The Twin Cities chapter American Guild of Organists and the Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church

Name: The Twin Cities chapter American Guild of Organists and the Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church
Start: 2025-01-12T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Hamline Church United Methodist

Schedule

Sun, 12 Jan, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Hamline Church United Methodist | Saint Paul, MN

The Twin Cities chapter American Guild of Organists and the Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church present: 2024 Organ Competition Winners’ Recital

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 4:00pm

Hamline Church United Methodist
1514 Englewood Ave
St Paul, MN 55104
Parking is free with entrances on Minnehaha Avenue & Simpson Avenue. Accessible entrance is at the South Door.

Join us as we celebrate the 2024 Organ Competition Winners Evelyn Rohrbach, 1st place; and Isabel (Munson) Alsum, 2nd place. The 2024 Competition in Organ Performance was held on Saturday, April 13, 2024. For additional information on the competition visit our website here.

Free and open to the public. Free-will donations appreciated.

Biographies
As a concert organist, pianist and collaborative musician, Evelyn Rohrbach has performed throughout the United States and Europe. Evelyn is a second-year organ performance major at the Jacobs School of Music and mathematics major at Indiana University.

Evelyn began studying piano at the age of six, organ at the age of 12 and has worked as a church organist and pianist since the age of 12. Her teachers include Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Dr. Janette Fishell, Dr. Stephan Hamilton, Dr. Christa Rakich and Dr. Laura Edman. She studies organ improvisation with Dr. Jeffrey Smith. Her piano teachers include Dr. Kent Cooke, Dr. Gail Olszewski, and Dr. Ivan Konev. In July 2024, Evelyn studied organ performance and improvisation at the Jehan Alain Association in Romain-môtier, Switzerland with Ludgar Lohman, Daniel Roth, Guy Bovet, Emmanuel Le Divellec and Tobias Willi.

Evelyn has won and placed in many organ, piano and composition competitions, including
winner of the TCAGO/Schubert Club Organ Competition in 2024, 8-time Badger State WMTA winner (4th- 12th grades), semifinalist and runners-up in the Milwaukee Symphony, Chippewa Valley Symphony, La Crosse Symphony, and St. Paul Piano Teachers Concerto Competitions. She was awarded first place in The Bill and Pat Medley Pre-College Piano Competition in May, 2020 and was the winner of the 2020 MTNA Composition Competition in Minnesota. Evelyn is a two time recipient of the Michael Barone Pipedreams Organ Scholarship, and currently serves as the organist at Roberts Park United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Evelyn has a passion for solo and collaborative performance as well as sacred music. She also enjoys opera, cooking, and all things sheep. Evelyn spins, knits, crochets, and raises a small flock of Targhee sheep that she breeds and shows for wool and herds with her 5-year-old border collie, Dottsie.

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A native of Lakeville, Minnesota, Isabel (Munson) Alsum began studying the organ after receiving the Pipedreams Organ Scholarship in 2016. She took lessons with Dr. Mary Newton and Dr. Kristina Langlois during high school. Isabel attended Dordt University (Sioux Center, IA) and studied with Dr. Carrie Groenewold. In May 2024, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Organ Performance. Isabel currently attends the University of Kansas and is pursuing a master's degree in organ and church music while studying organ with Dr. James Higdon.
About the Frères Casavant Organ at Hamline Church:
Hamline Church’s Casavant Organ
About the Music and Arts Series at Hamline Church:
The Music and Arts Series provides exceptional and meaningful performances to enrich the lives of those in the Hamline Midway neighborhood and the greater Twin Cities community. The 2024-25 season is filled with a diverse and exciting lineup of high-quality instrumental, choral, musical theatre, R&B, bluegrass, and dance artists. Learn more about the individual performers or purchase a season pass. You can help support the series by volunteering, making a financial contribution, and most importantly: attending concerts! Please contact Artistic Director, Dr. David Kozisek at [email protected] for more information.
2024 – 2025 Music & Arts Series – Hamline Church.