Schaeffer Organ Concert Series presents

The 2012 concert has come and gone! The house was full including the balcony. Children filled the bean bag seating area, we enjoyed the company of Augusta State University students, members of Reid Memorial and the Augusta community, and visitors from as far away as Atlanta, Columbia, Greenwood, Barnwell and Aiken South Carolina, and even West Virginia.

Enjoy photos from the concert      Visit Christopher's Web site

View the concert programs ages 7-12   and   adults

Thank you to The Augusta Chronicle for excellent coverage.

And, in case you haven't heard, the pipe organ is enjoying a resurging popularity in the younger generation. Read more

Christopher Houlihan was here!

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

We agree with The American Organist, New York...

“Clearly, Christopher Houlihan is a major talent

whose star is destined to brightly shine over

the horizon of the years ahead.”

The pre-concert demonstration (left) was a hit not only with the children, but the big kids (adults) too!

Presently, the next scheduled Schaeffer Organ Concert Series performance is Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. However, mark your calendar for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 when Reid Memorial Organist Brad Cunningham & Friends appears in concert, God willing. We'll let you more about that Spring 2013.

Dr. John Gerhardt Schaeffer (pictured right), former Reid organist and Augusta State University music professor, was a friend to the Augusta music and arts community. His contributions spanned almost 30 years and his influence continues. After Dr. Schaeffer's death in November 1996, the John Schaeffer Organ Concert Series fund was established. This series showcases the culmination of a dream come true, the building of one of Augusta’s finest pipe organs, the Reid Memorial Schantz pipe organ. While we are thankful for all who have contributed toward making the dream of a new instrument and a concert series come true, we acknowledge God, creator and author of all things seen and not seeen, to be the source of these blessings. To God be praise and glory.