St. Matthew's Cathedral Arts

Choral Evensong with the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
2022-03-20 17:00 UTC | Great Hall, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday in Lent
sung by the
Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
Monica Awbrey, Director
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer HERE.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Sundermann Gallery Second Invitational Multi-Media Exhibition Opening Reception
2022-03-18 18:00 | Justus Sundermann Gallery, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Exhibit Opening and Artist Reception
Friday, March 18 at 6:00 pm
Featuring artworks by:
Jessica Bell
Richard Boul
Carolyn Brown
Rod Carver
Claire Choquette
Adriana Cobo-Frenkel
Colin Coolidge
Annie Foster
Grace Glover
Joyce McCulloch
Margo Miller
Pamela Nelson
Jana Swart
Vince Tuhy
Cathedral Arts has invited prominent Dallas-area visual artists to participate in the second Invitational Multi-Media Exhibition, to be held in the Justus Sundermann Gallery through April 22. Invited artists have previously exhibited in the Sundermann Gallery or have been recommended to the curatorial committee by Cathedral Arts patrons. Fourteen artists will be represented in this major exhibition of painting, photography and sculpture. The Invitational Exhibition provides outreach to support the work of area artists and promote the Justus Sundermann Gallery as an outstanding exhibition space, further recognizing St. Matthew’s Cathedral as a home for the visual and performing arts as well as a welcoming place of worship in Old East Dallas. The public is cordially invited.
Event flyer here.

Pianist Dongni Xie in Recital
2022-03-06 15:00
Music of Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Liszt, Earl Wild,
Enrique Granados and Maurice Ravel
Originally from China, Dongni Xie is a first prize winner of seven international piano competitions. She is in demand throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, having performed in venues including Carnegie Hall, Château de Fontainebleau (France), Dream Forest Art Center (South Korea), Gijon City Hall (Spain), and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (US) and has been praised for her “bravura performance…mature and relaxed, perfectly in line with its composer’s presumed intention.” Having opened the 2017/2018 season of the Boulder Symphony Orchestra, she boasts featured artist appearances at many international music festivals, including the Imago Sloveniae (Slovenia), Festival ARTIS (Slovakia), and the August Music Festival (UK) to name but a few. She is a big supporter of young American musical talent, performing with the Debut Orchestra, Los Angeles’ premier youth orchestra, in 2016. Xie is not only respected as a performer, but also as an academic, invited to lecture at El Paso University (US) and Huzhou Normal University (China), and to deliver masterclasses at venues throughout China.
Xie is a leader in the interplay between classical and modern music, having founded In6ix, a sextet combining both jazz and classical styles. Xie successfully led her group on a tour throughout China in 2019, giving concerts and masterclasses. A recent co-founder of the concert series Live! Again, based in Dallas and Houston, she has brought a unique way to experience new music and modern arts.
Xie obtained her doctoral degree in Piano Performance at the University of North Texas under the guidance of Dr. Pamela Mia Paul, where she won a Teaching Fellowship. She received her B.M. at Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Chen Jiang, her M.M. at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University with Yong Hi Moon, and earned her Graduate Certificate at the University of Southern California with Norman Krieger. She is a recipient of the Meadows Artistic Scholarship Award, working with maestro Joaquín Achúcarro. Xie is an Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College.
Visit Dongni Xie on Facebook here.
Event flyer here.
Free admission and parking.

2022 Distinguished Artist Master Class with Donnie Ray Albert
2022-02-19 10:00 - 12:00
Black Voices II: Honoring Black History Month
2022 DISTINGUISHED ARTIST WEEKEND
presenting
A Master Class with Donnie Ray Albert, bass-baritone
Saturday, February 19 at 10:00 am
Great Hall
Free parking and admission
2022 Distinguished Artist Donnie Ray Albert returns to the Great Hall to conduct a master class with outstanding young vocal artists from area universities. Admission is free to the public. Donations are welcomed.
Event flyer here.
About the Artist:

