Past Events
SELECTED PAST EVENTS - Eric Birk
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 UWS building of NYC's oldest Baptist Church
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, 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 UWS building of NYC's oldest Baptist Church
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)
