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SUMMARY:2025 Summer Organ Recital Series: James Kibbie
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the third performance of the 2025 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET in the Great Upper Church. We welcome James Kibbie of Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, who will perform. \n\nProgram:\nPièce d’Orgue – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) \nChoral Preludes – Bach \nMeine Seele erhebt den Herren (My Soul Magnifies the Lord) \nJesus\, meine Zuversicht (Jesus\, My Confidence) \nMeine Seele erhebt den Herren\, Fugue on the Magnificat \nFantasia in F Minor – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) \nTwo Pieces – Florence Price (1887-1953) \nThe Hour Glass (Sandman) \nRetrospection (An Elf on a Moonbeam) \nGo Down\, Moses – Fela Sowande (1905-1987) \nFrom Symphonie VI\, Op. 42\, No. 2 – Charles-Marie\, Widor (1844-1937) \nAdagio \nFinale \n\nJames Kibbie\nJames Kibbie maintains a full schedule of concert\, recording\, and festival engagements throughout North America and Europe\, including appearances at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris\, Royal Festival Hall in London\, Dvořak Hall in Prague\, and Lincoln Center in New York. During his month-long concert tour of the Soviet Union in 1991\, the newspaper Pravda hailed him as “a marvelous organist\, a brilliant interpreter.” A frequent jury member of international organ competitions\, he has himself been awarded the Grand Prix d’Interprétation at the prestigious International Organ Competition of Chartres\, France\, and is also the only American to have won the International Organ Competition of the Prague Spring Festival in the former Czechoslovakia. \nJames Kibbie’s performances have been broadcast on radio and television in the USA\, Canada and Europe. His extensive discography includes “Merrily on Hill\,” performed on the famed Skinner organ in Hill Auditorium\, Ann Arbor\, works of Dieterich Buxtehude recorded on the historic 1687 Schnitger organ of Norden\, Germany\, and discs of music by Bach\, Franck\, Alain\, Tournemire\, Sowande\, Buck\, Morrison\, and contemporary Czech composers. Dr. Kibbie’s “audio holiday cards\,” recorded on the Létourneau organ in his residence and issued as free internet downloads\, are a popular annual tradition. \nJames Kibbie is internationally renowned as an authority on the organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He has performed the complete cycle of Bach organ works in a series of 18 recitals and is in constant demand as a Bach recitalist and clinician. His recordings of the complete Bach works on historic baroque organs in Germany have been welcomed with enthusiastic critical and audience acclaim. Thanks to generous support from Dr. Barbara Furin Sloat in honor of J. Barry Sloat\, the University of Michigan is offering Dr. Kibbie’s recordings of all 274 Bach works as free internet downloads at www.blockmrecords.org/bach. \nJames Kibbie is Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan\, where his 42-year tenure included service as University Organist and Chair of the Organ Department. His former students hold key positions in college teaching and church music nationally. Among the honors he has received\, he is particularly proud of the James Kibbie Scholarship\, endowed in perpetuity by the University of Michigan to support students majoring in organ performance and sacred music. \n\n\n\nUpcoming Concerts\n\n\nJuly 27\nAndrew Meagher – Jefferson City\, Missouri\n\n\nAugust 3\nGregory Hand – Iowa City\, Iowa\n\n\nAugust 10\nPeter Latona – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 17\nBenjamin LaPrairie – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 24\nM. Chad Levitt – St. Augustine\, Florida\n\n\nAugust 31\nSarah Palmer – Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2025-summer-organ-recital-series-james-kibbie/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T180000
DTSTAMP:20250702T182416Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Summer Organ Recital Series: Thomas Vozzella
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the second performance of the 2025 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 13 at 6:00 p.m. ET in the Great Upper Church. We welcome Thomas Vozzella from Kansas City\, Missouri\, as our performer. \n\nProgram:\nHerr Gott\, dich loben alle wir\, P. 183 – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)\nTune: Old 100th (Lord God\, we all praise you) \nFantasy and Fugue in C minor\, BWV 537 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) \nWer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten\, BWV 642 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) \nThe man who leaves to God all power and hopeth in him all his days\, \nHe will most wondrously protect him through every cross and sad distress. \nWho doth in God Almighty trust hath not built on the sand. \nPartita on Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten – Carson Cooman (b. 1982) \nOstinato marcato \nBicinium \nAria \nGigue-Finale \nPassacaglia – John E. West (1863-1929) \nSix Variations on a Moravian Theme – Margret Vardell Sandresky (b. 1921) \nMoravian Theme \n1. Andante \n2. Pastorale \n3. Tonus Perigrinus \n4. Adagio \n5. Scherzo \n6. Presto \nEpilogue \nTwo Spirituals “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” and “Balm in Gilead” – arranged by Thomas R. Vozzella (b. 1963) \nToccata in D minor – Gordon Balch Nevin (1892-1943) \n\nThomas R. Vozzella\nThomas R. Vozzella\, DMA\, is Director of Music-Organist at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church\, Kansas City; a Staff Organist at the Community of Christ\, Independence. He has served the AGO as Dean (Black Hills Chapter)\, and the ACDA (National Chair for Music in Worship). Alliance\, Augsburg\, Abingdon\, Selah\, CanticaNOVA\, and St. James Music Press publish his compositions. An extensive catalogue can be found at Sheet Music Plus and Music Notes. Additionally\, as a composer he has received