Donnie Ray Albert is a regular guest of opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera as Germont, Los Angeles Opera as Trinity Moses in Mahagonny, Simone in A Florentine Tragedy, and as the Father in Hansel and Gretel, plus numerous appearances with Opera Pacific, Houston Grand Opera, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Dallas Opera, Arizona; Atlanta Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera, and the opera companies of New Orleans, Baltimore, Columbus, Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburgh, and, in Canada, with the companies in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Manitoba, and Vancouver. In Europe, he has appeared at the Cologne Opera singing all Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffman, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, and Frank in Die Tote Stadt, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as the Four Villains, the Royal Opera Wallonie in Liege for Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy, the National Theater in Prague as Jack Rance, the Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lithuanian National Opera in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer, plus the opera houses in Bordeaux, Köln, Bregenz, Milan, Mannheim and Hamburg, and in Vienna in the title role in Ernst Bloch’s Macbeth for the Vienna “Klangbogen” Festival.
He has appeared in Japan with the New National Theater in Tokyo as Wotan and the Wanderer in Der Ring des Nibelungen, and in Brazil as Jochanaan in Salome in Sao Paolo. As a concert artist, Mr. Albert has sung with the orchestras of Washington DC (National), Cologne, Southwest Florida, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Dallas, Minnesota, Seattle, St. Paul, Los Angeles, Austin, Palm Beach, Greensboro, Grant Park Music Festival, and Madison, Vienna and Linz, in Austria and in Jerusalem. He is also a resident artist with the Center for Black Music Research at Chicago’s Columbia College. In recent seasons, Mr. Albert has appeared as Rigoletto for Vancouver Opera, Amonasro in Riga, Latvia, and Phoenix, Alfio for the Orlando Opera, Iago for the Kentucky Opera, Il Giuramento for the Washington Concert Opera, Das lied von der Erde with Rhode Island Philharmonic, Elijah with the Southwest Florida Master Chorale, concerts with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the Atlanta Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra for their performance of d’Indy’s Fervaal, Nashville Symphony, the Kentucky Opera as Germont, Latvian Opera as Giorgio in I Puritani, Prague’s National Theater as the Four Villains in a new production of Les Contes d’Hoffman, and the Semper Opera in Dresden for Keith Warner’s new production of Faust, in Paris for Aida, in Riga, Latvia for Otello, Madison Opera for La traviata, and Washington Concert Opera for Adriana Lecouvreur. Future engagements include appearances as Amonasro in Edmonton and in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff for the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen.
Mr. Albert may be heard on RCA’s Grammy Award and Grand Prix du Disque winning recording of Porgy and Bess, NOW’s recording of The Horse I Ride Has Wings with David Garvey on piano, EMI’s Frühlingsbegräbnis and Eine Florentinesche Tragodie by Zemlinsky conducted by James Conlon, and Simon Sargon’s A Clear Midnight on the Gasparo label. Mr. Albert is currently Senior Lecturer in Voice at the Butler School of Music of the University of Texas College of Fine Arts.
Read more about Donnie Ray Albert here.

2022 Distinguished Artist Recital: Donnie Ray Albert with Rick Rowley
2022-02-18 19:30
Black Voices II: Honoring Black History Month
2022 DISTINGUISHED ARTIST WEEKEND
presenting
DONNIE RAY ALBERT, bass-baritone
and
RICK ROWLEY, piano
music of J.S. Bach, Robert Owens, Franz Schubert,
Lena McLin, Uzee Brown, Jr. and Hale Smith
free parking and admission
Conversation with the artists at 7:00
Reception with the artists follows immediately
On Saturday, February 19 at 10:00 am, Mr. Albert returns to the Great Hall to conduct a master class featuring outstanding young vocalists. Admission is free to the public. Donations are welcomed.
Event flyer here.
About the Artists:

Donnie Ray Albert is a regular guest of opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera as Germont, Los Angeles Opera as Trinity Moses in Mahagonny, Simone in A Florentine Tragedy, and as the Father in Hansel and Gretel, plus numerous appearances with Opera Pacific, Houston Grand Opera, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Dallas Opera, Arizona; Atlanta Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera, and the opera companies of New Orleans, Baltimore, Columbus, Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburgh, and, in Canada, with the companies in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Manitoba, and Vancouver. In Europe, he has appeared at the Cologne Opera singing all Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffman, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, and Frank in Die Tote Stadt, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as the Four Villains, the Royal Opera Wallonie in Liege for Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy, the National Theater in Prague as Jack Rance, the Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lithuanian National Opera in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer, plus the opera houses in Bordeaux, Köln, Bregenz, Milan, Mannheim and Hamburg, and in Vienna in the title role in Ernst Bloch’s Macbeth for the Vienna “Klangbogen” Festival.
He has appeared in Japan with the New National Theater in Tokyo as Wotan and the Wanderer in Der Ring des Nibelungen, and in Brazil as Jochanaan in Salome in Sao Paolo. As a concert artist, Mr. Albert has sung with the orchestras of Washington DC (National), Cologne, Southwest Florida, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Dallas, Minnesota, Seattle, St. Paul, Los Angeles, Austin, Palm Beach, Greensboro, Grant Park Music Festival, and Madison, Vienna and Linz, in Austria and in Jerusalem. He is also a resident artist with the Center for Black Music Research at Chicago’s Columbia College. In recent seasons, Mr. Albert has appeared as Rigoletto for Vancouver Opera, Amonasro in Riga, Latvia, and Phoenix, Alfio for the Orlando Opera, Iago for the Kentucky Opera, Il Giuramento for the Washington Concert Opera, Das lied von der Erde with Rhode Island Philharmonic, Elijah with the Southwest Florida Master Chorale, concerts with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the Atlanta Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra for their performance of d’Indy’s Fervaal, Nashville Symphony, the Kentucky Opera as Germont, Latvian Opera as Giorgio in I Puritani, Prague’s National Theater as the Four Villains in a new production of Les Contes d’Hoffman, and the Semper Opera in Dresden for Keith Warner’s new production of Faust, in Paris for Aida, in Riga, Latvia for Otello, Madison Opera for La traviata, and Washington Concert Opera for Adriana Lecouvreur. Future engagements include appearances as Amonasro in Edmonton and in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff for the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen.
Mr. Albert may be heard on RCA’s Grammy Award and Grand Prix du Disque winning recording of Porgy and Bess, NOW’s recording of The Horse I Ride Has Wings with David Garvey on piano, EMI’s Frühlingsbegräbnis and Eine Florentinesche Tragodie by Zemlinsky conducted by James Conlon, and Simon Sargon’s A Clear Midnight on the Gasparo label. Mr. Albert is currently Senior Lecturer in Voice at the Butler School of Music of the University of Texas College of Fine Arts.
Read more about Donnie Ray Albert here.
Rick Rowley leads a diverse musical life. He gives concerts with many of the world’s finest instrumentalists and singers and his solo, concerto and collaborative performances have taken him throughout the United States, to Europe and Latin America.
Mr. Rowley has made several recordings of solo piano repertoire, chamber music and art songs. His second CD with flutist Marianne Gedigian was one of the first recordings issued on the University of Texas Longhorn label. He has recorded piano music of Chopin, Liszt, Granados, Mompou and American composers David Guion, Richard Cumming, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. His recordings with sopranos Cheryl Parrish and Mela Dailey also feature the music of American composers. He has begun making video performances as part of a series of concerts in partnership with Prof. Darlene Wiley of the Butler School of Music (BSOM) voice faculty.
Mr. Rowley coaches singers and works with collaborative pianists, has taught classes in German, French and American art song, singing and acting for musical theater, and a history of musical theater on Broadway. He has appeared three times as a soloist with the UT Symphony Orchestra and is heard frequently on broadcasts of live performances from the BSOM.
Mr. Rowley has worked extensively in theater in over 50 productions as an actor, director and musical director. As well as a concerto soloist, he has appeared with the Austin Symphony as an actor in two “Beyond the Score” presentations and a concert of the music of Silvestre Revueltas. He played the role of Frosch in a production of Die Fledermaus at the Butler Opera Center and also wrote incidental music for a children’s theater production of The Firebird.
Mr. Rowley has been a partner in a piano rebuilding shop, where he gained knowledge and experience in the workings of the instrument. He is currently Associate Professor of Practice, Vocal Coaching and Collaborative Piano at the Butler School of Music of the University of Texas College of Fine Arts.

Choral Evensong with the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
2022-02-06 17:00 | Great Hall, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Music for Treble Voices
sung by the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
Monica Awbrey, Director
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer HERE.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Pianist Gregory Thompson in Recital
2022-01-30 15:00
Black Voices I: The Piano’s Voice
music of
Irene Britton Smith
Franz Josef Haydn
George Walker
Joel Thompson
Frédéric Chopin
Gregory Thompson’s recital features seldom-heard contributions to the concert piano repertoire by distinguished Black American composers Irene Britton Smith, Joel Thompson and George Walker. 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Walker, who was the first black composer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Pianist Gregory Thompson is widely known as a solo and collaborative artist in the United States, Europe and Asia. Following his Carnegie Hall debut, the New York Times praised his “intuitive playing”, and his ability to “make a melodic line sing and inflect it with delicate rubato effects.”
Thompson’s international performance credits include concerts at Marmolle Hall in Salzburg, at the Atelier Concert Series in Paris and the Teatro Signorelli in Cortona, Italy. He has played at New York City’s Weill and Zankel Recital Halls, as well as at Steinway Galleries in North Carolina and Georgia. His varied repertoire ranges from Beethoven and Schubert to Prokofiev, including the celebrated Black American composers George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork, Joel Thompson and Irene Britton Smith. He has collaborated with several internationally-renowned vocal artists, including Grace Bumbry, Allan Glassman and Russell Thomas, and with woodwind faculty members at the Salzburg Mozarteum. His concerto performances include appearances with the Baltimore Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic and the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dr. Thompson holds degrees from Peabody Conservatory, Limestone College and the University of South Carolina. A committed educator, he has served on the faculties of colleges and universities in Ohio and the Carolinas, including Winston-Salem State University, a historically black public university founded in 1892.
Visit Gregory Thompson online.
EVENT FLYER HERE
Free parking and admission.

