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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Organ Recital Series – Andrew Vu
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the first performance in our 2022 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 3 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Andrew Vu\, Assistant Director of Music at the Basilica\, will perform. \nAndrew Vu\nAndrew Vu serves as Assistant Director of Music of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A native of Vietnam\, he came to the United States at the age of thirteen to study piano and musicianship with Molly and Charles Stier. He completed his Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from The Catholic University of America\, where he studied under James Litzelman. His organ instructors include Jeffrey Pannebaker\, Ed Moore\, and Ronald Stolk\, with whom he completed a Master of Music degree in 2017. Andrew also studied choral conducting with Leo Nestor and Timothy McDonnell and voice with Rick Christman. \nAn award-winning pianist\, Andrew received the Honor Prize of the 2007 Maryland MCMTA Competition\, the 2012 Benjamin T. Rome School of Music Performance Award from The Catholic University of America\, and the Second Place in the 2012 Stravinsky Award Bach Competition. He has been a student assistant for the annual Washington International Piano Festival at The Catholic University of America. As an organist\, Andrew served at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish in Bethesda\, Maryland and St. Peter’s Parish in Olney\, Maryland for ten years. In addition\, Andrew was the Music Director at the American University Catholic Chaplaincy. \nDownload the Program
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2022-summer-organ-recital-series-andrew-vu/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Organ Recital Series – Dr. Peter Latona
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the second performance in our 2022 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 10 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Dr. Peter Latona\, Director of Music at the Basilica\, will perform. \nPeter Latona\nPeter Latona (b. 1968) is the Director of Music for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington\, D.C.)\, the preeminent Marian shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Recognized as a conductor\, composer\, organist\, improviser\, and teacher\, he is dedicated to providing the highest standard in sacred music within the context of the Roman Catholic Liturgy. \nAn award-winning organist\, Dr. Latona has performed throughout the United States\, Europe\, and the Holy Land\, has presented workshops on improvisation\, and has released a recording\, An Organ Pilgrimage\, on the Raven label\, featuring all four pipe organs at the Basilica. In 2012\, he performed to an audience of one thousand\, having been invited as a featured artist for the Festspiele Europaische Wochen in Passau\, Germany. As the conductor of the Choir of the Basilica\, he released numerous recordings of sacred choral music\, presented concerts in the United States and abroad\, performed nationally for the American Guild of Organists\, the National Pastoral Musicians Association\, the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedrals\, the Church Music Association of America\, and internationally as a featured conductor in the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra. Among his recently completed recording projects is Tu es Petrus: A Papal Tribute in Music\, which commemorates the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI and celebrates the Petrine ministry of Pope Francis\, as well as Te Deum: The Sacred Music of Peter Latona\, which was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and features many of the works composed by Dr. Latona for the National Shrine. \nActive as a composer\, Dr. Latona is published by Morningstar Music Publishers\, as well as Canticanova Publications and G.I.A. His music has been featured in various media productions\, including Bishop Robert Barron’s well-known series Catholicism. He recently won first prize in a composition competition sponsored by the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians for his Priests of God/Servants of God and Go into All the World. He has received commissions from the Knights of Columbus\, the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston\, and the Diocese of Helena\, as well as by the Archdioceses of Washington\, New York\, and Philadelphia. His music was performed during the Apostolic Visit of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the United States in 2008 and in each city visited by Pope Francis during his 2015 Apostolic Visit to the United States. In recognition of this\, Dr. Latona was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal by Pope Francis. Dr. Latona also serves on the composition faculty of The Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music. Dr. Latona is a graduate of Bucknell University (B. Mus.)\, the Yale School of Music (M. Mus.)\, and the Manhattan School of Music (D.M.A.). \nDownload Summer Organ Recital Series Program
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2022-summer-organ-recital-series-dr-peter-latona/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220717T180000
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Organ Recital Series – Thomas Sheehan
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the third performance in our 2022 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 17 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Thomas Sheehan of the National Cathedral in Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nThomas Sheehan\nThomas Sheehan is the Organist and Associate Director of Music at the National Cathedral in Washington\, D.C.\, where he is responsible for the organ program at the Cathedral\, covering both liturgical and concert expressions of organ music. In this position\, he has played for several high-profile civic events. \nPrior to this position\, he served on the music staffs of the Memorial Church\, Harvard University; Saint Mark’s Church in Philadelphia\, PA; and Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton\, NJ. Tom is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music\, where he received diplomas in organ and harpsichord\, studying with Alan Morrison and Leon Schelhase. He received both the Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from Westminster Choir College in Princeton\, NJ\, as a student of Ken Cowan. He is currently a doctoral candidate in organ at Boston University as a student of Peter Sykes. In 2016 he was named one of The Diapason’s “20 under 30\,” a list of rising artists in the field of organ playing. He has performed as an organist throughout the United States\, in Canada\, and in Europe\, including recital appearances in Reykjavík\, Toulouse\, and Montréal. \nDownload Summer Organ Recital Program