six ASCAP Plus Awards. He has presented at state\, regional and national AGO and AGO conventions\, toured in twenty-six states\, District of Columbia and eleven countries. Organ study has been with Lambert Brandes\, John Ditto\, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvard; master classes with Marie-Claire Alain\, Frédéric Blanc\, Peter Hurford\, and John Obetz. His mantra is all encompassing of his work and call: “Serving Christ and the holy Catholic church through the arts.” Additional information and future presentations can be found at tvozzella.com. \n\n\n\nUpcoming Concerts\n\n\nJuly 20\nJames Kibbie – Ann Arbor\, Michigan\n\n\nJuly 27\nAndrew Meagher – Jefferson City\, Missouri\n\n\nAugust 3\nGregory Hand – Iowa City\, Iowa\n\n\nAugust 10\nPeter Latona – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 17\nBenjamin LaPrairie – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 24\nM. Chad Levitt – St. Augustine\, Florida\n\n\nAugust 31\nSarah Palmer – Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2025-summer-organ-recital-series-thomas-vozzella/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250706T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250706T180000
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SUMMARY:2025 Summer Organ Recital Series: Adam Chlebek
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the 2025 Organ Recital Series and welcome a new assistant organist! In this first recital of the 2025 Summer Organ Recital Series\, we are delighted to welcome our new Assistant Director of Music\, Adam Chlebek\, who will be performing on July 6 at 6:00 p.m. ET in the Great Upper Church. \nNote: this concert will be livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass. \nDownload the Program\n\nProgram:\nFanfare – John Cook (1918–1984) \nConcerto in D minor\, BWV 596\, after Vivaldi – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) \n    […] \n    Grave \n    Fuga \n    Largo e spiccato \n    […] \nChoral No. 1 in E major – César Franck (1822–1890) \nSuite Brève (1947) – Jean Langlais (1907–1991) \n    II. Cantilène \nPsalm Prelude\, Set 2 No. 1 (De Profundis) – Herbert Howells (1892–1983) \nPrelude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain\, op. 7 – Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) \n\nAdam Chlebek\nAdam Chlebek serves as the Assistant Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A Polish-American from Chicago\, IL\, he completed his Master of Music in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nathan Laube. He earned second prize at the 2022 Taylor Organ Competition and was a finalist in the 2024 Elizabeth Stephens International Organ Competition. Adam has performed throughout the United States and Poland and has participated in masterclasses with organists Janette Fishell\, William Porter\, and Arvid Gast. In 2022\, he served as the first Sacred Music Intern at the Basilica. \nAdam is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance with Jonathan Moyer; there\, he also focused on choral singing and conducting. He sang in the Oberlin Musical Union\, under the direction of Gregory Ristow\, and Collegium Musicum\, under the direction of Steven Plank; and studied choral conducting with Jodi Kerchner and Ben Johns. Adam likewise participated as a jazz pianist in Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation Ensemble\, performing with Jamey Haddad\, Jay Ashby\, and Becca Stevens\, among others. \nAs a Catholic musician\, Adam previously served as the Director of Music at St. Thomas More Parish in Rochester\, New York\, and St. James Parish in Lakewood\, Ohio\, and sang in the acclaimed Christ Church Schola Cantorum\, under the direction of Stephen Kennedy. \n\n\n\nUpcoming Concerts\n\n\nJuly 13\nThomas Vozzella – Kansas City\, Missouri\n\n\nJuly 20\nJames Kibbie – Ann Arbor\, Michigan\n\n\nJuly 27\nAndrew Meagher – Jefferson City\, Missouri\n\n\nAugust 3\nGregory Hand – Iowa City\, Iowa\n\n\nAugust 10\nPeter Latona – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 17\nBenjamin LaPrairie – Washington\, D.C.\n\n\nAugust 24\nM. Chad Levitt – St. Augustine\, Florida\n\n\nAugust 31\nSarah Palmer – Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2025-summer-organ-recital-series-adam-chlebek/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250601
DTSTAMP:20250509T201358Z
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SUMMARY:Archdiocese of Washington Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 31\, 2025\, the faithful of the Archdiocese of Washington are invited to participate in their pilgrimage at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. There will be a Holy Hour at 3:00 PM in the Great Upper Church\, followed by Mass at 4:30 PM\, the Vigil Mass for the Ascension of the Lord. The Most Reverend Evelio Menjivar-Ayala\, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington\, will be the principal celebrant and homilist. \nMore information on the full schedule of events can be found on the Archdiocese’s website.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/archdiocese-of-washington-pilgrimage-2025/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Pilgrimage
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250519
DTSTAMP:20250512T200832Z
CREATED:20250509T231050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T200832Z
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SUMMARY:Mass of Thanksgiving upon the Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us on Sunday\, May 18\, 2025\, at 12:00 Noon ET\, for a Mass of Thanksgiving upon the Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV\, coinciding with our new Holy Father’s formal inauguration in St. Peter’s Square. The Basilica invites all the faithful to join America’s Catholic Church in offering thanks to God for the first Pope from the United States. The Papacy is a worldwide ministry\, so we join the entire world in rejoicing and offering prayers for our Holy Father\, Pope Leo XIV. \nThe Mass will be livestreamed at nationalshrine.org/mass. \nPhoto credit: AP. 
