About the Concert Series:
The Music From St. Mark's Concert Series offers our community the gift of music and benefits our Choral Scholars program. The Choral Scholars program provides scholarships to UConn music students who sing with us regularly. This vibrant program brings glorious music to our worship services and gives students professional experience in church music. We gratefully acknowledge the musicians who make this series possible.
The Music From St. Mark's Concert Series offers our community the gift of music and benefits our Choral Scholars program. The Choral Scholars program provides scholarships to UConn music students who sing with us regularly. This vibrant program brings glorious music to our worship services and gives students professional experience in church music. We gratefully acknowledge the musicians who make this series possible.
Our Inaugural Concert!
About the Artist:
Internationally renowned organist Diane Meredith Belcher recently celebrated her 50th anniversary season, commencing with a six-week research trip to Germany and The Netherlands, and culminating in a featured solo recital at the 2024 Biennial National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in San Francisco. She has performed throughout the U.S., in Europe, and in Canada, including appearances at Disney Hall, Grace Cathedral, Verizon Hall, Benaroya Hall, Woolsey Hall, and the Oregon Bach Festival, including duo-recitals with Los Angeles Philharmonic’s trumpeter Rob Roy McGregor and New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist Joseph Alessi.
Her virtuoso performances have been described by American Record Guide as “glowingly brilliant, rhythmically vibrant, and consistently expressive” and by Orgel International as “exemplary in every respect”. Among her many solo recordings is the premiere of the Claremont Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ which won the "Golden Ear Award" from The Absolute Sound. She has served at such institutions as Holy Trinity/Bach Vespers (New York), Dartmouth College, Saint Mark’s (Philadelphia), and Westminster Choir College.
Highlights of the European tour included the historic organs of St. Jacobi and St. Katharinen in Hamburg, St. Jakobi in Lübeck, St. Johannes in Lüneburg, the Berlinerdom, the Karlshorst Church [Anna Amalia organ] in Berlin, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the Kreuzkirche in Störmthal, St. Wenzel in Naumburg, St. Jakobi and the Dom St. Marien in Freiberg, the Schloss (castle) in Alternburg, the Bach-Kirche in Arnstadt, St. Andreas in Ostönnen, the Orgelpark and Oudekerk in Amsterdam, and both organs of the Grote/Sint-Laurenskerk in Alkmaar. The featured solo recital at the 2024 American Guild of Organists’ Biennial National Convention was the seventh such invitation, a rare honor in the profession. The program on the Dutch-inspired John Brombaugh op. 20 organ consisted of music by Bach, Sweelinck, Nepomuceno, and a world-premiere transcription of Buxtehude’s Sonata in A minor by the artist.
Ms. Belcher is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists.
About Our Brombaugh Organ
Learn more about our Brombaugh Opus 21 organ here.
The Program:
Praeludium in C, BWV 547 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, SwWV 302 — Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
Onder een Linde Groen, SwWV 49 — Sweelinck
Prélude et Fugue (1912) — Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
Sonata in a, BuxWV 272 — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
transcribed for organ by Diane Meredith Belcher
Fuga in C, BWV 547 — Bach
Praeludium et Fuga in A minor, BWV 543 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
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Bach, the Fifth Evangelist: Performance & Discussion Events
Are you curious about the intersection of music and spirituality? This mini-series is for you! No knowledge of theology or music is required; come with a curious mind.
Throughout his life, Bach composed organ chorale preludes inspired by the familiar texts of the Lutheran hymns sung during weekly church services in the towns where he was organist and choirmaster. He signed each of his compositions with the initials S.D.G., Soli Deo Gloria, or “To God Alone the Glory.” As Bach’s faith informed his music, we will learn how music can inform our spiritual journeys.
This series of monthly gatherings will illuminate the liturgical calendar with performances of Bach’s chorale preludes by organist Charles Houmard on the St. Mark's Brombaugh Op. 21 organ, which was designed to replicate the sound of the organs of Bach's time and place. Performances will be interspersed with conversation led by resident theologians Bruce Steinway and Bennett Brockman, with the active participation of all who attend. We aim to observe some of the ways Bach’s faith and music intersect to deepen our understanding of how music connects with our own faith, our own doubt, our own curiosity about life, and its unfathomable challenges as we follow Bach through the liturgical seasons of the church year.
Save the Dates for These Upcoming Concerts!
St. Mark’s Choir Fundraiser Concert
May 9th, 2025, 7:30 pm
Suzuki Violin/Piano Recital
June 1st, 2025, 1:30 pm
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About the Concert Series:
The Music From St. Mark's Concert Series offers our community the gift of music and benefits our Choral Scholars program. The Choral Scholars program provides scholarships to UConn music students who sing with us regularly. This vibrant program brings glorious music to our worship services and gives students professional experience in church music. We gratefully acknowledge the musicians who make this series possible.
