two hands.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch



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