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/mass-of-thanksgiving-upon-the-inauguration-of-pope-leo-xiv/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy,Special
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T143000
DTSTAMP:20241217T183723Z
CREATED:20241021T195928Z
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SUMMARY:Our Lady of Lujan Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, May 4\, 2025\, the annual Argentinian Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Lujan will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/our-lady-of-lujan-pilgrimage-2025/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Pilgrimage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T163000
DTSTAMP:20250423T163623Z
CREATED:20250422T223849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T163623Z
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SUMMARY:Mass of Thanksgiving for the Life of Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Life of Pope Francis. All the faithful are invited to attend the Mass to pray for the repose of the late Pope’s soul\, and to offer thanksgiving for his life and ministry as Successor of Saint Peter. The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge\, Bishop of Arlington\, will be the principal celebrant and homilist. \nAs Monsignor Walter Rossi\, Rector of the Basilica said in a statement on the death of the Holy Father\, “we also give thanks to God for his 55 years as a priest\, his 32 years as a bishop\, and 12 years as Pope. A life of service to the Church and to God’s people\, we remember him and strive to ‘go out to proclaim the merciful embrace of the Father’ as he urged in his 2015 homily at the Basilica.” \nThis special liturgy and prayer for the late Holy Father will be livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass and broadcast live on EWTN.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/mass-of-thanksgiving-for-the-life-of-pope-francis/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy,Special
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250330
DTSTAMP:20250319T200327Z
CREATED:20241018T215954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T200327Z
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SUMMARY:24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion
DESCRIPTION:In observance of Pope Francis’ annual Lenten initiative “24 Hours for the Lord\,” the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will once again host 40 Hours Devotion. \nThe Basilica’s “24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion” Lenten observance will begin with an Opening Mass on Thursday\, March 27\, at 5:15 p.m.* His Eminence Christophe Cardinal Pierre\, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States\, will celebrate the Opening Mass. The observance will conclude with a Closing Mass celebrated by His Eminence Robert Cardinal McElroy\, Archbishop of Washington\, on Saturday\, March 29\, at 4:30 p.m.* \nAfter the Opening Mass\, Adoration will take place continuously\, to include overnight hours\, through the Closing Mass on Saturday\, March 29\, at 4:30 p.m. The Closing Mass will conclude with a Eucharistic Procession through the Great Upper Church followed by Solemn Benediction. \nThe Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available during the Basilica’s regularly scheduled hours in the Chapel of Our Lady of Hostyn\, the Confessional Chapel. \nThe faithful are invited to spend time in Adoration before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the National Shrine’s 40 Hours Devotion in observance of Pope Francis’ “24 Hours for the Lord” initiative. \n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass and broadcast on EWTN.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/24-hours-for-the-lord-40-hours-devotion-2025/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTSTAMP:20250321T223357Z
CREATED:20250208T001033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T223357Z
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SUMMARY:In Concert: The Choir of Westminster Cathedral
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday\, March 25\, 2025\, at 7:00 p.m. for a choral concert featuring the Choir of Westminster Cathedral\, UK. Under the direction of Simon Johnson and with organist Daniel Greenway\, the Choir will perform works by Poulenc\, Byrd\, Howells\, Rheinberger\, MacMillan\, as well as Marian works for the Solemnity of the Annunciation. The concert will be held in the Great Upper Church. It is free and open to the public. \nView Concert Program\n\nDonate to Support Westminster Cathedral Choir
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/in-concert-the-choir-of-westminster-cathedral/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T133000
DTSTAMP:20250211T202436Z
CREATED:20250208T002132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T202436Z
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SUMMARY:Installation Mass of Robert Cardinal McElroy\, 8th Archbishop of Washington
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 11th for the Mass of Installation of Robert Cardinal McElroy as the 8th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. The faithful are invited to attend this sacred and solemn moment in our church’s history. \nChristophe Cardinal Pierre\, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States\, will serve as the principal celebrant. The liturgical procession will begin promptly at 1:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public\, no reservations required. Attendees are asked to be seated in the Basilica’s Great Upper Church by 1:00 p.m.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/installation-mass-of-robert-cardinal-mcelroy-8th-archbishop-of-washington/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Special
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T120000
DTSTAMP:20250422T224640Z
CREATED:20250228T050650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T224640Z
