Whitney Organ Recital Series at North Chapel

After a lapse of 10 years The S. B. Whitney Organ Recital Series resumes this year on Sunday 4 August, at 3:00 pm at the North Universalist Chapel Society! Pentangle Arts is proud to Promote this first recital of a new annual series, performed by the Talented Jonathan Denham. Jonathan is Music Director and Organist at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock, VT where he leads services, a worship team, and has revived the Revere Handbell Choir. Come to North Chapel on the 4th to hear music of Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, and The Piano Guys.

Admittance is by Donation

Originally from upstate New York, Jonathan studied with Dr. Judy Congdon at Houghton University and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance. After graduating in 2019, he with his wife Anne and his daughter Joy moved to Woodstock in 2020 where they enjoy exploring, hiking, biking and skiing. 

The series title, The S. B.  Whitney Organ Recital Series, commemorates Samuel Brenton Whitney who grew up in Woodstock, became one of the founders of the American Guild of Organists and became the music director at the Church of the Advent in Boston, Massachusetts. The organ at the North Universalist Chapel Society made in 1875 by the Hutchings-Plaisted Company once served in the studio of Boston organist Eugene Thayer. It came to Woodstock in 1881 through Whitney’s efforts. The organ was recorded in 1959 by E. Power Biggs who debuted Variations on America by a slightly rebellious 16-year-old composer Charles Ives.