On Saturday, June 6th at 6PM, Diane Heath will present a live performance of Justus Parrotta’s Celtic Chorale No. 1 for Organ on the 1981 Flentrop Tracker Organ at St. Columba’s Church, Washington, DC. Here is the link for the performance:
The performance of Celtic Chorale No. 1 will also be uploaded to St. Columba’s YouTube Page.
On December 31st, 2019 Justus Parrotta’s Garlands for Harpsichord and Organ will premiere at the Annual New Year’s Eve Concert at St. Columba’s Church, Tenleytown, Washington, DC, 6-7:30PM. Reception to follow.
Other selections include Bach, Cuban guitar music, the Champagne Toast from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and selections from The American Songbook.
The performers include Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano, Michael Bard, guitar, Ann Colgrove, harpsichord, Diane Heath, organ, Jonathan Nazdin, bass, Anne Timpane, organ, and David Timpane, baritone.
St. Columba’s is located at 4201 Albemarle Street, NW, DC, $25 donation. Proceeds go to the church music program. Students free. Tickets at the door only.
On Saturday, September 14th, 2019, Justus Parrotta will perform at the Art All Night Festival at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC on the Flentrop Organ. The event is from 7-10 PM located at 4201 Albemarle St, NW, Washington, DC 20016.
Performers and their approximate times:
Diane Heath 7:35PM who will perform Parrotta’s “Suite on the Fifth Mode”
Anne Timpane 7PM
Jay Parrotta 8:30PM
Carolyn Hoff 9:00PM
Kathy Cooper 9:15PM
Anne Timpane 7PM
Jay Parrotta 8:30PM
Carolyn Hoff 9:00PM
Kathy Cooper 9:15PM
Parrotta’s Repertoire:
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (Arnstadt), BWV 549 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Sonatina in A Minor – Jiri Antonin Benda (1722-1795)
Toccata in Seven – John Rutter (b. 1945)
Fugue in G Major, BWV 577 – J. S. Bach
Fête – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Three Improvisations
Here is a Link to the instrument: https://www.columba.org/the-flentrop-organ/
Harmonic Introductions, will present overtone singing in the parish hall. In addition to both events, a stunning art exhibit will feature watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, photography and children’s book art.
On Sunday, September 8th, 2019, at 4PM, Justus Parrotta will open the Dedication Recital at First Presbyterian Church in Arlington Virginia with John Rutter’s Toccata in Seven, Parrotta’s own Meditation on “Wachet Auf”, and Jean Langlais’s Fête. The other performers include Tona Brown, Paul Byssainthe, Jr., Adam Graham, Damien Jones, and Nevilla Ottley. Admission is free and the church is located at 601 North Vermont Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203. There is ample parking.
On Sunday, August 18th at 4PM, Justus Parrotta will present a solo organ recital at Sterling Organ House in Laurel, Maryland, featuring both organs of Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Holland on the Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ System.
Suggested Donation $25-35 per person
Reserved seating on a first-come first-served basis
Reception to follow
For more information and reservations, contact Kevin Sterling at kasterling@verizon.net
On Thursday, July 18th from 5-7PM, both acts of Justus Parrotta’s opera Lottie Silks will be presented at the John and Georgie Kincaid Concert Hall at Quigley Hall of Western Colorado University, in Gunnison, Colorado. A brief question and answer session will be presented after the performance.
Justus Parrotta will present a solo recital on Sunday, July 21st at 11AM at Union Congregational Church in nearby Crested Butte, Colorado located at 403 Maroon Avenue. The program features music by Bach, Buxtehude, Jimenez, Mendelssohn, Parrotta, and Erik Santos.
On March 31st, 2019, Justus Parrotta will perform Georg Böhm’s Praeludium in D Minor at the Members Recital of the Potomac Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The recital will take place at Messiah Lutheran Church in Germantown, Maryland on the church’s 1990 2 Manual 23 Stop, 30 Rank Flentrop Organ . The church is Located at 13901 Clopper Road, Germantown, MD 20874. There is ample parking.
The following score of Justus Parrotta are now available for purchase at J.W. Pepper:
“O Vos Omnes” (Low Version)
https://www.jwpepper.com/O-Vos-Omnes/10954249.item#/submit
“O Vos Omnes” (High Version)
https://www.jwpepper.com/10954255.item#/submit
“Go Tell It!”
https://www.jwpepper.com/10955978.item#/submit
“Meditation on ‘Wachet Auf’”
https://www.jwpepper.com/10957263.item#/submit
Below is the link to J.W. Pepper’s website where O Vos Omnes can be purchased either digitally or hard copy: https://www.jwpepper.com/10952944.item#/submit
Below is the link to J.W. Pepper’s website where Aria on “Abide with Me” can be purchased either digitally or hard copy: https://www.jwpepper.com/Aria-on-Abide-with-Me/10950788.item#/submit