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SUMMARY:Solemn Mass and Holy Rosary to Pray for Pope Francis on the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us at 12:00 Noon on Sunday\, March 2\, 2025\, for the Solemn Mass and recitation of the Holy Rosary to pray for Pope Francis. His Eminence\, Christophe Cardinal Pierre\, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States\, will be the celebrant and homilist at Mass. Immediately following Mass\, Monsignor Walter Rossi\, Rector of the Basilica\, will lead the faithful in praying the Holy Rosary. \nThis special liturgy and prayer for the Holy Father will be livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass and broadcast live on EWTN.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/solemn-mass-and-holy-rosary-to-pray-for-pope-francis/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy,Special
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250302
DTSTAMP:20250219T211455Z
CREATED:20250219T202641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T211455Z
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SUMMARY:Pueri Cantores Mid-Atlantic Youth Choral Festival and Mass
DESCRIPTION:Pueri Cantores\, the national student choral organization of the Catholic Church\, invites all parish and school treble and mixed voice choirs (grades 4-12) in the region to participate in a Festival & Mass on Saturday\, March 1\, 2025. Singers will unite with hundreds of their peers as one combined choir to sing beautiful music from the Church’s rich historical repertoire. More information is available at pcchoirs.org. \nThe Festival will conclude with Mass at 4:30 p.m. in the Great Upper Church. Prior to Mass\, there will be a Choral Prelude at 3:45 p.m. Cardinal Wilton Gregory\, Apostolic Administrator of Washington\, will be the Celebrant & Homilist.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/pueri-cantores-mid-atlantic-youth-choral-festival-and-mass/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250124T080000
DTSTAMP:20250122T171548Z
CREATED:20240228T180714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T171548Z
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SUMMARY:National Prayer Vigil for Life
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us both in person and virtually for the 2025 National Prayer Vigil for Life on January 23 – January 24. The Opening Mass will begin at 5:00 PM on January 23 in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica. Immediately following the Opening Mass\, the National Holy Hour for Life will be held through 8:00 PM. The National Prayer Vigil will conclude with the Closing Mass at 8:00 AM on January 24 in the Great Upper Church. \nBoth the Opening and Closing Mass will be livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass. \n\n*** Reservations and concelebration by (Arch)Bishops and Priests is required.*** \n\nThursday\, January 23\n\n\n\nTime:\nAdditional Information:\n\n\n4:45 p.m.\nChaplet of Divine Mercy\n\n\n5:00 p.m.*\nOpening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life\nMost Reverend Joseph F. Naumann\, Archbishop of Kansas City\, Kansas – Principal Celebrant & Homilist\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\nThe National Holy Hour for Life\n\n\n\nMembers of the Hierarchy and Priests who wish to concelebrate and Deacons who wish to attend are required to register ahead of time for the Opening Mass. Click here to register. \nSeminarians are also required to register ahead of time for the Opening Mass. Click here to register. \nFriday\, January 24\n\n\n\nTime:\nAdditional Information:\n\n\n8:00 a.m.*\nClosing Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life\nMost Reverend Robert J. Brennan\, Bishop of Brooklyn – Principal Celebrant & Homilist\n\n\n\nMembers of the Hierarchy and Priests who wish to concelebrate and Deacons who wish to attend are required to register ahead of time for the Closing Mass. Click here to register. \n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/national-prayer-vigil-for-life-2025/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250113
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SUMMARY:The Baptism of the Lord
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, January 12 as we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Cardinal Christophe Pierre\, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States\, will be the principal celebrant and homilist for the noon Mass. \nSaturday\, January 11\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and Additional Information:\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nVigil Mass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, January 12\n\n\n\nTime:\nLocation and Additional Information:\n\n\n7:30 a.m.\nMass – Crypt Church\n\n\n9:00 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n12:00 Noon*\nSolemn Mass of the Baptism of the Lord – Great Upper Church\nCardinal Christophe Pierre\, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States\, Principal Celebrant and Homilist\n\n\n2:30 p.m.*\nMisa Solemne del Bautismo del Señor – Iglesia Superior\n\n\n4:30 p.m.\nMass – Great Upper Church\n\n\n\n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/the-baptism-of-the-lord-2025/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T140000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184436Z
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SUMMARY:Archdiocese of Washington Walk with Mary Pilgrimage in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 14\, 2024\, the faithful of the Archdiocese of Washington will hold their annual Walk with Mary procession and Mass to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe\, Patroness of the Americas. All are welcome to join. \nDownload the “Save the Date” card. \nDownload the event flier.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/archdiocese-of-washington-walk-with-mary-pilgrimage-in-honor-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-2024/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Pilgrimage
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241208
DTSTAMP:20241217T184454Z
CREATED:20240814T175556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T184454Z