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Musical Guests in the Chapel:
In addition to our Concert Series, we host multiple musical performances by campus groups and others. Open hearts, open minds, open doors!
Internationally renowned organist Diane Meredith Belcher recently celebrated her 50th anniversary season, commencing with a six-week research trip to Germany and The Netherlands, and culminating in a featured solo recital at the 2024 Biennial National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in San Francisco. She has performed throughout the U.S., in Europe, and in Canada, including appearances at Disney Hall, Grace Cathedral, Verizon Hall, Benaroya Hall, Woolsey Hall, and the Oregon Bach Festival, including duo-recitals with Los Angeles Philharmonic’s trumpeter Rob Roy McGregor and New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist Joseph Alessi.
Her virtuoso performances have been described by American Record Guide as “glowingly brilliant, rhythmically vibrant, and consistently expressive” and by Orgel International as “exemplary in every respect”. Among her many solo recordings is the premiere of the Claremont Glatter-Götz/Rosales organ which won the "Golden Ear Award" from The Absolute Sound. She has served at such institutions as Holy Trinity/Bach Vespers (New York), Dartmouth College, Saint Mark’s (Philadelphia), and Westminster Choir College.
Highlights of the European tour included the historic organs of St. Jacobi and St. Katharinen in Hamburg, St. Jakobi in Lübeck, St. Johannes in Lüneburg, the Berlinerdom, the Karlshorst Church [Anna Amalia organ] in Berlin, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the Kreuzkirche in Störmthal, St. Wenzel in Naumburg, St. Jakobi and the Dom St. Marien in Freiberg, the Schloss (castle) in Alternburg, the Bach-Kirche in Arnstadt, St. Andreas in Ostönnen, the Orgelpark and Oudekerk in Amsterdam, and both organs of the Grote/Sint-Laurenskerk in Alkmaar. The featured solo recital at the 2024 American Guild of Organists’ Biennial National Convention was the seventh such invitation, a rare honor in the profession. The program on the Dutch-inspired John Brombaugh op. 20 organ consisted of music by Bach, Sweelinck, Nepomuceno, and a world-premiere transcription of Buxtehude’s Sonata in A minor by the artist.
Ms. Belcher is represented in North America by Karen McFarlane Artists.
About Our Brombaugh Organ
Learn more about our Brombaugh Opus 21 organ here.
The Program:
Praeludium in C, BWV 547 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, SwWV 302 — Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
Onder een Linde Groen, SwWV 49 — Sweelinck
Prélude et Fugue (1912) — Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
Sonata in a, BuxWV 272 — Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
transcribed for organ by Diane Meredith Belcher
Fuga in C, BWV 547 — Bach
Praeludium et Fuga in A minor, BWV 543 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bach, the Fifth Evangelist: Performance & Discussion Events
Are you curious about the intersection of music and spirituality? This mini-series is for you! No knowledge of theology or music is required; come with a curious mind.
Throughout his life, Bach composed organ chorale preludes inspired by the familiar texts of the Lutheran hymns sung during weekly church services in the towns where he was organist and choirmaster. He signed each of his compositions with the initials S.D.G., Soli Deo Gloria, or “To God Alone the Glory.” As Bach’s faith informed his music, we will learn how music can inform our spiritual journeys.
This series of monthly gatherings will illuminate the liturgical calendar with performances of Bach’s chorale preludes by organist Charles Houmard on the St. Mark's Brombaugh Op. 21 organ, which was designed to replicate the sound of the organs of Bach's time and place. Performances will be interspersed with conversation led by resident theologians Bruce Steinway and Bennett Brockman, with the active participation of all who attend. We aim to observe some of the ways Bach’s faith and music intersect to deepen our understanding of how music connects with our own faith, our own doubt, our own curiosity about life, and its unfathomable challenges as we follow Bach through the liturgical seasons of the church year.
- April 2, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Chorale Preludes for Lent
- May 7, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Chorale Preludes for Easter
- June 4, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Chorale Preludes for Pentecost
- July 2025 [date TBD] Christmas Chorale Preludes
Save the Dates for These Upcoming Concerts!
St. Mark’s Choir Fundraiser Concert
May 9th, 2025, 7:30 pm
Suzuki Violin/Piano Recital
June 1st, 2025, 1:30 pm
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the Concert Series:
The Music From St. Mark's Concert Series offers our community the gift of music and benefits our Choral Scholars program. The Choral Scholars program provides scholarships to UConn music students who sing with us regularly. This vibrant program brings glorious music to our worship services and gives students professional experience in church music. We gratefully acknowledge the musicians who make this series possible.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Musical Guests in the Chapel:
In addition to our Concert Series, we host multiple musical performances by campus groups and others. Open hearts, open minds, open doors!
