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Concerts With a Cause
Featuring Dobson Organ, opus 78
St. John United Methodist Church, Augusta
2003-2004


September 27-28 David Higgs, concert artist and Chair of Organ, Eastman School of Music

Sept 27 11:00am Masterclass with organists from our region.
Sept 28 3:00pm Inaugural organ concert
The cause: local chapter of American Red Cross

November 2 7:30/8:00pm A Concert and Service of Consolation for All Saints

Organists: Jamie Council Garvey and Alvin Blount
Violinist: Ryan Kho
Choirs: The Chancel and Youth Choirs of St. John Church
The Parish, Contemporary, and Parish Schola Choirs of St. Mary Church
Readers: Clergy and lay readers of both congregations
Concert at 7:30/Service at 8:00
The cause: St. Joseph Hospice

November 16 3:00pm A Hymn Festival with John Ferguson

John Ferguson, professor of organ and church music, St. Olaf College
Assisted by Don Saliers, professor of Theology and Liturgics,
the Candler School of Theology
Organist and choir director: Mr. Ferguson
The Crescent Brass
The St. John Choir
The cause: The Jessye Norman School of the Arts

December 24 10:30pm/11:00pm Christmas Eve Concert and Lessons and Carols

Organist: Jamie Council Garvey
Orchestra: members of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra
Choir: The St. John Choir
Concert at 10:30/Service at 11:00
The cause: Child Enrichment

January 25 3:00pm Music for Organ and Harp

Organist: Keith Shafer, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Harpist: Vonda Darr
The cause: Habitat for Humanity

February 15 3:00pm Organ Concert

Organist: John Ourensma, organist, and voicer/pipemaker
for Dobson Pipe Organ Builders Inc.
The cause: Augusta Urban Ministries

March 14 3:00pm Organ Music for Lent

Organist: Alvin Blount, St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church
The cause: Augusta Rescue Mission

April 4 8:00pm Collage of the Arts for Passion Week

Organist: Jim Nord, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
The Excelsior String Quartet
The St. John Choir
Actors, dancers, and choral music, with visual art from seven centuries.
The cause: United Methodist Children’s Home