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SUMMARY:Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 7\, 2024\, the Haitian Catholic Community is invited to participate in the Annual Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/haitian-catholic-community-pilgrimage-2024/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Pilgrimage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T180000
DTSTAMP:20240814T193723Z
CREATED:20240110T175634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T193723Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - David Stultz
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the eighth performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 25 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. David Stultz of Detroit\, Michigan will perform. \n 
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-david-stultz/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240818T180000
DTSTAMP:20240814T193723Z
CREATED:20240110T183454Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Benjamin LaPrairie
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the seventh performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 18 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Benjamin LaPrairie of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nBenjamin LaPrairie\n\nBenjamin LaPrairie serves as Associate Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. Since 2011\, he has assisted in the leadership of the music department and has regularly accompanied daily\, Sunday\, and other special Masses throughout the year. Notable liturgies include the Canonization Mass of Saint Junípero Serra\, celebrated by Pope Francis\, and the Funeral Mass of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In May of 2019\, Benjamin performed with the Choir of the Basilica in concerts and liturgies in Rome for the commemoration of 35 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Previous posts include Principal Organist at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Washington\, D.C.\, and Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles\, Illinois. \nAs a composer\, Benjamin’s works have been performed by the Choir\, Brass\, and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and have been recorded and broadcast worldwide on EWTN\, Salt & Light Media\, and CatholicTV. His setting of Christus Vincit was premiered upon the entrance of Pope Francis into the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine in September of 2015. Recent works include a new setting of Ye Sons and Daughters for the Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and a setting of Joy to the World for the choirs and orchestra of The Catholic University of America. As an organist\, Benjamin has performed throughout the United States and abroad\, and has been featured as a soloist with the Pine Mountain Music Festival\, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City\, NJ\, at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the Eccles Organ Festival at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City\, UT\, and the Sacra Liturgia Conference at St. Patrick Seminary in San Francisco\, CA. Upcoming performances include the Cathedral Concert Series at St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo\, MI. \nA native of Michigan\, Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theater\, and Dance\, where he studied organ with Robert Glasgow. He received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music\, where he studied organ with John Walker\, and was the recipient of the Bruce R. Eicher Prize in Organ. In the fall of 2019\, Benjamin was appointed Lecturer in Organ at The Catholic University of America Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art\, and in 2022\, he was invited to join the board of the Catholic Sacred Music Project\, under the patronage of Robert Cardinal Sarah.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-benjamin-laprairie/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T180000
DTSTAMP:20240814T193723Z
CREATED:20240110T182131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T193723Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Charles Tompkins
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the sixth performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 11 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Charles Tompkins of Greenville\, South Carolina will perform.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-charles-tompkins/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240721T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240721T180000
DTSTAMP:20240814T193723Z
CREATED:20240110T190859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T193723Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Peter Latona
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the third performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 21 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Dr. Peter Latona of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nPeter Latona\nPeter Latona (b.1968) is the Music Director for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 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 has released numerous recordings of sacred choral music\, presented concerts in the United States and abroad\, performing nationally for the American Guild of Organists\, National Pastoral Musicians Association\, Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedrals\, 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 are Tu es Petrus: A Papal Tribute in Music\, which commemorates the Papacy of Pope Benedict XVI and celebrates the Petrine ministry of Pope Francis\, and 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. \nDr. Latona’s compositions are published by Morningstar Music Publishers as well as Canticanova Publications and G.I.A. His music has been featured in various media productions including Fr. 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\, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston\, 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 accomplishment\, 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 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.).
