Stephen Tharp - International Concert Organist and Recording Artist  -  2011 NYC AGO International Performer of the Year

Upcoming Concerts

National Presbyterian Church
Monday, February 6th, 2012 | 7:30pm
Washington, D. C.
Works by Handel/Tharp, Litaize, Guilmant, Cochereau, Widor and Baker



St. Mary the Virgin
Sunday, February 19th, 2012 | 8pm
New York, NY
Recital for the 2011 NYC AGO International Performer of the Year Award. Cochereau: Sortie sur "Venez, Divin Messie" (transcription S. Tharp, first performance); Widor: Symphonie X "Romane"; Baker: Variations on "Rouen"; Litaize: Lied from "Douze Pièces"; Dupré: Evocation Poème Symphonique



St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 | 7:30pm
Evanston, IL
Marcel Dupré's LE CHEMIN DE LA CROIX, Op. 29 - Concert in commemoration of the 90th birth year of the Skinner organ, Opus 327



The Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Friday, April 13th, 2012 | TBA
Houston, TX



Chiesa di Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 | TBA
Roma, Italy
Performance (on organ) of J. S. Bach's GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (adaptation Tharp)



Basilika Waldsassen
Sunday, June 17th, 2012 | 5pm
Waldsassen, Germany
Works by Marchand, Franck, Guilmant, Mulet, Newman and Baker



Dom zu Rottenburg/Pfarrkirche St. Moritz
Sunday, July 1st, 2012 | 8:15pm
Rottenburg, Germany



Frauenkirche Dresden
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 | TBA
Dresden, Germany



Igreja da Lapa
Saturday, July 7th, 2012 | 9:30pm
Porto, Portugal
17th Anniversary Concert for the Jann organ.



Liebfrauenkirche Hamm
Sunday, July 8th, 2012 | 7:30pm
Hamm, Germany



Passauer Dom
Thursday, September 20th, 2012 | TBA
Passau, Germany



St. Lutwinus
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 | 8pm
Mettlach, Germany



Salvatorkirche Duisburg
Sunday, September 30th, 2012 | 5pm
Duisburg, Germany
Festival marking the 10th anniversary of the Kuhn organ. Repertoire TBA.



St. Lambertus
Monday, October 1st, 2012 | 7:30pm
Düsseldorf, Germany



St. Johannes Bosco
Friday, October 5th, 2012 | 7pm
München-Germering, Germany
Works by Buxtehude, Bruhns, Guilmant and Escaich



St. Peter's Basilika Dillingen
Sunday, October 7th, 2012 | 5pm
Dillingen, Germany
Works by Cochereau/Tharp, Widor, Newman, Schmidt and Ravel/Fagiani



St. Norbert Abbey
Saturday, October 20th, 2012 | TBA
De Pere, WI



St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Friday, November 9th, 2012 | TBA
Wilmington, NC



St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Sunday, November 18th, 2012 | 4pm
Canton, OH



Victoria Hall
Sunday, January 6th, 2013 | 5pm
Genève, Switzerland



St. Franziskus
Sunday, January 13th, 2013 | 8pm
Pforzheim, Germany



Prämonstratenser-Abtei
Sunday, April 21st, 2013 | 4:30pm
Duisburg-Hamborn, Germany



Auferstehungskirche
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 | 6:30pm
Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, Germany
Concert on the "Europa-Orgel" - Programme TBD



Annakirche Aachen
Friday, May 3rd, 2013 | TBA
Aachen, Germany



Magdeburger Dom
Friday, August 1st, 2014 | TBA
Magdeburg, Germany





Past Concerts

St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | 8pm
Orlando, FL
Works by Handel/Tharp, J. S. Bach, Demessieux, Baker and Guilmant



Grace Church
Friday, November 18th, 2011 | 7:30pm
Brooklyn, NY
Benefit concert for the reinstallation of the Kilgen organ at Our Lady of Refuge Church (Brooklyn). Program to be chosen by advance vote. Repertoire to include works by J. S. Bach, Vierne, Tournemire, Vaughan Williams, Karg-Elert, Mulet, Langlais, Joplin, Widor, Dupré and Alain, plus a selection of hymns



The Museum Center at Union Terminal
Monday, October 24th, 2011 | 7:30pm
Cincinnati, OH
Works for solo organ by Handel, Wagner, Baker and Guilmant, plus Bruch's ROMANZE and Sowerby's POEM with Christian Colberg, Principal Viola, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra



