Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

02/25/2026

Chapter member David Baskeyfield will be presenting a concert this Sunday, 4pm, at Christ Church, New Bern, NC!

02/20/2026

Tomorrow, 3pm at First Cary! We hope you can join us!

Less than two weeks away! We hope you will consider joining us for this excellent concert of piano and organ duets benefiting our scholarship programs!

East Carolina Chapter - American Guild of Organists
American Guild of Organists, Durham-Chapel Hill Chapter
American Guild of Organists
First Cary

02/09/2026

Less than two weeks away! We hope you will consider joining us for this excellent concert of piano and organ duets benefiting our scholarship programs!

East Carolina Chapter - American Guild of Organists
American Guild of Organists, Durham-Chapel Hill Chapter
American Guild of Organists
First Cary

11/03/2025

Take a look at an exciting opportunity our friends at the East Carolina Chapter - American Guild of Organists will be offering on November 22nd in Greenville, NC! Interested in attending? Fill out the form found at this link to register - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea1eWTyCNWNkITqgHuvttM06r9_1av87L8DMlHuWpOrRuk3g/viewform

09/24/2025

We are excited for these two upcoming concerts with our friend Jackie Farrell! You will not want to miss these events, and hearing these two excellent instruments!

09/09/2025

Arts at St. Luke’s will present "All Arcus!"—an organ recital by David Arcus, featuring original compositions on Sunday, September 14th at 4 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is located at 1737 Hillandale Road, Durham.

David will perform original compositions written over the course of his
professional music career. The recital will include the world premiere of music composed in 2025, Prologue, and the complete performance of his Symphony No. 1 for Solo Grand Organ, composed in 1998.

Formerly organist at Duke Chapel, David Arcus was appointed organist at St. Luke’s in April of 2024 and now serves as St. Luke’s Director of Music. His career spans activities as a recitalist, conductor, composer, teacher, and clinician. His commercially released recording, Organs of Duke Chapel, is on the Gothic Label.

A reception will follow the recital. This event is free and open to the public. Donations to benefit St. Luke’s music program are welcome.

Our first Arts at St. Luke's event of the 2025/26 season is almost here! David Arcus is St. Luke's Music Director and Organist, offering a recital entitled, "All Arcus!", featuring his own works.

08/26/2025

This will be an excellent concert! We hope you can make plans to attend!

Join us this September as we dedicate our magnificent new Richards and Fowkes organ newly installed in 2024. World renowned concert organist Nathan Laube will offer two identical dedicatory concerts that are free and open to the community to celebrate the newly installed instrument. There will be a chance to meet the organ builders as well as see the instrument "up close" after the concerts. Each concert is approximately an hour long and there will be a chance for us to greet you at a reception. Come hear the new voice of St. Stephen's!

Tickets are free!

Organ Dedicatory Weekend

Saturday, September 6th
6:00 pm Wine and Cheese Reception
7:00 pm Organ Concert

Sunday, September 7th
10:15 am Dedicatory Liturgy

Sunday, September 7th
4:00 pm Organ Concert
Reception to Follow

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-stephens-organ-dedication-tickets-1429202566349?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp

07/15/2025

Here's an upcoming event in Hickory open to all church musicians: https://alcm.org/event/hickory-nc/ Presenters are Mark Glaeser, Jennifer Hough, Andrew Robinson, Phil Biendenbender, and Mark Johanson.

07/04/2025

Friday the 4th! East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation

Come for the concert (and barbecue), stay for the fireworks!

06/11/2025

A note from our friend and AGO member, Kevin Kerstetter:

Please join us for Choral Evensong on Sunday, June 22 at 5 p.m. This will be the choir’s final Evensong before next month's singing tour to the UK, where the choir will sing five services at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland and two at Carlisle Cathedral in England.

The choir will include singers from St. Michael’s Raleigh, St. Paul’s Beaufort (Matt Hill, Director of Music), and the Schola Cantorum of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, with tour organist Stephen Gourley.

Or, if you enjoy a road trip, the choir will sing Evensong on Sunday, June 15 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kinston.

All best,

Kevin Kerstetter

06/08/2025

We had a great group gathered to bask (Basque?) in David Baskeyfield's magnificent music on the wonderful Nichols & Simpson at St. Michael's.