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-peter-latona/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T180000
DTSTAMP:20240917T002508Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Jacob Gruss
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the second performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 14 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Jacob Gruss of New York\, New York will perform.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-jacob-gruss/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240707T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240707T180000
DTSTAMP:20240917T002508Z
CREATED:20240109T201140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T002508Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Summer Organ Recital Series - Andrew Vu
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the first performance in our 2024 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 7 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Andrew Vu of Washington\, D.C. 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.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2024-summer-organ-recital-series-andrew-vu/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T180000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184538Z
CREATED:20240209T215032Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Octave Day of Easter Concert: Eric Plutz
DESCRIPTION:Please join the National Shrine on Divine Mercy Sunday\, April 7\, 2024\, for our annual Octave Day of Easter Concert. Eric Plutz\, University Organist at Princeton University\, will perform. \nEric Plutz\nEric Plutz is University Organist at Princeton University\, where his responsibilities include playing for weekly services at the Chapel\, Academic Ceremonies\, and solo concerts\, as well as accompanying the Chapel Choir in services and concerts. He manages the weekly After Noon Concert Series at the University Chapel\, is Lecturer in Music and Instructor of Organ at Princeton University\, and maintains a private studio. Also in Princeton\, Mr. Plutz is Collaborative Keyboardist for Princeton Pro Musica. In 2016 Mr. Plutz received the Alumni Merit Award from Westminster Choir College. More information is available at www.ericplutz.com. \nIn celebration of Louis Vierne’s 150th birthday in 2020\, Eric initiated The Vierne Project: performances of the complete organ symphonies. One of a handful of organists to embark on such a venture\, he performed in Beverly Hills (CA)\, Durham (NC)\, Minneapolis (MN)\, Lancaster and Reading (PA)\, Ithaca (NY)\, Houston (TX)\, Evanston (IL)\, Portland (OR)\, Olympia (WA)\, and San Antonio (TX). A CD recording of the symphonies on six different instruments was released on the Affetto label in 2022. \nMr. Plutz’s most recent recording\, “B A C H – The Gamut from ‘A’ to ‘G’\,” was released on the Affetto label in 2023. Showcasing organ works in A\, B\, C\, D\, E\, F\, and G\, the album was recorded on the Mander/Skinner organ in Princeton University Chapel. \nAs an organ concert soloist\, Mr. Plutz\, who “performs with gusto\, flair\, clarity\, and strong yet pliant rhythmic control (James Hildreth for The American Organist)\,” has accepted engagements in distinguished locations across the United States and abroad. He has been a featured artist at three Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists (2007\, 2011\, and 2019)\, the Annual Convention of the Organ Historical Society (2016). His playing has been broadcast on “With Heart and Voice\,” “Pipedreams\,” and “the Wanamaker Organ Hour.” \nEric has made four solo recordings on the Pro Organo label\, www.proorgano.com. French Trilogy (on the Æolian-Skinner Organ at Byrnes Auditorium\, Winthrop University\, Rock Hill\, SC)\, about which James Reed (The Diapason) wrote\, “Plutz is a master craftsman… his performances are sensitive\, emotional\, stunningly accurate\, and spectacularly musical… truly a world-class performance by a world-class musician\,” and Denver Jubilee (restored 1938 Kimball Organ of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral\, Denver\, CO)\, about which David Schwartz (American Record Guide) wrote\, “….he understands\, as would a great orchestrator\, how to register the more orchestral side of the instrument….” \nTwo previous recordings are of the Princeton University Chapel Organ: Musique Héroïque and Carnival\, about which Mr. Hildreth (TAO) writes\, “Plutz’s extraordinary musicianship and dexterous command allow him to perform the most challenging passages (of which there are many!) with apparent ease. He performs the quiet pieces with poetry and grace.” \nFrom 2005 to 2020\, Mr. Plutz was rehearsal accompanist for the Westminster Symphonic Choir at Westminster Choir College. Additionally\, he has worked with many organizations\, including The Bach Choir of Bethlehem\, National Symphony Orchestra\, Choral Arts Society of Washington\, and the Cathedral Choral Society (DC). As a teacher\, he held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College three separate times. \nOriginally from Rock Island\, Illinois\, Mr. Plutz earned a Bachelor of Music degree\, magna cum laude\, from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Additional study consists of two visits to Europe: in 2005\, he studied the complete organ works of César Franck with Marie-Louise Langlais in Paris\, and in 2019 he studied the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne with Ben van Oosten in The Hague\, Netherlands.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/annual-octave-day-of-easter-concert-eric-plutz/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240310
DTSTAMP:20241217T184538Z
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SUMMARY:24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion
DESCRIPTION:In observance of Pope Francis’ annual Lenten initiative “24 Hours for the Lord\,” the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will once again host 40 Hours Devotion. \nThe Basilica’s “24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion” Lenten observance will begin with an Opening Mass on Thursday\, March 7\, at 5:15 p.m.* The observance will conclude with a Closing Mass on Saturday\, March 9\, at 4:30 p.m.* \nAfter the Opening Mass\, Adoration will take place continuously\, to include overnight hours\, through the Closing Mass on Saturday\, March 9\, at 4:30 p.m. The Closing Mass will conclude with a Eucharistic Procession through the Great Upper Church followed by Solemn Benediction. \nThe Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available during the Basilica’s regularly scheduled hours in the Chapel of Our Lady of Hostyn\, the Confessional Chapel. \nThe faithful are invited to spend time in Adoration before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the National Shrine’s 40 Hours Devotion in observance of Pope Francis’ “24 Hours for the Lord” initiative. \n*Livestreamed on www.nationalshrine.org/mass
