Bach all night at St. Columba’s DC

Saturday, September 29^th, 7-10 PM

St. Columba’s Episcopal Church

4201 Albemarle Street, NW

Washington, DC, 20016.

On Saturday, September 29^th Justus Parrotta will perform J. S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 and Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 536 on the Flentrop Organ at St. Columba’s Church in Washington DC from approximately 7:30 PM to 7:50 PM. Immediately following, Parrotta will perform his Four Pitch Etudes for Solo Piano in the Great Hall at St. Columba’s. Admission is free. More information can be found at: https://www.artallnightdc.com/tenley-town/

A Circle of Friends

Sunday, September 30^th, 3PM

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

4250 N. Glebe Road

Arlington, VA 22207.

Matt Mangialetti, Piano

Ping McKenna, Piano

Justus (Jay) Parrotta, Organ and Piano

Betsy Prescott, Piano

Lucia Elena Sanchez, Soprano

Jim Selway, Piano

Come and enjoy an hour of 2-hand, 4-hand, and 8-hand (!) piano music including Claud Debussy’s Bateau from Petite Suite, Kevin Olson’s “A Scott Joplin Rag Rhapsody”, organ offerings of J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565, and Justus Parrotta’s Meditation on “Wachet Auf”, and Vocal Virtuosity.

On Sunday, August, 5^th at 4PM, The Choir of First Presbyterian Church, Arlington under the direction of Adam Scott Graham will present a special afternoon of sacred music at the Franciscan Monastery here in DC at 4:00 p.m Guest artists include soprano Angeli Ferette, and organist Justus Parrotta. The repertoire includes choral works such as Bruckner’s “Locus iste” “O For A Closer Walk” C.V. Stanford and Laudate Dominum by W.A. Mozart. The Franciscan Monastery is Located at 1400 Quincy Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017.

On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 5PM, Central City Opera will present a reading of Act II of Justus Parrotta’s new opera Lottie Silks at the 19^th annual Writing the Rockies Workshop at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado. The performance will take place at the John and Georgie Kincaid Concert Hall, at Quigley Hall located at 600 South Adams Street, Gunnison, Colorado 81231.

Tickets: For those attending the Writing the Rockies Conference, registration includes admission for one person to the New Opera Workshop performance; individual tickets are also available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis (no reservations) to the general public for $20/person, $10/students.

Link to Central City Opera: https://centralcityopera.org/event/writing-the-rockies-2018-new-opera-workshop-lottie-silks-act-ii

Link to Writing the Rockies: https://www.western.edu/writing-rockies-annual-conference/2018-conference/poetry-workshops-panels-and-events/new-opera

Featuring the Music of Bach, Tcherepnin, Vierne, Santos, Mozart, and a premiere by Justus Parrotta. The Church is Located at 755 8^th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001.

Music of Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach, Alain, and Parrotta including a premiere written specifically for the Steer and Turner organ at Immaculate Conception.

Music of Ximenez, Bach, Buxtehude, Messiaen, Langlais, and Parrotta including a premiere written specifically for the instrument at St. Peter’s.

On Thursday, August 14^th, Justus Parrotta will perform a recital on the Peragallo organ at All Saints Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at 12PM.  The program will feature works by Bach, Pachelbel, Anne Krentz Organ, Boëllmann and a Premiere by the performer. The church is located at 18 Olive Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Deleware.

On December 1^st at 7pm at St. Patrick’s Church in Falls Church, Virginia, I will open a benefit concert for the relief of the typhoon victims in the Phillipines with music by Franck and Mendelssohn.  St. Patrick’s is Located at 3241 Brush Drive, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 near the intersection of Annandale Road and Graham Road.

On December 15, 2014 at 3PM, I will direct a Lessons and Carols service at Franconia United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia.  It features the music of Arcadelt, Bach, Mendelssohn, Ord, Tavener, Willcocks and others, along with my own arrangement of Of the Father’s love begotten for Choir and Handbells.  A reception will follow.

On March 23, 2014 at 4PM, I will perform a solo recital at St. John’s Broadcreek in Fort Washington, Maryland.  This is an unusual recital since I am playing two different instruments within the same venue, but not at the same time!  One is a 44 stop two manual Allen Renaissance Quantum Digital organ and the other is an 1817 Jacob Hilbus pipe organ meticulously restored in 2012 by David Storey of Baltimore, Maryland.

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