Prämonstratenser-Abtei St. Johann
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 | 3pm
Duisburg-Hamborn, Germany
Works by Buck, Guilmant, Vierne and Paine



Stiftskirche Cappenberg
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 | 3pm
Selm-Cappenberg, Germany
Works by Buck, Foote, Guilmant, Vierne, Alain and Paine



Kaiser- und Mariendom zu Speyer
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 | 8pm
Speyer, Germany
Solo concert on the new Gallery Grand Organ, built by Orgelbau Seifert. Baker VARIATIONS ON "ROUEN"; Guilmant SONATA NO. 8; Alain TROIS DANSES



St. Clemens, Dortmund-Brackel
Sunday, September 25th, 2011 | 5PM
Dortmund-Brackel, Germany
Works by Mulet, Fauré, Guilmant, Liszt, Brahms and Baker



St. Peter
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | 9:15pm
Recklinghausen, Germany
Works by Guilmant, Brahms, Liszt and Baker



Essener Dom
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 | 7:30pm
Essen, Germany
Works by Guilmant, Brahms, Liszt and Baker



St. Michael, Saarbrücken
Sunday, September 18th, 2011 | 8pm
Saarbrücken, Germany
Works by Guilmant, Brahms, Liszt and Baker



Gothic Hall, The University of Oklahoma
Friday, September 9th, 2011 | TBA
Norman, OK
Works by Mendelssohn, Guilmant, Newman and Baker



De Grote of Sint Jacobskerk Den Haag
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 | 8:15pm
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Baker



Stiftskirche Stuttgart
Friday, August 19th, 2011 | 7pm
Stuttgart, Germany
Works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Baker



Merrill Auditorium
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 | 7:30PM
Portland, ME
Works by Cook, Elgar, Latry, Widor, Vierne, Fagiani, J. S. Back, Liszt, Vaughan Williams and Stravinsky/Tharp



St. Paul's German Ev.-Luth. Church
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 | 7:30PM
New York, NY
Chelsea Music Festival, celebrating works by Franz Liszt



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



St. Peter und Paul, Straelen
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 | 7:30pm
Straelen, Germany



Santuario di Borgo Santa Caterina Bergamo
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 | 5pm
Bergamo, Italy
Works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel and Mendelssohn



Chiesa Prepositurale "S. Ambrogio" di Merate
Saturday, May 28th, 2011 | 9pm
Merate (LC), Italy
Works by J. S. Bach, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn and Guilmant



St. Andrews Lutheran Church
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 | 3pm
Park Ridge, IL
Dedicatory recital on the new Dobson organ. Works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Sixten, Vierne, Simmons and Sowerby



St. Andrews Lutheran Church
Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | 10:30am
Park Ridge, IL
Class/Workshop for the North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists



Church of the Epiphany
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 | 4pm
New York, NY
"Organ Plus" recital, with guest artists John Henry Lambert, Trumpet and Lee Ann Newland, French Horn. Works by Mendelssohn, Randall Faust, Hovhaness, Vierne, Philips, Ashdown, Papadakos and Guilmant.



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). Works by Renaud, Franck, Guilmant, Demessieux, Brahms and Baker.



Cathedral of St. Cecilia
Friday, April 8th, 2011 | 7pm
Omaha, NE
Marcel Dupré's "Le Chemin de la Croix"



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. And for solo organ, George Baker's VARIATIONS ON "ROUEN."



St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
Monday, March 14th, 2011 | 7:30pm
San Marino, CA
Lecture/Workshop on the life and organ music of Jeanne Demessieux, as part of the LAAGO Educational Series



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



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. Castagnet SANCTUS (arr. for organ and brass: World Premiere); Baker VARIATIONS ON "ROUEN" (NY Premiere); Dave Brubeck THE GATES OF JUSTICE (arr. brass J. Lambert: World Premiere); Wills SYMPHONIC SUITE "THE FENLANDS" for organ and brass band; Tchaikovsky 1812 OVERTURE



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



Release of my newest CD, JAV 172: Stephen Tharp plays J. S. Bach's GOLDBERG VARIATIONS on the Paul Fritts' organ at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 | midnight



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



Central Lutheran Church
Friday, October 29th, 2010 | 7:30pm
Minneapolis, MN



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



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 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



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



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



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)



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. 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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