FRIENDS OF MUSIC ORGAN RECITAL SET FOR JAN. 19 IN SHEPHERDSTOWN

The Friends of Music will present the third concert of their 2018-2019 season on Saturday, January 19.
The concert will be an organ recital by prize-winning organist Julie Vidrick Evans, of Washington D.C.
It will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown.
The recital will include a rich variety of works from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including Handel’s Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, and Mendelssohn’s Sonata I in F Minor, Op. 65
Admission will be free for Friends of Music members. The ticket price for others will be $25 per person ($22.50 before January 6).
Tickets can be purchased on the Friends’ website at www.friendswv.org or by mail (FOM, PO Box 220, Shepherdstown, WV 25443). Visa and Master Card will be accepted.
If snow or ice makes travel difficult on January 19, the concert will be rescheduled to January 26.
Ms. Evans has performed with distinguished ensembles and in solo concerts in cathedrals and concert halls across the U.S. and Eastern Europe. Her performance venues in the U.S. have included The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; The Washington National Cathedral; The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; Princeton University Chapel; Trinity Church, Wall Street, and St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, in New York City; Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago: and Trinity Church, Copley Square in Boston.
She has been a featured performer in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, and the Region III Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
A devoted cyclist, Ms. Evans is often seen biking to work at The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. where she oversees a robust music program and is artistic director of the 42nd Annual Bach Marathon and The Chevy Chase Concert Series, now in its 48th year.
In addition to holding church positions in the Washington, D.C. area, she has served as Choral Conductor-in-Residence at American University and Associate Conductor of Masterworks Chorus. She has also served the American Guild of Organists as clinician, recitalist, Dean, Trichapter Chair, Co-Chair of the Committee for New Music, and Executive Assistant for the 2010 National AGO Convention.  Ms. Evans earned a Master of Music from The Catholic University of America as a student of Wojciech Wojtasiewicz, and a Bachelor of Music from James Madison University as a student of Richard McPherson.
The Friends of Music is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1999 to support and promote musical excellence in the region. For full information about the Friends and their concerts go to www.friendswv.org.

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