BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17-19423@music.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260609T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260609T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T224638Z URL:https://music.colostate.edu/events/organ-week-concert-joel-bacon-ken-c owan-and-lisa-shihoten-music-of-j-s-bach/ SUMMARY:Organ Week Concert: Joel Bacon\, Ken Cowan\, and Lisa Shihoten- Mus ic of J.S. Bach / FREE DESCRIPTION:This program celebrates the beauty of Bach’s organ works on a n instrument perfectly suited to them\, the Phelps organ of St. Luke’s E piscopal Church. In addition to famous solo works\, the program will inclu de Bach’s C Minor Violin Sonata\, BWV 1017\, played by violinist Lisa Sh ihoten. Joel Bacon will perform two “new” works\, recently attributed to Bach in November 2025: the Ciacona in D minor (BWV 1178) and the Ciacon a in G minor (BWV 1179).\n\nLocation: St. Luke's Episcopal Church\, 2000 S tover St.\, Fort Collins CO.\n\nJoel Bacon is the Stewart and Sheron Golde n Chair of Organ and Liturgical Studies and the Fr. Don Willette Chair of Catholic Studies at Colorado State University. In 2026 he was named a Univ ersity Distinguished Professor. As a concert organist\, his recent perform ances have focused on music by W. A. Mozart\, Herman Berlinski\, and Petr Eben\, as well as works for organ and orchestra. His teaching and research are centered on topics related to Catholicism and the creative arts\, esp ecially Gregorian chant. He has performed throughout Europe and North Amer ica\, and his performances have been broadcast on Austrian Radio and Publi c Radio International. He has played with numerous orchestras and chamber groups\, including the Borromeo String Quartet and the Canadian Brass. Fro m 2008 to 2020 he conducted the St. John XXIII Schola Cantorum\, a choir s pecializing in Gregorian chant. He is currently organist and artist in res idence at First United Methodist Church\, Fort Collins.\n\nRegarded as one of North America’s finest concert organists and praised for his dazzlin g artistry\, impeccable technique\, and imaginative programming by audienc es and critics alike\, Ken Cowan maintains a rigorous performing schedule that takes him to major concert venues in America\, Canada\, Europe\, and Asia.\n\nRecent feature performances have included appearances at Princeto n University Chapel\, The Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia PA\, San Francis co CA for the American Guild of Organists national convention\, Baltimore MD for the Organ Historical Society’s national convention\, Maison Symph onique in Montreal Canada\, and St. Paul’s Cathedral\, London.  Upcomin g performances include recitals in Groton MA\, Birmingham AL\, Bethesda MD \, Chestertown MD\, Atlanta GA\, Brevard NC\, Fort Worth TX\, and a perfor mance for the Elgar Society’s gathering in Northeast Ohio\n\nNumerous cr itically acclaimed compact disc recordings by Mr. Cowan are available.  M ost recent\, with Mr. Cowan serving as organ accompanist\, is Maurice Dur uflé: Complete Choral Works (Signum Records)\, recorded with Robert Simp son and the Houston Chamber Choir\, for which the Houston Chamber Choir wa s awarded a GRAMMY award in 2020 for Best Choral Recording.  Also availab le is Dynamic Duo\, (Pro Organo)\, featuring Mr. Cowan and Bradley Hunter Welch in a program of original works and transcriptions for duo organists performed on the monumental Casavant organ at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth\, TX.  Other recordings include Ken Cowan plays The Great Orga n (Pro Organo)\, recorded on the newly-restored organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine\, New York City\; Works of Franz Liszt (JAV)\, reco rded on the Michael Quimby organ at First Baptist church in Jackson Missis sippi\; and Ken Cowan Plays Romantic Masterworks (Raven)\, recorded on t he 110-rank Schoenstein organ at First Plymouth Congregational Church in L incoln\, Nebraska.  Mr. Cowan also joined organist Justin Bischof in the 1999 world-premiere recording of American composer Aaron Miller’s Doubl e Concerto for organ\, recorded with the Zurich Symphony Orchestra on the Kleuker organ in the Tonhalle\, Zurich\, Switzerland (Ethereal Recordings ).  Many of Mr. Cowan’s recordings and live performances have been regu larly featured on the nationally distributed radio program PIPEDREAMS from American Public Media.\n\nA native of Thorold\, Ontario\, Canada\, Mr. Co wan received the Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale Instit ute of Sacred Music\, studying organ with Thomas Murray.  Prior to attend ing Yale\, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis In stitute of Music in Philadelphia where he studied with John Weaver.  Foll owing initial studies with his father\, David\, his principal teacher duri ng his high school years was James Bigham\, Music Director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church\, in Buffalo\, NY.\n\nIn 2012 Mr. Cowan joined the keyboa rd faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University\, where he c ontinues to serve as Professor of Organ and head of the organ program.  H e is additionally Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Palmer Memorial Epis copal Church in Houston\, TX.  Previous positions have included Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Pr inceton\, NJ\, where he was awarded the 2008 Rider University Distinguishe d Teaching Award\, and Associate Organist and Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in New York City.\n\nA member of the critically ac claimed Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players\, Lisa Shihoten is an active and significant presence in New York City's classical music scene. A gradu ate of The Juilliard School and Yale University\, she made her Avery F isher Hall debut in 1995 performing Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with Th e Juilliard Orchestra under Kurt Masur. As a recitalist and chamber mu sician\, Shihoten has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival\, Verbier Fes tival\, Ravinia Festival\, and in Caramoor’s Rising Stars series. Sh e has won the Grand Prize at the Marcia Polayes National Violin Competitio n and the Aspen Music Festival's Nakamichi Competition\, as well as top prizes from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and the  Seventeen (magazine)/General Motors National Competition. Her former te achers include Dorothy DeLay\, Masao Kawasaki and Peter Oundjian.\n\nShe is married to organist Ken Cowan and was teaching violin at Princeton Uni versity\, also a guest instructor at the Betty Haag Academy of Music in Ch icago\, where she works with her childhood violin teacher\, Betty Haag-Kuh nke.\n\nShe is currently a faculty violin instructor at the Michael P. Ha mmond Preparatory Program at Rice University in Houston. 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