Spencerville Evensong Concert Series

Joseph Gascho in concert, Saturday, February 4, 4 p.m.

Conductor and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho performs this Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. Dr. Gascho enjoys a varied career as a baroque keyboardist–performing as a soloist and collaborative artist; conducting opera, orchestra and choir; editing and arranging scores; and teaching and lecturing. He has won numerous grants and prizes, including first prize in the 2002 Jurow International Harpsichord Competition. In addition to numerous performances in the United States, he served as claveciniste repetiteur and directed a chamber music program at the Academie d'Art-Lyrique in Aix-en-Provence, France.  In the fall of 2010, he completed a doctorate at the University of Maryland. He teaches at the George Washington University and at Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance Institute.

Saturday's concert will feature works from Gascho's recently released solo harpsichord CD.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, December 10, 4 p.m.

The Sanctuary Choir at Spencerville, and the Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Washington Adventist University, conducted by Dr. James Bingham lead this service, with accompaniment on the organ by Mark Willey and the piano by Mark Di Pinto. This year, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the organ, Mark Willey played a 30 minute prelude of seasonal organ music.

Julie Vidrick Evans, November 19

On Saturday, November 19, as part of our continuing celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the organ, Julie Vidrick Evans performed a program of music by Handel, Bach, Mendelssohn, Thalben-Ball, Duruflé and more, An active recitalist and prize-winning organist, Ms. Evans has been a featured soloist with The Washington Bach Consort, Bach Sinfonia, Masterworks Chorus, and Thomas Circle Singers and has performed in cathedrals and concert halls across the U.S. and Eastern Europe. Ms. Evans earned a Master of Music from The Catholic University of America as a student of Wojciech Wojtasiewicz and a Bachelor of Music from James Madison University as a student of Richard McPherson. In addition to holding church positions in the Washington, D.C. area, she has served as Choral Conductor-in-Residence at American University, Washington, D.C. and Associate Conductor of Masterworks Chorus (now The National Philharmonic Chorale). Evans has served the American Guild of Organists as clinician and recitalist and has served as Dean, Trichapter Chair, and Co-Chair of the Committee for New Music and Executive Assistant for the 2010 National AGO Convention. She is currently Director of Music at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C..

Prior to the concert we sat down with Julie to talk with her about some of her experiences playing the organ and about some of the pieces she would be playing on November 19. From this conversation, we made a micro-documentary that you can view here.