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You're invited to the 1st First Friday Organ Concert on June 7 at 7 pm!The program will feature organist Stephen Williams and The Ardmore Brass Quintet.
The Ardmore Brass Quintet was formed in 2011 by five professional brass musicians who live in and around the historic Ardmore neighborhood of Winston-Salem, NC. Each member of the ensemble has years of playing and teaching experience encompassing orchestral, chamber, and jazz music. Currently, the members hold positions with groups such as The Carolina Philharmonic, The North Carolina Brass Band, The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, The Piedmont Wind Symphony, The Salisbury Symphony, and the Camel City Jazz Orchestra. More at: https://ardmorebrass.com
Stephen Williams is Director of Music at St. Luke’s, Salisbury, having previously served as Canon for Music and the Performing Arts at Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem PA, and Artist in Residence at Moravian University. Academic pursuits
have included Brevard College, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, The Juilliard School, and West Chester University. He served long tenures at St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Allentown PA and concurrently at Muhlenberg College.
As a soloist and accompanist, he has toured France, England, The Netherlands, Canada, and the US with favorite recitals at St. John the Divine and Alice Tully Hall in NY, Rouen Cathedral and The American Cathedral in Paris, Bristol, Wells, Salisbury,
and Exeter Cathedral in England, The Crystal Cathedral (now Christ Cathedral), and St. Phillip’s Cathedral in Atlanta. Notable projects have included performances of the
complete organ works of J. S. Bach, the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne, the complete organ works of Johannes Brahms, and his CD Platinum. Professional affiliations include the American Guild of Organists, RSCM America, and the Association of Anglican Musicians.
The organ is a large hybrid instrument from 2015, mostly Walker digital stops with a few Casavant pipe ranks from the previous instrument.
The series will continue on first Fridays during the summer, July 5 and August 2 at 7 pm.
All are invited! Free admission, and all donations will benefit Arts at St. Luke's future programming.
For more information - [email protected] or 704-633-3221.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Salisbury NC, 211 N Church St, Salisbury, NC 28144-4312, United States,Salisbury, North Carolina