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/24-hours-for-the-lord-40-hours-devotion-2024/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Liturgy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T193000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184614Z
CREATED:20231102T231706Z
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SUMMARY:The Catholic University of America Annual Christmas Concert
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Catholic University of America\, this event draws standing-room-only crowds and raises thousands of dollars each year for a designated charity. Join us in welcoming the Christmas season with this festive concert taking place on December 1\, 2023\, at 7:30 p.m. \nAll are welcome to attend. There are no tickets or reservations. Seating is on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/cua-annual-christmas-concert-2023/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:All Events,Music,Special
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230827T180000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184636Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Randall Sheets
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the final performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 27 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Randall Sheets of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nRandall Sheets\nRandall Sheets recently retired as Ceremonial Organist for Arlington National Cemetery\, where for the past twenty-five years\, he honored our fallen veterans while performing over 1000 services a year in the historic Old Post Chapel. He served as a resource for military chaplains and families in planning services and has performed for dignitaries and government officials at the highest levels including senators\, Supreme Court justices\, secretaries of state and congressmen. Randall now works for the R.A. Daffer Church Organ Company as a sales representative for Northern Virginia\, Washington\, D.C.\, and eastern West Virginia. \nA graduate of Wittenberg University\, he studied with William Walters (piano)\, Trudy Faber (harpsichord) and Cheryl Colantonio (organ)\, then received a MM from Bowling Green State University under Jerome Rose (piano) and Vernon Wolcott (organ) and a DMA under Thomas Schumacher (piano) at the University of Maryland. Throughout his graduate study\, Dr. Sheets taught at the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution\, and later taught at the Levine School of Music\, the National Cathedral School\, and the Landon School. He was awarded the Liszt Commemorative Medal by the Hungarian Minister of Culture for his work as Festival Director of the Franz Liszt Centennial Celebration held in Washington\, D.C. \nRandall tours frequently with trumpeter Chuck Seipp as the Seipp/Sheets Duo. They have performed over 100 concerts in twenty-two states during the last six seasons\, at various universities\, churches\, and festivals. Their concerts are an innovative blend of standard repertoire\, patriotic programs\, and contemporary arrangements with video. They continue to commission many new arrangements and compositions as well as creating their own arrangements. \nAs a church musician\, Dr. Sheets has extensive experience as an organist and choral conductor\, handbell director\, and producing and managing concert series. Concert appearances as an organist include programs at Washington National Cathedral\, The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land\, West Point Cadet Chapel\, National City Christian Church\, The Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception\, St. Luke’s Catholic Church\, McLean\, historic Bruton Parish in Williamsburg\, Virginia\, and Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, South Carolina.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-randall-sheets/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T180000
DTSTAMP:20241217T184636Z
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Adam Chlebek
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the eighth performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 20 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Adam Chlebek of Lakewood\, Ohio will perform. \nAdam Chlebek\nAdam Chlebek is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with Jonathan Moyer. A Polish-American from Chicago\, IL\, he earned second prize at the 2022 Taylor Organ Competition and has performed throughout the United States and Poland. Chlebek has participated in masterclasses with organists Janette Fishell\, William Porter\, and Arvid Gast. In 2022\, he served as the Sacred Music Intern at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. \nAt Oberlin\, he also focused on choral singing and conducting. He sang in the Oberlin Musical Union\, under the direction of Gregory Ristow\, and Collegium Musicum\, under the direction of Steven Plank and has studied choral conducting with Jodi Kerchner and Ben Johns. \nAdam is an avid jazz pianist; he has participated in Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation Ensemble\, where he has performed with Jamey Haddad\, Jay Ashby\, and Becca Stevens. He is also the keyboardist for The Surrealists\, a psych-rock band based in Evanston\, IL. \nAdam will begin graduate studies in the fall of 2023 at the Eastman School of Music\, where he will study with Nathan Laube.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-adam-chlebek/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Benjamin LaPrairie
