FREE Organ
Concert!
Venue: Overture Hall
Saturday, June 28, 2025
11:00 a.m.
FREE and open to the public of all ages!
Join Guest Organist T. Jared Stellmacher in Overture Hall during the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square to enjoy a FREE organ concert! Bring your family and friends for a relaxing 45-minute free concert. No tickets or reservations are needed and all ages are welcome! Discover more about our Free Farmers’ Market Organ Concert Series.
T. Jared Stellmacher, native of Ripon, Wisconsin, is Director of Worship and Music at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Madison/Verona, WI where he leads and oversees a diverse multi-campus music ministry. Previous positions include Director of Music at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Watertown, WI; Director of Music at Redeemer Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Hinsdale, IL; Interim Director of Music at First Church Congregational in Fairfield, CT; Accompanist for the critically acclaimed 100+ voice Fairfield County Chorale; Assistant Organist at the historic Riverside Church in New York City; Associate Organist at the First Presbyterian Church in New Canaan, CT; and Assistant Choral/Vocal Administrator at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. Jared has received many awards for his performance excellence, most notably first place in the American Guild of Organists Region VI Competition for Young Organists held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs; he then performed as a “Rising Star” at the National AGO Convention in Chicago. Jared received his MM from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music and BMus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.
Concert Run Time: Approx. 45 minutes
Music
Percy Fletcher, Festival Toccata
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Boléro de concert, Op. 166
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Chinese Folk Tune
Michael Bedford, Theme and Variations on “Le P’ing”
Joseph Jongen, Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94
Free Farmers’ Market Organ Concerts are presented by the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Overture Center for the Arts, in partnership with Madison Media Partners.
Support for all Overture Concert Organ programs is provided by the Diane Endres Ballweg Fund.