Events

Join us as we welcome Greg Zelek, a nationally acclaimed Organist and a student of Paul Jacobs of Julliard, to perform a Concert on our new Allen Organ

on Friday, March 6, @ 7:00 PM

The event is free; bring family, friends, and neighbors!

 

Praised as “extraordinary in the classical music world” (Jon Hornbacher, PBS Wisconsin Life) and a “musical star” (Bill Wineke, Channel 3000), Greg Zelek (28) is the Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ Series. Since September 2017, Greg has proudly held the Wayne Curtis & Maybelle Slavens Hall and Francis Vincent & Lettie von Kalweit Dunnebacke Curatorship.

Greg concertizes with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and throughout the United States. In addition, Greg regularly performs with orchestras as both a soloist and professional ensemble member. Highlights of the upcoming 2019–2020 season include three performances of Barber’s Toccata Festiva with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, recitals at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Kimmel Center in Verizon Hall, a return appearance with the Jacksonville Symphony as the featured guest soloist, as well as performances at venues in Virginia, Florida, Colorado, and Kentucky. Greg will also collaborate in a number of concerts with fellow Juilliard alum and cellist Thomas Mesa. Most recently, Greg was featured with the Jacksonville Symphony, performed with the Florida Orchestra and was the featured guest soloist with the Ridgewood Symphony. Greg was the organist in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2014 production of Faust. He also performed twice that year with the New World Symphony, including in a performance of Lukas Foss’s Phorionconducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. In 2012, Greg played Strauss’s Alpine Symphony with the MET Orchestra in Carnegie Hall conducted by Semyon Bychkov and performed Poulenc’s Organ Concerto with the Miami Symphony Orchestra in 2011.

In 2016, Greg was chosen by The Diapason magazine as one of the top “20 Under 30” organists, a feature which selects the most successful young artists in the field. He was the First Prize winner in the 2012 Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition, the 2012 West Chester University Organ Competition, and the 2010 East Carolina University Organ Competition (where he was also awarded the “Bach Prize”). Greg was selected as a 2010 NFAA YoungArts Silver Medal Winner and was a prizewinner in the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival. Most recently, Greg was the Audience Prize winner and finalist in the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.

A recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship, Greg received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, as well as an Artist Diploma, from the Juilliard School as a student of Paul Jacobs. Before moving to Madison, Greg was most recently the Music Director and Organist at the Episcopal Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy in New York City. A Cuban-American and native Spanish speaker from Miami, FL, Greg became the Music Director and Organist of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Miami at age 15, and has served as the summer organist for San Pedro Apostol Church in Ramales de la Victoria, Spain.

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A FEW EVENTS GOING ON THIS SUMMER AROUND TPC!

Summer Sermon Series: Stories Jesus Told
July 7 – September 1 @ 10:00 AM
This summer, we are going to be hearing nine of Jesus’ most famous parables and considering what they mean for our lives today. As we hear time and again, we are people of story, shaped and nurtured by them. And no stories have shaped us more than those Jesus told. Our hope is that as we engage these stories, God will reveal new insights and personal convictions that help us discover how to more joyfully and faithfully live into the Kingdom.

Tuesday Morning Bible Study
Parables with Pastor Patrick
9:30 AM in the Church Parlor; July – August
In this new study, we will further explore together the stories from the sermons as well as other parables. All are welcome anytime. Resource workbooks are provided.

Summer Lecture Series: Faith and Firearms
August 7, 14, 21 @ 6:00 – 7:30 PM in Duntreath
For our 5^thannual Summer Lecture Series, we will examine the history of the right to bear arms in our country, the dynamics of violence in the Bible, and complete our series with a discussion of our faithful response as Christians. As in the past, this will be a balanced engagement, with perspectives from different points of view. We hope you will invite family, friends and neighbors
to this important conversation.
Click here for more information on outside speakers and topics.

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This luncheon is for families of children, anyone who has volunteered, and for youth!

The Luncheon will take place upstairs after fellowship time.

During the lunch, we will have some time to talk about the exciting future of children and youth Ministry here at Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church.

There will be a pizza party and watergun fight for the children, so make sure you dress accordingly and bring their labeled water guns!

 

 

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Love to read and explore your thoughts on a book with others?  Join the TPC Book Club.

This group meets on the last Monday evening of the month, September – May to share their thoughts on a book all have read.

 Join us, won’t you!?

Contact Terry Brady or Martha Campbell if you if you have other questions.

 

Tuckahoe Book Club Schedule coming soon!

2024-2025
[Meeting times are subject to change but initially scheduled for 7 p.m.]

 

Date                          Book                                     Reviewer                                  Hostess

September 30  The Daughters of Madura       Becky Theuer                       Camellia Wroniewicz

By Rajascree Variyar

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