Built in Estonia in 1844 and shipped to Alaska, an organ by Tartu craftsman Ernst Carl Kessler is among the oldest in the U.S ...

First Lutheran Church in Lorain is ready to dedicate the musical instrument that joins the congregation’s hymns of praise. The church will host a dedication recital for its new pipe organ, built this ...

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin will be hosting a Hymn Sing on Sunday, Dec. 17. Matt Wahl, Holy Trinity's director of music, will be performing a Christmas-themed program featuring a mix of ...

The second stop on the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour will be on Sunday, Oct. 13, at St. John’s Lutheran Church with their Weickhardt/Gruber Organ dating from 1912. The program will include works by Bach ...

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1450 30th Ave., East Moline, will celebrate the rededication of its pipe organ with a hymn festival at 3 p.m. Oct. 5. The festival will be led by Dr. Michael Burkhardt, a ...

People entering Zion Lutheran Church in East Petersburg this past Monday could hear a familiar tune being played by a famous organist. The tune was Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. The organist ...

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APPLETON – A longer-than-expected journey will soon result in one of the grandest musical instruments to have a home in the Fox Valley. It speaks in metaphor about the church it’ll serve each Sunday ...

Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Church, 136 W. Main St., Worthington, Armstrong County, will celebrate its history with two events this weekend. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, the church will have ...

Central Lutheran Church is having its second annual Hymn Festival Nov. 16 with brass, pipe organ, strings, percussion and choirs. The festival honors the love of hymn singing by the late Janice Newell ...

Wartburg College will host a hymn festival, after celebrating the Wartburg Chapel's 25th anniversary of the Dobson organ. The festival, "From Generation to Generation: Hymns for Life's Journey," will ...

People entering Zion Lutheran Church in East Petersburg this past Monday could hear a familiar tune being played by a famous organist. The tune was Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. The organist ...