Friends of the Felgemaker: An Afternoon with the Romantics

The Friends of the Felgemaker presents an afternoon of organ music on Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. featuring Sacred Heart Music Center’s Resident Organist, Dr. Charles Sundquist. The concert will showcase works played on the music center’s historic Felgemaker pipe organ. The program entitled “An Afternoon with the Romantics,” includes diverse works by romantic composers Bossi, Buck, Widor, and Rheinberger, plus a work by the master of baroque organ music, J.S. Bach. Dr. Charles Sundquist is a native of Duluth, Minnesota. After his initial organ studies with Ron Gauger at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, he received his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Organ Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student of David Craighead. He was awarded the Prix d’Excellence from the Conservatoire de Région de Ruiel-Malmaison in France while a student of Marie-Claire Alain. While in Paris, he was Associate Choirmaster and Organist at the American Episcopal Cathedral, accompanist for the Paris Ballet School and coach/accompanist for members of the Paris Opera Chorus. Dr. Sundquist served as Organ Scholar at Trinity Church Wall Street, Associate organist at St. Clement’s Church Philadelphia and Director of Music/Organist at St. Paul’s Lutheran in East Windsor, NJ. Tickets are $20 (plus $3.18 service fee) on Eventbrite HERE or $20 at the door. Student rush tickets will be available at the door for $5.