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2022-summer-organ-recital-series-thomas-sheehan/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
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SUMMARY:Mass of Thanksgiving for the Independence of Peru (Misa de Acción de Gracias por la Independencia del Perú)
DESCRIPTION:The Consulate General of Peru along with the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception invites you to join in celebrating the Independence of Peru with a Mass of Thanksgiving on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\, celebrated by the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio\, Archbishop for the Military Services\, USA. Mass will be celebrated in Spanish and livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass. \nEl Consulado General del Perú con la Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción le invitan a unirse a la celebración de la Independencia del Perú con una Misa de Acción de Gracias en el Décimo Séptimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario\, celebrada por el Reverendísimo Timothy P. Broglio\, Arzobispo para los Servicios Militares\, EE.UU. La misa se celebrará en español y se transmitirá en vivo en www.nationalshrine.org/mass.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/mass-of-thanksgiving-for-the-independence-of-peru-2022/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Organ Recital Series – Dr. John A. Wolfe
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the fourth performance in our 2022 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 24 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Dr. John A. Wolfe of New York City will perform. \nJohn Wolfe\nDr. John A. Wolfe is a New York City-based organist\, choral conductor and music educator. Recent performance highlights have included the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen\, CO\, the Sunday Afternoon Kilgen Organ Recital Series at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC\, the Friday Midday Music series at National City Christian Church in Washington\, DC\, and an appearance on the Naxos Records release Songs of Peace and Praise: Choral Music from Queens College.  Dr. Wolfe is a recipient of the Organ Historical Society’s E. Power Biggs Fellowship\, and has served as Dean\, Sub-Dean and Executive Board member of the American Guild of Organists Brooklyn Chapter. He is the Organist and Director of Music at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brooklyn\, NY\, where he performs on the church’s 1999 Rev. Dr. John Milton Coleman Memorial Organ by Guilbault-Thérien. \nIn January 2018\, Wolfe earned the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance at Rutgers University.  While at Rutgers he studied with Professor Renée Anne Louprette and received the university’s Drinkwater and Shaw organ scholarships\, and the Elizabeth Wyckoff Durham award for academic distinction and excellence in organ or piano performance.  He also holds a Master’s Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College\, where he studied with Professor Walter Klauss and earned the Maynard Walker Organ Award\, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Vassar College\, where he studied with Professor Gail Archer.  While working towards his Bachelor’s Degree he additionally studied in Prague\, Czech Republic via New York University. Dr. Wolfe is a native of Gettysburg\, Pennsylvania. \nDownload Summer Organ Recital Program
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2022-summer-organ-recital-series-dr-john-wolfe/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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SUMMARY:2022 Summer Organ Recital Series – Paul Hardy
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the fifth performance in our 2022 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 31 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Paul Hardy of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nPaul Hardy\nPaul Hardy studied organ with Dr. Robert Grogan and has been the Principal Organist of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle since 2000. While serving as organist at the cathedral\, he provided organ music for the funeral mass of the Chief Justice of the United States\, William Rehnquist\, as well as for National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski\, Senator Paul Laxalt and journalist Cokie Roberts. He was honored to accompany the Papal midday prayer at the Cathedral on the occasion of Pope Francis’s September 2015 visit to Washington. Paul was recently privileged to be organist at the early morning Inauguration Day Mass for President-Elect Joseph Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris. At that same Mass\, Paul had the honor of accompanying the esteemed award-winning soprano and world-renowned opera star\, Renée Fleming. \nPaul is a frequent recitalist on both piano and organ. He coordinates the music for the many weddings at the Cathedral and assists the musicians at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as organist and carillonneur. He also serves as a database and ETL developer at American University in the Office of Information Technology. \nDownload Summer Organ Recital Program
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2022-summer-organ-recital-series-paul-hardy/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
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