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This annual event pairs the organ with a variety of brass instruments and percussion played by the Kotzschmar Festival Brass. The highlight will be Kennerley’s new transcription of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The suite with 10 pieces is Mussorgsky’s most famous piano composition and has become a virtuoso showpiece. General Admission...

Join FOKO docents for a free behind-the-scenes view of the magnificent Kotzschmar Organ. How much do you know about pipe organs and how they work? We offer an experience which takes you on a journey of how the Kotzschmar Organ came to be in Merrill Auditorium, and demonstrates its abilities to the fullest. Municipal Organist...

Join FOKO docents for a free behind-the-scenes view of the magnificent Kotzschmar Organ. How much do you know about pipe organs and how they work? We offer an experience which takes you on a journey of how the Kotzschmar Organ came to be in Merrill Auditorium, and demonstrates its abilities to the fullest. Municipal Organist...

This epic World War I-era silent film was the first Academy Award-winning Best Picture in 1929. Boston organist Peter Krasinski, who specializes in the art of live improvised silent film accompaniment worldwide, will put the music to the film. As a bonus, more than a dozen rare World War I artifacts will be on display....

Celebrate the Kotzschmar Organ with us, come for one of the scheduled tours and hear the Kotzschmar played by local organists! Free and open to the public, all ages welcome - donations greatly appreciated. Organ Tours: 12:00 PM & 4:00 PM (no reservations required, just show up!) TIME             PERFORMER 10:00 AM...

Kennerley will introduce a series of his favorite musicians with each giving their own unique performance with Kennerley on the Kotzschmar. Special guests include 16-year-old violinist Morgan Peppe, the 2019 Kotzschmar Memorial Trust Scholarship winner; award-winning classical pianist Chiharu Naruse; and soprano Malinda Haslett, firmly established on the world stage as a multifaceted performer. General...

Bavarian artist Jens Korndoerfer performs at major music venues and festivals around the world. His repertoire reaches from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Critics and organists have called him a "prodigious technician" (La Presse, Montreal), and have praised his "effortless, poetic," "colorful and exciting playing" (Prof. Landale and ORGAN Canada), whose concerts have "thrilled...

The evening starts with a family concert from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. with a special ticket price of $10 for the entire family. It includes the showing of child-friendly Halloween silent cartoons, Kennerley performing on the organ and a children’s costume parade with prizes. At 7 p.m., there is an adult costume parade with the...

Kennerley will join Maine disco tribute band Motor Booty Affair on stage at the Merrill for a night of 70s dance floor classics. The show will include the full 70s experience: afros, bell bottoms, platform shoes, polyester and dance moves to the backdrop of a sound and light show. “The Beast” is the Kotzschmar organ. You...

This annual family experience celebrates the magic of the holidays with Kennerley on the Kotzschmar playing traditional Christmas favorites, accompanied by a host of special guests and featuring soprano Malinda Hasslett, the Kotzschmar Festival Brass, and the ChoralART singers. Reserved seating. $38 (includes all facility fees). $48 (includes all facility fees). $58 (includes all facility...

Celebrate what would be German composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach’s 335th birthday. Bach is known to many classical music enthusiasts as the “high priest” of the pipe organ. Kennerley will perform many of the composer’s classical masterpieces, as well as his own re-imagined versions of Bach favorites. General Admission $30 (includes all facility fees)....