Stephen Tharp, Concert Organist and Recording Artist

Upcoming Concerts

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
Monday, September 13th, 2010 | 7pm
Dallas, TX
World Premiere Performance of George Baker's "ROUEN VARIATIONS" (commissioned by Stephen Tharp) as part of "Pipedreams Live!" hosted by Michael Barone



St. Sulpice
Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | 4pm
Paris, France
CONCERT SPIRITUEL - Works by Roth, Dupré, Baker and Vierne



The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Sunday, October 10th, 2010 | 5:15pm
New York, NY
The Complete Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux Part I - Triptyque, Op. 7; Répons pour les temps liturgiques (1962-66); Te Deum, Op. 11



The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Sunday, October 17th, 2010 | 5:15pm
New York, NY
The Complete Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux Part II - Prélude et Fugue in C, Op. 13; La Nativité, Op. 4; Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit (1945-47)



The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Sunday, October 24th, 2010 | 5:15pm
New York, NY
The Complete Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux Part III - Andante (1953); Twelve Chorale Preludes, Op. 8; Six Etudes, Op. 5



Church Street United Methodist Church
Friday, November 12th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Knoxville, TN
Works by Handel/Tharp, Elgar/Tharp, Alain, Baker, Newman, Vierne and Stravinsky/Tharp



Brick Presbyterian Church
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 | 7pm
New York, NY
Lecture/recital for the New York City chapter of the American Guild of Organists on the organ music of Jeanne Demessieux



The Cathedral of St. Patrick
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 | 7pm
New York, NY
With the Gramercy Brass Orchestra of NY, John Lambert, conductor, in a concert of music for organ and brass. Repertoire to be announced soon.



The Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday, March 13th, 2011 | 7:30pm
Los Angeles, CA
Works by Tharp ("Disney's Trumpets" World Premiere), Chopin, Jongen, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Brahms and Liszt



Cathedral Church of St. John
Friday, April 1st, 2011 | 7pm
Albuquerque, NM
Concert of music for organ, orchestra and choir, featuring James MacMillan's CANTOS SAGRADOS, Maxine Thevenot, conductor



Cathedral of St. Cecilia
Friday, April 8th, 2011 | TBA
Omaha, NE
Marcel Dupré's "Le Chemin de la Croix"



Trinity Church on the Green
Saturday, April 30th, 2011 | 7pm
New Haven, CT
Special solo concert commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the 1935 Aeolian-Skinner organ (Opus 927)



Basilika Ottobeuren
Saturday, June 11th, 2011 | 16.00 Uhr (4pm)
Ottobeuren, Germany
All American organ music concert - Works by Hampton, Barber, Tower, Adler, Robinson and Baker



St. Clemens, Dortmund-Brackel
Sunday, September 25th, 2011 | TBA
Dortmund-Brackel, Germany





Past Concerts

Texas Christian University
Sunday, July 25th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Fort Worth, TX
Opening concert for the Pipe Organ Encounter Week - works by Handel, Mendelssohn, Dupré, Vierne, Liszt/Demessieux and Stravinsky/Tharp



St. Ignatius Loyola
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 | 4:30pm
New York, NY
Performance as part of the Opening Concert for the Pipe Organ Encounter Week (Advanced) in New York City - Funerailles (Liszt/Demessieux) and Deux Esquisses (Dupre)



Merrill Auditorium
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Portland, ME
CONCERT POSTPONED TBA



Ocean Grove Auditorium
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Ocean Grove, NJ
Concert to include the North American Premiere of Eugenio Fagiani's LAUDA SION (2010), plus works by Cook, Latry, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky/Tharp, Vierne, Liszt and Briggs



St. Georg
Sunday, June 20th, 2010 | 6pm
Bocholt, Germany
Works by Briggs (TOCCATA LABYRINTH, written for Stephen Tharp), Franck, Latry, Vierne and Jongen/Tharp (with Jackson Borges)



St. Patrokli-Dom
Saturday, June 12th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Soest, Germany
Works by Briggs (TOCCATA LABYRINTH, written for Stephen Tharp), Franck, Latry, Widor, Vierne and Jongen/Tharp (with Jackson Borges)



St. Lambertus
Monday, June 7th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Düsseldorf, Germany
Works by Briggs (TOCCATA LABYRINTH, written for Stephen Tharp), Franck, Latry, Vierne and Jongen/Tharp (with Jackson Borges)



St. Josef
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 | 7pm
Bonn-Beuel, Germany
Works by Briggs (TOCCATA LABYRINTH, written for Stephen Tharp), Franck, Latry, Vierne and Jongen/Tharp (with Jackson Borges)



Cathedral Church of St. John
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 | 6pm
Albuquerque, NM
Combined program featuring organ, choir and orchestra, including Durufle's Requiem and Barber's Toccata Festiva



Brick Church
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | 7:30pm
New York, NY
Works by Widor and Renaud, Jean Guillou's 18 VARIATIONS (in honour of the composer's 80th birth year), and Stravinsky's THE RITE OF SPRING (adapted by Stephen Tharp)



Royce Hall, UCLA
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 | 8pm
Los Angeles, CA
"HITCHCOCK!" - A special organ concert together with Christoph Bull, with improvisations and movie score transcriptions



Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | 10am-1:30pm
Newark, NJ
Masterclass



Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 | 4pm
Newark, NJ
Works by Demessieux, Samuel Adler's ORGAN SONATA (written for Stephen Tharp), Vierne, Ravel, Tharp (EASTER FANFARES) and Jean Guillou's HYPERION (in honour of the composer's 80th birth year)



Christ and St. Stephen's Church
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 | 5pm
New York, NY
Accompanist for the Evensong



