Haunted Halloween Organ & Choir Concert

Name: Haunted Halloween Organ & Choir Concert
Start: 2025-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 205 Elmwood Ave, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24503

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

205 Elmwood Ave, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24503 | Lynchburg, VA

🎃 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 🎃⁣
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 · 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌⁣
𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 · 𝟐𝟎𝟓 𝐄𝐥𝐦𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 · 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠, 𝐕𝐀 𝟐𝟒𝟓𝟎𝟑⁣
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 · 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦!⁣
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Join 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 for a spooky and spectacular evening of music and storytelling featuring:⁣
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🎶 𝐏𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, Organist⁣
📖 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞, Narrator⁣
🎵 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐫 & 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐫⁣
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𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤:⁣
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫"⁣
by Canadian composer 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧⁣
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Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists and based on Washington Irving’s classic tale, this haunting piece received its premiere in 2024 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. This marks its 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞!⁣
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𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:⁣
· J. S. Bach’s “𝐓𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐃 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫”⁣
· Saint-Saëns’ “𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐞” (transcription)⁣
· John Williams’ “𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞” from 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳⁣
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭:⁣
𝐏𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 is Organist and Choirmaster at St. John’s and Director of the Cantate Children’s and Youth Choir. A distinguished recitalist in the U.S. and Europe, she serves as National Vice-President and Councillor for Competitions and New Music for the American Guild of Organists. Ms. Howell holds degrees from Susquehanna University and Union Theological Seminary, and studied in Hamburg, Germany. Her organ teachers include James Boeringer, Heinz Wunderlich, Charles Dodsley Walker, Cherry Rhodes, and Harald Vogel.⁣
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𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞!⁣
An offering will be taken to support future musical programming.⁣
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🌐 Learn more at:⁣
stjohnslynchburg.org | cantatechoir.org