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September 6: Jesse Reeks, organ - Price, Bach, Bédard, Franck
Jesse Reeks, Principal Organist of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, brings a program to the Abbey that features two remarkable works that have only recently entered the active repertoire: Florence Price’s Suite No. 1 for Organ, published for the first time in 2020 from manuscript sources, and Bach’s newly identified Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1178.
Jesse Reeks has been organist of St. Louis Cathedral-Basilica since fall 2013, after previously serving as music director/organist at St. Francis of Assisi. In 2014, Jesse was honored as one of Gambit Weekly’s 40 under 40 and continues to distinguish himself in the New Orleans musical community. In 2009, he graduated cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans with the distinction of Outstanding Jazz Studies Major. He later returned to Loyola as the Elise Cambon organ scholar and earned his Master of Music, studying with Dr. Marcus St. Julien, and was named Outstanding Graduate Student in Music Performance. In addition to being staff accompanist at Loyola since 2006, he has been an in-demand collaborator and recitalist, making frequent appearances with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the John Mahoney Big Band, and on numerous film scores.
October 4: Seán Duggan, piano
Dedication Recital for the 1929 Charles M. Stieff Concert Grand
Sunday, October 4, 2026 - 2:30 PM - Benet Hall
Join us on the anniversary of the Dedication of the Abbey Church for a dedicatory recital on the recently donated 1929 Charles M. Stieff concert grand piano in Benet Hall. Seán Duggan, two-time winner of the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition for Pianists and Professor of Piano at SUNY Fredonia, presents a program of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff.
November 8: Michael Bauer, organ
Three French Suites
Sunday, November 8, 2026 - 2:30 PM - Abbey Church
The French organ suite, established as a genre in the 18th century, has been maintained as a compositional framework through three centuries of organ music. St. Joseph Abbey organist Michael Bauer plays three exciting French suites: Clérambault's 18th century Suite du Premier Ton, Boëllmann's 19th century Suite Gothique, and the 20th century Suite Brève by Langlais.
Jesse Reeks, Principal Organist of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, brings a program to the Abbey that features two remarkable works that have only recently entered the active repertoire: Florence Price’s Suite No. 1 for Organ, published for the first time in 2020 from manuscript sources, and Bach’s newly identified Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1178.
Jesse Reeks has been organist of St. Louis Cathedral-Basilica since fall 2013, after previously serving as music director/organist at St. Francis of Assisi. In 2014, Jesse was honored as one of Gambit Weekly’s 40 under 40 and continues to distinguish himself in the New Orleans musical community. In 2009, he graduated cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans with the distinction of Outstanding Jazz Studies Major. He later returned to Loyola as the Elise Cambon organ scholar and earned his Master of Music, studying with Dr. Marcus St. Julien, and was named Outstanding Graduate Student in Music Performance. In addition to being staff accompanist at Loyola since 2006, he has been an in-demand collaborator and recitalist, making frequent appearances with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the John Mahoney Big Band, and on numerous film scores.
October 4: Seán Duggan, piano
Dedication Recital for the 1929 Charles M. Stieff Concert Grand
Sunday, October 4, 2026 - 2:30 PM - Benet Hall
Join us on the anniversary of the Dedication of the Abbey Church for a dedicatory recital on the recently donated 1929 Charles M. Stieff concert grand piano in Benet Hall. Seán Duggan, two-time winner of the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition for Pianists and Professor of Piano at SUNY Fredonia, presents a program of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff.
November 8: Michael Bauer, organ
Three French Suites
Sunday, November 8, 2026 - 2:30 PM - Abbey Church
The French organ suite, established as a genre in the 18th century, has been maintained as a compositional framework through three centuries of organ music. St. Joseph Abbey organist Michael Bauer plays three exciting French suites: Clérambault's 18th century Suite du Premier Ton, Boëllmann's 19th century Suite Gothique, and the 20th century Suite Brève by Langlais.
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