News & Upcoming Events
Men's Group
Saturday, September 12, 8:30 am, Saint George’s Men Group, Room 114. We will be talking about ethical concerns relating to AI and the Pope’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas focusing on “Chapter Three. Technology And Dominance.the Grandeur Of Humanity In Light Of The Promises Of AI,” items 101 through 105. We hope that you will be able to join us! If you have any questions please contact David Grahn 571-269-2277 or John Churchman churchm3@comcast.net.
Fall Picnic
Sunday, September 13 at 12:00 pm, Fall Picnic. Join us on the lawn and in the Parish Hall for a churchwide picnic celebrating the beginning of the school year. More information to come!
Bible Study: Philippians and 1 Thessalonians
Sunday, September 20, - November 8, 9:15 am ‑10:00 am, Bible Study on Philippians and 1 Thessalonians, Room 114.
Bible Study on Philippians and 1 Thessalonians for adults and youths (grade 7 and up)
Led by Mother Karin+
St. Paul writes to encourage the churches he founded in Philippi and Thessalonica.His letter to the Philippians offers practical guidance on finding joy in times of suffering and overcoming anxiety. First Thessalonians outlines how to live holy lives, love one another deeply, and stand firm in hope in the face of challenges and hostilities.
This Bible study offers an opportunity to delve more deeply into our lectionary readings.
September 20: Philippians 1
September 27: Philippians 2
October 4: Philippians 3
October 11: Philippians 4
October 18: 1 Thessalonians 1
October 25: 1 Thessalonians 2
November 1: 1 Thessalonians 3 & 4
November 8: 1 Thessalonians 5
We hope that you will join us!
Anniversary Organ Recital: Nathan Laube
Acclaimed organist, Nathan Laube, presents a recital in celebration of the 5-year anniversary of the church's Martin Pasi pipe organ. A freewill offering will be taken. A champagne and chocolate reception follows.
Nathan Laube
Biography
Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world. His extensive recital career includes major venues spanning four continents, with appearances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Maison Radio France in Paris, Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, and the Sejong Center in Seoul. Highlight performances in the USA include Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Verizon Hall, Philadelphia; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco; The Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas TX; Overture Hall, Madison, WI; the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN; the Kauffman Center in Kansas City, MO; and Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA. He has performed in the most famous churches and cathedrals of Europe, including Notre-Dame Cathedral and Saint-Sulpice in Paris, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the Frauenkirche in Dresden, and the Berlin Dom. In August 2022 he performed a solo organ recital for the prestigious BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in London.
He is regularly called upon to inaugurate important organs across the world, including Canterbury Cathedral and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (UK), Moscow’s new Zaryadye Concert Hall (RU), and Concert Hall in Göteborg (SE). In October 2020 he had the honor of performing the first solo recital on Austria’s largest pipe organ built by the Rieger at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) in Vienna. In the USA, dedications have included the new C.B. Fisk organ at The Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, NC, and the restored Aeolian-Skinner at Northrop Auditorium at University of Minnesota. In 2022 he inaugurated several notable instruments, including St. Paul’s Cathedral in Birmingham, AL, and the famous Harrison & Harrison at York Minster (UK). Passionate about organ design and aesthetics, he also serves on reference groups for new instruments, including the new Rieger organ for the Concert Hall in Göteborg, Sweden.
Mr. Laube is a regular guest at notable music festivals around the world as a performer and pedagogue: the Berlin Orgelsommer (DE), the Stuttgart Internationaler Orgelsommer (DE), the Naumburg Orgelsommer (DE), the 300th Anniversary festival of the 1714 Silbermann organ in the Freiberg Cathedral (DE), the Dresden Music Festival (DE), the Hamburg International Music Festival (DE), the Orléans Organ Festival (FR), Bordeaux Festival d’Été (FR), the Lapua Festival (FI), the Lahti Organ Festival (FI), the Smarano Organ Academy (IT), the Göteborg International Organ Festival and Academy (SE), the Stockholm OrganSpace Festival (SE), the Max Reger Foundation of America’s 2015 Max Reger Festival (USA), and the WFMT Bach Project in Chicago (USA).
Mr. Laube has two CD recordings available: the Stephen Paulus Grand Concerto on the Naxos label recorded with the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero, conducting, for which the Nashville Symphony received a GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Compendium; and a solo recital recording on the Ambiente label recorded at the Stadtkirche in Nagold, Germany. He has collaborated with solo artists including Andreas Ottensamer, principal clarinet with the Berliner Philharmoniker; Christopher Martin, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic; and violinist Rachel Barton Pine. Many of Mr. Laube’s live performances have been featured on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams.”
In April 2019, Mr. Laube launched the documentary-style radio program, “All the Stops,” on the WFMT Radio Network Chicago, consisting of four two-hour programs which feature many of the world’s most famous organs in Europe and the United States and explore their unique histories and repertoire.