St. Joseph's Cathedral
Friday, February 19th, 2010 | 8:00pm
Hartford, CT
Marcel Dupré's "Le Chemin de la Croix"



Baylor University
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Waco, TX
Concert for the 2010 Midwinter Music Conference - Works by Handel, Böhm, Fagiani's PSALM 100 (World Premiere), Alain, Reger and Stravinsky/Tharp



Baylor University
Monday, February 15th, 2010 | 4pm
Waco, TX
Masterclass for the 2010 Midwinter Music Conference



Moody Concert Hall - University of Alabama
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 | 4:30pm
Tuscaloosa, AL
Guest adjudicator, speaker and recitalist for the 2010 University of Alabama School of Music Church Music Conference - 10am masterclass and 11am lecture that same day and venue
Works by Widor, Alain, Simmons, Sixten, Franck and Demessieux



Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 | 5:30pm
New York, NY
Prelude-Recital and accompanist for the 6pm Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception



First Presbyterian Church
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | 2pm
Springfield, IL
Organ duo concert with Maria Helena Tharp - Works by J. S. Bach, Schönfelder, Alain, Widor, Merkel, Demessieux and Moore



Rammelkamp Chapel, Illinois College
Friday, November 20th, 2009 | 7:30pm
Jacksonville, IL
Organ duo concert with Maria Helena Tharp - Works by J. S. Bach, Schönfelder, Alain, Widor, Merkel, Demessieux and Moore



St. James Episcopal Church
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | 6pm
Los Angeles, CA
Works by Handel, Simonds, Sowerby, Guillou and Liszt



Christ United Methodist Church
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 7:30pm
Greensboro, NC
Concert in memory of Henry Ingram - Works by Buxtehude, J. S. Bach, Franck and Demessieux



Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University
Sunday, August 16th, 2009 | 3pm
Chicago, IL



Berliner Dom
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 | 8pm
Berlin, Germany



Münster Zu Unserer Lieben Frau (Stiftskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 | 5pm
Lindau (Bodensee), Germany



Ev. Stadtkirche
Sunday, July 26th, 2009 | 9pm
Karlsruhe, Germany
8pm Interview and Panel Discussion



Temple Church
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | 1:15pm
London, England
organ duo, four-hand music with Patrick Allen



Stiftskirche Cappenberg
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 | 5pm
Selm-Cappenberg, Germany



The Peristyle, Toledo Museum of Art
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 | 3pm
Toledo, OH
As part of the Organ Historical Society's National Convention



First Presbyterian Church
Monday, June 29th, 2009 to Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

8.30pm
Albuquerque, NM
AGO Region VII Convention
Workshop-Interview on July 1st at 10.15am in the same church



Cathedral of the Incarnation
Friday, May 29th, 2009 | 7:30pm
Garden City, Long Island, NY
Accompanist for Las Cantantes, Maxine Thevenot, conductor



Grace Church
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | 12pm
New York, NY
Accompanist for Las Cantantes, Maxine Thevenot, conductor



Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | 3:30pm
New York, NY
Accompanist for Las Cantantes, Maxine Thevenot, conductor



Hugenottenkirche Ludweiler
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | 7pm
Völklingen, Germany



Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 | 2:30pm
St. Louis, MO



Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
Friday, March 6th, 2009 | 7:30pm
Scottsdale, AZ
AGO Chapter 60th Anniversary Concert - includes the US Premiere of Swedish composer Fredrik Sixten's 'Triptyche'



First Unitarian-Universalist Church
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | 1pm
Shelter Rock, L.I., NY



St. Thomas Church
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | 5:15pm
New York, NY



Würzburger Dom
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 | 4pm
Würzburg, Germany



St. Martin
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | 8pm
Dudelange, Luxembourg



St. Laurenskerk
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | 8:15pm
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Concert marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Jeanne Demessieux and the occasion of Stephen Tharp's 1300th recital.



St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | 4pm
San Marino, CA
Re-dedicatory Concert of the refurbished Aeolian-Skinner/Manuel Rosales organ



St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | 9:30am
Rome, Italy
Joint Ordination Events with Choir, Organ and Brass
Christopher Berry, Conductor



William Jewel College
Monday, September 15th, 2008 | 7:30pm
Liberty, MO



Stiftskirche Stuttgart
Friday, July 18th, 2008 | 7pm
Stuttgart, Germany



Lincoln Cathedral
Monday, July 14th, 2008 | 7pm
Lincoln, England



Balboa Park
Monday, June 30th, 2008 | 7:30pm
San Diego, CA



St. Olaf Church
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | 8:30am and 10am
Minneapolis, MN
Two concerts for the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists



St. Joseph's Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Yankee Stadium
Friday, April 18th, 2008 to Sunday, April 20th, 2008

6:00pm, 9:00am, 2:00pm
New York, NY
Official Organist for the Papal events with Pope Benedict XVI during His Apostolic Journey to the United States



East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Friday, April 11th, 2008 | 7pm
Pittsburgh, PA
Organ Re-dedicatory Series of the Aeolian-Skinner/Goulding & Wood organ



Church of the Advent
Friday, March 14th, 2008 | 7pm
Boston, MA
Marcel Dupré's "Le Chemin de la Croix"



St. Joseph's Cathedral
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 | 7pm
Columbus, OH
Marcel Dupré's "Le Chemin de la Croix"



Brick Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 | 4pm
New York , NY
Organist, Choral Concert
works by Poulenc and Fauré
Keith Toth, Conductor



The Neighborhood Church
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | 3pm
Palos Verdes Estates, CA



St. John's Episcopal Church
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 | 4pm
Stamford, CT




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