Concerts at St. Stephen – St. Stephen Presbyterian Church

Due to COVID-19, all concerts will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. As soon as we are able to accommodate small audiences, we will mention that on this page.

Please check back here before each concert for updates.

Sundays at Six: Kate Stevens, Piano

Status: ONLINE

September 6, 6:00 pm

A native of Adelaide, South Australia, Kate Stevens has formed a career of repute as a collaborative pianist. Equally at home in chamber music, art song, opera, and solo performance, Ms. Stevens has worked with distinguished artists in all genres. She has appeared with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, Mostly Mozart and Vienna Festivals, and at the Barbican Theatre. She has performed at all major venues in New York City, and has served on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music.

Sundays at Six: Joshua Boyd, Organ

Status: ONLINE

October 4, 6:00 pm

Originally from South Carolina, Joshua Boyd attended the University of Michigan for a degree in Organ Performance. He continued his organ studies at Southern Methodist University in the studio of Stefan Engels, earning a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance. During his time at SMU he served as Organ Scholar at The Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. Currently, Joshua is pursuing a Performers Diploma in Organ Performance from SMU, and is Organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Dallas.

Fei Fei Dong, Piano

Status: CANCELED

October 25, 7:00 pm

Praised for her “bountiful gifts and passionate immersion into the music she touches” (The Plain Dealer), pianist Fei-Fei is a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a top finalist at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She continues to build a reputation for her poetic interpretations, charming audiences with her “passion, piquancy and tenderness” and “winning stage presence” (Dallas Morning News), both in the US and internationally

Sundays at Six: Scott & Katie Scheetz, Organ Duo

Status: ONLINE

November 1, 6:00 pm

Katie Minion Scheetz and Scott Scheetz met while completing their Bachelor degrees in Organ Performance at Indiana University, studying with Janette Fishell and Chris Young, respectively. After completing their undergraduate degrees, Scott moved to Dallas to earn his Master of Sacred Music in Organ Performance at SMU while Katie moved to Toulouse, France, to study with Michel Bouvard on a Fulbright grant. After her year in France, Katie also came to Dallas to complete her Master degrees in Organ Performance and Musicology at SMU. They are both active church musicians in the DFW metroplex.

Sundays at Six: Ahreum Han, Organ

Status: ONLINE

December 6, 6:00 pm

Ahreum Han is Director of Music & Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth. A top prize-winning organist, Han has been a featured soloist at AGO national and regional conventions and has appeared in many notable venues within the US and across the globe. She has severed on the music faculty at Iowa State University and has served as College Organist at Cornell College.

Christmas Concert

Status: ONLINE

December 25, 2:00 pm

This virtual program will be about half organ solo and half with DFW Brass, and will be filled with settings of well-known Christmas carols. (Including Carol of the Bells and Sleigh Ride)

Silent Film with Organ: Buster Keaton’s “The General," Benjamin Kolodziej, Organist

Status: CANCELED

January 31, 6:30 pm

Benjamin Kolodziej will accompany Buster Keaton’s 1929 silent film, The General, a film which has been designated by the Library of Congress as one of the most culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant films of all time. This moving picture humorously depicts the Great Locomotive Chase—an actual event in the American Civil War. Benjamin Kolodziej, who is Organist and Choirmaster at St John’s Episcopal Church in Dallas, and who has performed silent movies throughout the USA, will play on his own 3-manual digital theater organ which is inspired by those great moving picture palace organs of the 1920s. This event will take place in the Parish Hall. Popcorn and refreshments will be served.

Singing Sergeants

Status: CANCELLED

February 21, 7:00 pm

The Singing Sergeants is the official chorus of the United States Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., the group, featuring 23 active duty Airmen musicians, is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S. Air Force Band.

Stephen Tharp, Organ

Status: RESERVATIONS are required. In-person seating is limited. To make a reservation, simply call or email Anne Barrett, Office Administrator of St. Stephen:
Phone: 817.927.8411
Email: admin@ststephenpresbyterian.com
Reservations will be accepted until Friday, April 23 at 3:00 pm. If you are unable to attend the concert after you have made a reservation, please call and cancel so your seat may be used.

April 24, 7:30 pm

Hailed as “the organist for the connoisseur” (Journal für die Orgel, Germany) Stephen Tharp is recognized as one of the great concert organists of our age. Having played more than 1500 concerts across 60 tours worldwide, Tharp has built one of the most well-respected international careers in the world, earning him the reputation as the most traveled concert organist of his generation.

With this program, St. Stephen celebrates 50 years since the installation of the sanctuary organ. The 4,500-pipe instrument awaits significant upgrades and additions planned for the very near future which will help better serve our congregation and community.

Charles Whitehead, Piano

Status: CANCELED

May 22: 7:30 pm

Charles Whitehead is a New Zealand concert-pianist, jazz musician and music educator of Maori, English and Samoan heritage, residing in the United States. He has performed as a soloist in many countries with a diverse performing repertoire ranging from Orlando Gibbons to the contemporary classical works of Charles Wuorinen. As a resident in Fort Worth, he was actively involved in TCU’s New Music Ensemble.