Mr. Laube is currently Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music. Laube previously taught at Eastman from 2013 to 2020, and then from 2020-2022 taught on the organ faculty at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, where he succeeded his mentor, Ludger Lohmann. Since 2018 Laube additionally holds the post of the International Consultant in Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK. He is frequently asked to sit on the juries for important international organ competitions, including the 2021 Gottfried Silbermann International Competition in Freiberg (DE), and the Martini International Organ Competition in Groningen (NL) in 2022.
Mr. Laube is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Alan Morrison. The recipient of a William Fulbright fellowship, he continued his studies at the Conservatoire Rayonnement Régional in Toulouse with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen. He received his Masters at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, Germany, where he studied with Ludger Lohmann, under the auspices of a DAAD Grant.
April 2023
Book Study: Care for Creation
Noon to 1:00 pm
In person (Room 114) & on Zoom (link here).
Join us this fall for monthly Friday lunchtime conversations on Care for Creation:a Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth by Ilia Delio O.S.F., Keith D. Warner O.F.M., and Pamela Wood led by Mother Karin.
Care for Creation takes a theological and practical approach to developing a Franciscan spirituality of the earth. Four sections highlight the distinct relationships creation has with incarnation, community, contemplation & conversion.The book proposes ways we can understand ourselves in relationship to the earth and ways we can care for creation. Order in advance from your favorite bookseller.
September 25: Introduction, Canticle & Part 1; October 23: Part 2; November 13: Part 3; December 11: Part 4.
CEM Concert:
Christa Patton, Sian Ricketts, Mark Rimple, Mary Springfels
www.capitolearlymusic.org for more details.
Concert Sunday September 27th 3pm
A Distant Mirror: The Twilight of the Gothic Era
& Dawn of the Renaissance
DETAILS
PURCHASE TICKETS
Workshop Saturday September 26th
9:00am – 4:30pm
A Distant Mirror:
Performing Medieval Music
Choral Evensong returns
Choral Evensong is a service filled with beautiful music, prayers, and scripture that marks the day’s end. The extended prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A reception follows the service in the Parish Hall.
Blessing of the Animals
October 11, 4:00 pm. Blessing of the Animals. In celebration of the Feast of Saint Francis, bring your furry and feathered friends to the lawn for a special blessing.
Jacqueline Farrell, organ
Third Friday Organ Recital
This recital series is offered in celebration of the 5-year anniversary of our Pasi Organ and features local organists andorganists from the greater East Coast.
Praised for her "precise keyboard technique" and her interpretations of J.S. Bach, classical musician Jacqueline Farrell is an organist and harpsichordist currently based in the United States. She is most well known for her playing in early music and for her interests in new music and interdisciplinary collaborations.
In June 2026 Jacqueline performed J.S. Bach's entire Well-Tempered Clavier Book One on harpsichord and in June 2027 she is scheduled to perform on the 1727 König organ at the Steinfeld Basilica, Germany. Other solo appearances include the Washington National Cathedral, Duke University and the Örgryte New Church North German baroque organ in Goteborg, Sweden. In the summer of 2025, Jacqueline travelled to Amsterdam, Netherlands, to explore new sounds on the "hyperorgan" at the Orgelpark. In addition to her solo work, she enjoys collaborating on artistic projects with dance, cinema, theater, and visual artists.
Jacqueline completed a Master of Music (MM) degree in Organ Performance at the Yale School of Music and additionally, she also holds a Master of Music (MM) degree in Harpsichord Performance from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.
An advocate of organ building, Jacqueline has overseen two different organ installations: one by the builders Taylor & Boody (Opus 85) and the other by Richards, Fowkes & Co. (Opus 21). She currently serves as Director of Music at Christ Episcopal Church in New Bern, North Carolina, home to newly installed Taylor & Boody Opus 85.
Outside of her musical engagements, Jacqueline enjoys competing in Triathlons and studying languages.
Kids Halloween Concert and Pumpkin Painting (Copy)
Join us for our annual Halloween Kids Concert! Featuring fun music for the season on our Martin Pasi pipe organ, followed by treats and pumpkin painting. Be sure to wear your costumes! For kids of all ages!
Celebration of New Ministry
Celebration of New Ministry
Sunday, June 14
It is time to celebrate! We gather for a festive 10:30 am worship service followed by a Parish Picnic, with food by Lebanese Taverna, to celebrate our new ministry together with the Reverend Dr. Karin Ekholm who has been called as our new Priest-in-Charge. Come, celebrate, and give thanks for all the good things and good things to come at Saint George’s.
Please RSVP today for the picnic with the QR code or at www.saintgeorgeschurch.org/celebration
Read more about the calling of Mother Karin here.
Choral Evensong for Pride Month
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing our Annual Service of Choral Evensong for Pride Month. Music celebrates the all-embracing love of God and includes the world premiere of Mark Kretsinger-Harries’s Preces and Responses written for Saint George’s Choir. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.
Concert: Capitol Early Music
For more information and tickets visit www.capitolearlymusic.org
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Choral Evensong
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
9th Street Quartet Concert
April 26, 4:00 pm, 9th Street Quartet Concert, Nave.
The quartet closes out their season with an exciting program including some of their all-time favorites: Imogen Holst’s “Phantasy Quartet,” Prokofiev’s String Quartet No.1 and Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.5!