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the seventh performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 13 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Benjamin LaPrairie of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nBenjamin LaPrairie\nBenjamin LaPrairie serves as Associate Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C. Since 2011\, he has assisted in the leadership of the music department and has regularly accompanied daily\, Sunday\, and other special Masses throughout the year. Notable liturgies include the Canonization Mass of Saint Junípero Serra\, celebrated by Pope Francis\, and the Funeral Mass of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In May of 2019\, Benjamin performed with the Choir of the Basilica in concerts and liturgies in Rome for the commemoration of 35 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Previous posts include Principal Organist at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Washington\, D.C.\, and Director of Music at St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles\, Illinois. \nAs a composer\, Benjamin’s works have been performed by the Choir\, Brass\, and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and have been recorded and broadcast worldwide on EWTN\, Salt & Light Media\, and CatholicTV. His setting of Christus Vincit was premiered upon the entrance of Pope Francis into the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine in September of 2015. Recent works include a new setting of Ye Sons and Daughters for the Choir and Orchestra of the Basilica\, and a setting of Joy to the World for the choirs and orchestra of The Catholic University of America. As an organist\, Benjamin has performed throughout the United States and abroad\, and has been featured as a soloist with the Pine Mountain Music Festival\, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City\, NJ\, at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, the Eccles Organ Festival at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City\, UT\, and the Sacra Liturgia Conference at St. Patrick Seminary in San Francisco\, CA. Upcoming performances include the Cathedral Concert Series at St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo\, MI. \nA native of Michigan\, Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theater\, and Dance\, where he studied organ with Robert Glasgow. He received a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music\, where he studied organ with John Walker\, and was the recipient of the Bruce R. Eicher Prize in Organ. In the fall of 2019\, Benjamin was appointed Lecturer in Organ at The Catholic University of America Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art\, and in 2022\, he was invited to join the board of the Catholic Sacred Music Project\, under the patronage of Robert Cardinal Sarah.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-benjamin-laprairie/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Nathan Ringkamp
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the sixth performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on August 6 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Nathan Ringkamp of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nNathan Ringkamp\nNathan Ringkamp is the newly appointed music director and organist at the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore\, MD. A native of Hollidaysburg\, Pennsylvania\, he is a recent graduate of The Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music\, Drama\, and Art in Washington\, D.C. where he received his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance. At CUA\, he studied organ with Benjamin LaPrairie and Ronald Stolk\, conducting with Murry Sidlin\, and voice with Gustavo Ahualli. \nWhile pursuing his studies at the university\, he played for the weekly Campus Ministry Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He also aided with organ accompaniment and composition for various ceremonies and Masses at the Basilica\, including the Installation Ceremony of the university’s 16th president\, the Mass of the Holy Spirit\, the Mass of St. Thomas Aquinas\, the Baccalaureate Mass\, and the annual Christmas concert. From 2021 to 2023\, he served as organist at St. Dominic Church in Southwest D.C. He is also an assisting organist at the Basilica. \nNathan has recently participated in a masterclass with Felix Hell and attended the 2023 Yale Summer Organ Week with Martin Jean\, James O’Donnell\, Nathan Laube\, Janette Fishell\, and Jonathan Moyer. He will begin his Master of Music in Organ Performance with Dr. John Walker at the Peabody Conservatory in the fall of 2023.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-nathan-ringkamp/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:2023 Summer Organ Recital Series – Todd Fickley
DESCRIPTION:Join the Basilica for the fifth performance in our 2023 Summer Organ Recital Series on July 30 at 6:00 PM in the Great Upper Church. Todd Fickley of Washington\, D.C. will perform. \nTodd Fickley\nTodd Fickley is the Organist of National Presbyterian Church and founder of “The Bach Project.” He is the long-time protégé of the late Bach expert Dr. J. Reilly Lewis\, having served as his Artistic Assistant at both the Washington Bach Consort and the Cathedral Choral Society. He is also the Associate Director and Keyboard Artist for The Choralis Foundation. \nEqually comfortable at the podium\, harpsichord\, piano\, and organ\, his career spans over 25 years performing across the United States\, Europe\, and Israel. He is frequently seen in concert with a wide variety of ensembles\, such as the National Symphony Orchestra\, The Washington Ballet\, the National Philharmonic\, and the Three Notch’d Road baroque ensemble. \nA native Washingtonian\, Mr. Fickley began his organ studies at the Washington National Cathedral under Bruce Neswick. At the age of 23\, Mr. Fickley was made a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). He also holds the AGO Choirmaster Diploma as well as the M.A. in Organ Performance with High Distinction from the University of Wales. \nA prize-winning organist and specialist in the music of J.S. Bach\, Mr. Fickley has been featured numerous times on NPR and PRI. In 2014 he launched “The Bach Project\,” a cycle of concerts performing and recording all of Bach’s organ works\, the first time in almost a quarter of a century that such a project has been undertaken in the D.C. area. The first volume on the MSR Classics label was praised in Fanfare Magazine as “some of the most enthralling Bach organ playing you are likely to hear anywhere by anyone.” The Project has taken him to Germany in 2015 and 2018 researching and performing on historic organs. \nMr. Fickley is frequently seen as conductor\, soloist\, accompanist and lecturer in the Washington\, D.C. metro area. He is an Officer in the Order of St. John and a member of the National Society of Washington Family Descendants.
URL:https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2023-summer-organ-recital-series-todd-fickley/
LOCATION:Great Upper Church
CATEGORIES:Music
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