Past Events
SELECTED PAST EVENTS - Eric Birk
Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Guest Organist
Monday/Tuesday, December 31, 2018/January 1, 2019
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Saturday/Sunday, December 29/30, 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
Varsity Choral Society at Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist - Mozart (Missa brevis in F, K. 194), Vaughan Williams (Fantasy on Christmas Carols)
Saturday/Sunday, November 24/25, 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choir Director
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Birk and Hoke Duo Concert at Saint Albans Church, 317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
(Works by Albrechtsberger, Bach, Bedard, Laurin, Mozart, Sowerby, and Wertsch)
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of The Epiphany, New York, 1393 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Holy Eucharist for All Saints Sunday
Guest Organist - Fauré Requiem
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Guest Organist
Saturday/Sunday, September 23/24, 2018
St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope Brooklyn
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sundays, August 5 - September 2, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
Rye Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Guest (substitute) Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights
Guest (substitute) Organist
Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights
Guest (substitute) Organist
Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 (9 & 11 a.m.)
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich
Guest Organist
Sunday, March 11, 2018 (10 a.m.)
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Sunday, February 25, 2018 (8 / 9:15 / 11 a.m.)
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Sunday, February 18, 2018 (11 a.m.)
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Saturday, February 3, 2018 (4 p.m.)/Sunday, February 4, 2018 (10:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.)
Church of St. Joseph of Yorkville
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
Varsity Choral Society at Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist - Weber: Jubelmesse
BIRK & HOKE DUO accompanying carols for choir and piano four hands
Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Lessons & Carols - guest organist
Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
Rye Presbyterian Church, Rye, New York
"Cantata Sunday" - organist for Rutter - Magnificat ; Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3
Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal)
Evensong - Guest Organist
Russell Schulz-Widmar: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 4 in B-flat
Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 8:00/9:30/11:00 a.m.
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal)
Evensong - Guest Organist
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C
Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich
Guest (Substitute) Organist-Choir Director
Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
Works by Widor, Dupré, Hesse, Halley, and others
Piano and Organ concert at First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich (CT)
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO with DALTON CHORALE at St. Bartholomew's Church, DAVID SHULER, conductor
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Park Avenue at 50th Street, New York NY 10022
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
Works by Widor, Dupré, Hesse, Halley, and others
Piano and Organ concert at St. Albans Church (Admission $20)
317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Lenten Recital Series
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
254 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Haydn: Paukenmesse (continuo organist)
Varsity Choral Society, CRAIG TOCHER, conductor
at the Congregational Church of Manhasset
1845 Northern Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Handel: Messiah - Part 1 (continuo organist)
BERNADETTE HOKE, conductor
St. Albans Church (First Reformed Episcopal)
317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
PIano and Organ concert at Poughkeepsie Reformed Church
Works by Widor, Bedard, Halley, Saint-Saëns, Sowerby and others
70 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12561
Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m./5:00 p.m.
AMTL FUND-RAISING CONCERT at STEINWAY CENTER
BIRK & HOKE DUO with pianists Dalia Sakas and Leslie Jones
1155 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), New York, NY 10036
Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 1:45 p.m.
ERIC BIRK, guest organist
at First Baptist Church in the City of New York
"Why the Organ?" - An organ concert celebrating the Upper West Side building of NYC's oldest Baptist Congregation
Solo postlude concert featuring works of Bach, Johannes Mathias-Michel, John Ferguson, Henry Sexton, Duke Ellington, and Gustav Holst (no admission charge)
265 West 79th Street at Broadway, New York, NY 10024
Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Saturday, October 1, 2016 (4 p.m.)/Sunday, October 2, 2016 (9:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.)
Church of St. Joseph of Yorkville
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Friday, March 25, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.
Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church
Good Friday Service - "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois
Guest Organist
Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organists/Choir Director
Brooklyn Chapter, American Guild of Organists Pipe Organ Encounter 2015
July 26-31, 2015
Eric Birk, Director
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m. - Pre-Holy Week Evensong
at First Baptist Church in the City of New York
265 West 79th Street
Guest organist
Saturday, March 21, 2015, 3:30 p.m. Bach's Birthday Concert (Choral, Organ, Chamber music)
at First Reformed Episcopal Church
317 East 50th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.)
(Complete Schübler Chorales)
Sunday, February 15, 2015, 11:00 a.m.
Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner")
(Mozart: Mass in C major, K. 258 "Piccolomini," Mendelsssohn: There Shall a Star)
Guest organ accompanist
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Service
Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner")
Guest Organist (choral accompanist for various works by John Rutter
& Messe de Minuit pour Noël by Charpentier)
Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.- Handel's Messiah (Part One)
Choir of Christ Church, Cobble Hill Brooklyn at St. Mary's RC Church, Long Island City
(Solo Organ Accompaniment)
Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. - Handel's Messiah (Part One)
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
(Harpsichord)
Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Guest Organist
Monday/Tuesday, December 31, 2018/January 1, 2019
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Saturday/Sunday, December 29/30, 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
Varsity Choral Society at Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist - Mozart (Missa brevis in F, K. 194), Vaughan Williams (Fantasy on Christmas Carols)
Saturday/Sunday, November 24/25, 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choir Director
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Birk and Hoke Duo Concert at Saint Albans Church, 317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
(Works by Albrechtsberger, Bach, Bedard, Laurin, Mozart, Sowerby, and Wertsch)
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of The Epiphany, New York, 1393 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Holy Eucharist for All Saints Sunday
Guest Organist - Fauré Requiem
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Guest Organist
Saturday/Sunday, September 23/24, 2018
St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope Brooklyn
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sundays, August 5 - September 2, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
Rye Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Guest (substitute) Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights
Guest (substitute) Organist
Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights
Guest (substitute) Organist
Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 (9 & 11 a.m.)
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich
Guest Organist
Sunday, March 11, 2018 (10 a.m.)
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Sunday, February 25, 2018 (8 / 9:15 / 11 a.m.)
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Sunday, February 18, 2018 (11 a.m.)
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist/Choirmaster
Saturday, February 3, 2018 (4 p.m.)/Sunday, February 4, 2018 (10:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.)
Church of St. Joseph of Yorkville
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
Varsity Choral Society at Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist - Weber: Jubelmesse
BIRK & HOKE DUO accompanying carols for choir and piano four hands
Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
Lessons & Carols - guest organist
Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
Rye Presbyterian Church, Rye, New York
"Cantata Sunday" - organist for Rutter - Magnificat ; Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3
Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal)
Evensong - Guest Organist
Russell Schulz-Widmar: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 4 in B-flat
Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 8:00/9:30/11:00 a.m.
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal)
Evensong - Guest Organist
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C
Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich
Guest (Substitute) Organist-Choir Director
Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Brick Presbyterian Church
Guest (Substitute) Organist
Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
Works by Widor, Dupré, Hesse, Halley, and others
Piano and Organ concert at First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich (CT)
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO with DALTON CHORALE at St. Bartholomew's Church, DAVID SHULER, conductor
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Park Avenue at 50th Street, New York NY 10022
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
Works by Widor, Dupré, Hesse, Halley, and others
Piano and Organ concert at St. Albans Church (Admission $20)
317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Lenten Recital Series
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
254 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Haydn: Paukenmesse (continuo organist)
Varsity Choral Society, CRAIG TOCHER, conductor
at the Congregational Church of Manhasset
1845 Northern Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Handel: Messiah - Part 1 (continuo organist)
BERNADETTE HOKE, conductor
St. Albans Church (First Reformed Episcopal)
317 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.
BIRK & HOKE DUO
PIano and Organ concert at Poughkeepsie Reformed Church
Works by Widor, Bedard, Halley, Saint-Saëns, Sowerby and others
70 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12561
Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m./5:00 p.m.
AMTL FUND-RAISING CONCERT at STEINWAY CENTER
BIRK & HOKE DUO with pianists Dalia Sakas and Leslie Jones
1155 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), New York, NY 10036
Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 1:45 p.m.
ERIC BIRK, guest organist
at First Baptist Church in the City of New York
"Why the Organ?" - An organ concert celebrating the Upper West Side building of NYC's oldest Baptist Congregation
Solo postlude concert featuring works of Bach, Johannes Mathias-Michel, John Ferguson, Henry Sexton, Duke Ellington, and Gustav Holst (no admission charge)
265 West 79th Street at Broadway, New York, NY 10024
Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Saturday, October 1, 2016 (4 p.m.)/Sunday, October 2, 2016 (9:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.)
Church of St. Joseph of Yorkville
Guest Organist/Choir Director
Friday, March 25, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.
Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church
Good Friday Service - "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois
Guest Organist
Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Congregational Church of Manhasset
Guest Organists/Choir Director
Brooklyn Chapter, American Guild of Organists Pipe Organ Encounter 2015
July 26-31, 2015
Eric Birk, Director
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m. - Pre-Holy Week Evensong
at First Baptist Church in the City of New York
265 West 79th Street
Guest organist
Saturday, March 21, 2015, 3:30 p.m. Bach's Birthday Concert (Choral, Organ, Chamber music)
at First Reformed Episcopal Church
317 East 50th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.)
(Complete Schübler Chorales)
Sunday, February 15, 2015, 11:00 a.m.
Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner")
(Mozart: Mass in C major, K. 258 "Piccolomini," Mendelsssohn: There Shall a Star)
Guest organ accompanist
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Service
Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner")
Guest Organist (choral accompanist for various works by John Rutter
& Messe de Minuit pour Noël by Charpentier)
Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.- Handel's Messiah (Part One)
Choir of Christ Church, Cobble Hill Brooklyn at St. Mary's RC Church, Long Island City
(Solo Organ Accompaniment)
Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. - Handel's Messiah (Part One)
First Baptist Church in the City of New York
(Harpsichord)