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
NO Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong will return the first Sunday in May. Since the first Sunday of the month this year is the Resurrection of our Lord: Easter Day, we will not be holding Evensong this evening. Please come to our morning services at either 9:00 am or 11:15 am. Happy Easter!
Benefit Concert: A Musical Feast
A Musical Feast: Delicacies by Biber, Baltzar & Bach for Violin & Cello
Risa Browder, violin
John Moran, cello
A concert of delightful solo and duo music for violin and cello, given to benefit the St. George's Food Pantry, including the Bach cello suite in c minor, solos for scordatura violin by Baltzar, and sonatas by Biber. Free will offering to benefit St. George's Food Pantry.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Rainbow Alliance ‘Crafternoon’
March 8, 4:00pm, Rainbow Alliance ‘Crafternoon’, Parish Hall. All are welcome to join St. George’s LGBTQ+
Affinity Group—renamed the Rainbow Alliance—in making decorations for our Pride festival booth in June! We
will provide supplies for the craft and beverages. Please feel free to bring a snack to share! Questions? Email
Julie Day juliemeadowsday@duck.com
Men’s Group
March 7th, 8:30 to 9:30 AM. St. George’s Men Group will meet IN PERSON in Room 114 of the Church. We
will continue our discussion on “food insecurity” and what can we do about it. We hope that you will be able to
join us! If you have any questions please contact David Grahn 571-269-2277 or John Churchman
churchm3@comcast.net.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Youth String Quartet Concert
March 3, 7:00 pm, Concert: 9th Street Chamber Music Youth String Quartets, Nave. Come hear the second
concert of the year by the 9th Street Youth String Quartet Intensive program. These talented musicians rehearse
here on Tuesday evenings. www.9thstreetchambermusic.com
Choral Evensong for Lent
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the third Sunday in Lent. Music includes works by Jessica French and Heinrich Schütz. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm and features the organ music of Johannes Brahms. A festive reception follows.
Lenten Quiet Day
February 28th, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm, Lenten Quiet Day, Parish Hall. Join us in the Parish Hall for a morning of
quiet contemplation, prayer and spiritual renewal. Bring a journal if you like. Contact Janet Wamsley (jwamsley3@
verizon.net) for details.
Concert: James O'Donnell, organ
Presented by the Washington Bach Consort.
For tickets and information visit bachconsort.org
February 27 at 7:00 PM
A revered interpreter of the music of J.S. Bach, James O’Donnell is Professor of Organ at Yale University and former Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. In this inaugural concert, O’Donnell will present a rare performance of Bach’s Clavierübung III in its entirety—considered by many to be among Bach’s finest collections. On a par with examples such as the Musical Offering, Art of the Fugue, and the Goldberg Variations, you’ll hear Bach at perhaps his most directly theological, human, and revealingly introspective. The performance is begun and concluded by successive glorious movements comprising what later became popularly known as the “St. Anne” Prelude and Fugue.
Bonus! Choral Evensong and Pancake Supper
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the Last Sunday of Epiphany followed by Saint George’s Annual Pancake Supper. Music is influenced by the American Jazz tradition. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. Pancakes follow, starting around 5 pm.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Choral Evensong & Chili Cookoff
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the followed by Saint George’s Annual Chili Cookoff. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm.
Organ Recital: Elisa Bickers
A Midwinter Day’s Dream: Warm Music for a Chilly Afternoon
Organist Elisa Bickers performs an organ recital on the church’s Martin Pasi Pipe Organ. Elisa is the Director of Music and Organist at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas, the largest Presbyterian church in the country, and grew up in the DMV. She got her start on the organ through the Potomac Organ Institute.
This recital is sponsored by Saint George’s neighbor and friend, Betsy Humphreys.
Concert: Capitol Early Music
CAROLINE COPELAND, ANNE TIMBERLAKE & THE CEM DANCE BAND
French Baroque Dance & Instrumental Music
For more information and tickets visit www.capitolearlymusic.org
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Choral Evensong for Epiphany
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the Feast of Epiphany (transfered). At this service we bless chalk for everyone to take home and use in the traditional Epiphany House Blessing. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.
Concert: Whispers of the Solstice
9th Street String Quartet Concert. This performance is a special partnership with Lifescape Visionary. Experience the peacefulness of the winter solstice through a blend of chamber music, contemplative poetry and fine art, inviting you to ponder the mystery and quiet comfort of this season. More info at 9thstreetchambermusic.com
Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols
Our Annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas is sung by the Saint George’s Choir and Choristers in the style of King’s College, Cambridge. Doors open at 3:30 pm with an extended prelude by the 9th Street String Quartet, Saint George’s Artists-in-Residence. A festive reception follows. All are welcome.
Plan to arrive on the early side to assure seating and parking. Visit our Transit/Parking page for more details on parking.
Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Concert: Youth String Quartets
Concert: 9th Street Chamber Music Youth String Quartets, Nave. Come hear the the first concert of they year by the 9th Street Youth String Quartet Intensive program. These talented musicians rehearese here each Tuesday evening. www.9thstreetchambermusic.com