Organ Recital and Choral Evensong March 15 2026
Join us on Sunday, March 15
A service of Choral Evensong takes place Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 5 p.m. at the Parish of Christ Church, 33 Central Street in Andover, Massachusetts. Preceding the service at 4:30 p.m. is an organ recital given by Dr. Erica Johnson featuring works of Jan Pieterzoon Sweelink, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Thomas Philander Ryder and Samuel Barber. The Choral Evensong service features Orlando Gibbons’ Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (short service) and the anthem Lord, let me know mine end of Maurice Greene sung by the Parish Choir of Christ Church under the direction of Barbara Bruns, Minister of Music, with guest organist Priscilla Walter. A free-will offering will be taken in support of Music at Christ Church.
Recitalist Erica Johnson, DMA, is a Boston based organist, keyboardist and church musician. She is the College Organist and Instructor of Organ and Harpsichord at Wellesley College and Adjunct Organ Instructor for the School of Theology of Boston University. Her leadership and advocacy for the historic Fisk instrument in Houghton Chapel continues to generate a blossoming of interest in the organ by many students. As an organ instructor Erica has taught at the UNC School of the Arts, Salem College and the Oberlin Conservatory. Additionally, she was Organ Scholar at The Memorial Church of Harvard University from 1999-2001. As a grant recipient of the Beebe Fund for Musicians she studied for two years at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, with Harald Vogel. Her years in Germany yielded two honors: the 2004 International Arp Schnitger Prize awarded by the Arp Schnitger Gesellschaft, and the 2002 NDR Musikpreis. More recently Erica has presented programs for the Boston Early Music Festival, the Westfield Center, the Göteborg International Organ Academy, and recitals around New England. She holds degrees from Oberlin College, Oberlin Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and the Eastman School of Music.
Please click here for the 2026 schedule of Music Events at Christ Church.
