The program, an all-Bach piano recital, includes Partitas 1 and 2, as well as other works from the Well-tempered Clavier of J. S. Bach (1685-1750), the undisputed master of Baroque music.

Sunday June 2nd Morrill Hall, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 5pm - food, drink, and convivial seating. Cole Porter’s music – innovative at the time, but now solidly “classic” – includes timeless songs such as Anything goes, Night and Day, I’ve got you under my skin, I love Paris in the springtime, and many others. The St. Mark’s Choir and Soloists will sing Porter classics in a “cabaret” setting in Morrill Hall: attendees will be seated at round tables with candles,…

The Friends of the Music at St. Mark’s New Canaan, CT Presents Folks Songs through the ages Performed by Grammy-Nominated Vocalist Ryland Angel on October 19, 2024 October 19, 2024 – Grammy-nominated vocalist Ryland Angel, accompanied by St. Mark’s Director of Music Ministries, Ned Tipton, will present a recital titled Folk Songs through the ages, featuring songs of the great Scottish lyricist and poet Robert Burns (a sampling of his enormous output of over 550 songs and poems), Irish, English,…

The Friends of the Music at St. Mark’s New Canaan, CT Presents Music of Benjamin Britten. Saturday, February 8, 2025, 5pm, in the soaring mid-century modern St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT. Performed by Trevor Scott, tenor; with Eliana Barwinski, mezzo-soprano; Susan LaFever, French horn; all accompanied by Tomoko Nakayama, pianist. Trevor Scott and friends will perform works of one of the most distinguished composers of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten. Included will be Canticle I…

The Friends of the Music at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church New Canaan, CT Presents Two Viennese Masses – Mozart Missa Brevis No. 1, in G; K49 and Schubert: Messe in G, D167. Featuring: The Choir of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT Members of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Leah Brzyski, soprano Lydia Cseh Dahling, mezzo-soprano Trevor Scott, tenor Matthew Dexter, bass-baritone Michael Burnette, continuo Edward J. Tipton, conducting Saturday, March 8, 5pm in the soaring mid-century modern St. Mark’s…

Internationally recognized as a conductor, organist and teacher, James O’Donnell has performed all over the world. Following a distinguished 23-year tenure as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, Mr. O’Donnell now holds the post of Professor in the Practice of Organ at Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven CT, as professor to graduate organ majors and other students in sacred music. In his tenure at Westminster Abbey Mr. O’Donnell…