Sundermann Gallery Opening: Sanctuary: Works of Gary Cooks and LaShonda Cooks
2022-01-21 17:30 | Justus Sundermann Gallery, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Sanctuary: Artworks by Gary Cooks and LaShonda Cooks
Justus Sundermann Gallery
January 21 through March 11
Exhibit Opening and Reception with the Artists
Friday, January 21 at 5:30 pm
Event flyer here.
Sanctuary is an intimate father-daughter art exhibit that features unseen pieces by retired art teacher turned artist Gary Cooks, with new paintings by emerging artist LaShonda Cooks. The exhibition explores the sacred space that art creates for both father and daughter, in seasons of change.
Gary Cooks began his mandala-inspired series during his final semester of teaching. For almost 30 years, he had put his creativity on hold so he could inspire his students to be creative. Retirement gave him time to focus on his own work and use another gift that God had given him: the ability to create art. The mandala drawings provided a sense of calmness and created a sanctuary for his mind during this transitional period. He chose colors, patterns and shapes that made him feel happy and free. He believes art should be about feeling good.
The painting series by LaShonda Cooks explores the sanctuary created in revisiting memories from the past and how they evolve and change with time. She captures her defining moments from childhood to the present and reviews the ever-shifting roles of church, family and friends in her evolving views of beauty and womanhood.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Gary Cooks was born and raised in Dallas and earned his BFA degree from the University of North Texas. He and his lovely wife Carmen have been married for more than thirty years and have two beautiful daughters, LaShonda and Candace. Gary is a retired art educator. Over his 30-year teaching career, he received many honors and awards, including Teacher of the Year at John Henry Brown Middle School (renamed Billy Earl Dade) and semifinalist for Dallas Independent School District’s Teacher of the Year. He used different media, ranging from painting, drawing, printmaking, weaving and ceramics to motivate his students to be creative, encouraging students with before and after school art clubs, the Dallas ISD Youth Art Month Exhibit, the DART Poster contest, the Dallas Auto Show’s Car of the Future drawing contest, the Cotton Bowl drawing contest, the Kwanzaa Mask-Making Contest, and the Channel 5 Bus Stop Weather Contest. Gary is excited about this new chapter of creating and showcasing his own artwork.

LaShonda Cooks is a Dallas-based artist and writer who loves exploring cultural norms, identity and beauty through words and images. She received her BS from Babson College in 2010. While there, LaShonda, the daughter of an art teacher, balanced her business education with a lifelong interest in the arts, by working in the college’s ceramic studio and exploring color in glaze and underglaze tiles. Those color studies birthed her signature pointillist painting style that features short fluid strokes and multiple layers of colors. Portraiture is her specialty. She regularly captures the features and essence of clients for commission pieces of all sizes and depicts her favorite icons and influencers on canvas as well. Her work has been featured in the Hollister Gallery at Babson College, Babson Magazine, Beacon Gallery, Boston City Hall, the Martin Luther King DART Bus Stop, Forest Theater, 500X Gallery, MUCE Miami Campus, ArtCon, Conception Dallas Art Show, ArtLoveMagic, UrbanChatter Art Show, Moody Performance Hall, Latino Cultural Center, Illamar Galeria and the African American Museum of Dallas. More about LaShonda and her work can be found at www.shondasart.com.

Handel's Messiah: Three Evenings with Jordan Hammons
2021-12-01 19:00 - 2021-12-15 19:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Join Jordan Hammons on three Wednesday evenings during Advent for a deep dive into one of the most famous and widely shared pieces in music history.
Wednesdays, December 1, 8, and 15 at 7:00 pm
Online on the Zoom video platform
Free registration!
Send an email to erica@episcopalcathedral.org

It is the Lenten season in London, 1743, the night of March 23, and the theater-going public is in a chastened mood. No plays, no operas—in fact, no secular entertainments of any kind—seem appropriate now, and indeed, it is hard to find them during this forty-day season of penance and reflection before the gladness of Easter…Tonight Handel wears and an anxious expression, and again one cannot help but wonder why. The knowledgeable in the audience know the identity of the expensively dressed gentleman sitting in a very good seat…scowling all the while. This is Charles Jennens, wealthy squire of Gopsal estate… and writer of the libr[etto] for tonight’s entertainment. – Tim Slover
Perhaps no work in the Classical music canon is more popular during the Advent season than Handel’s Messiah. Woven into the music is a rich fabric of Scripture that captures the specific goals of the work’s author (or librettist), Charles Jennens. Messiah stitches together verses from across the Bible into a reflection and commentary on the prophecy and Passion of Jesus. In our offering, Messiah: The Lord Gave the Word we will look at several passages from Jennens’ libretto: where they are sourced Biblically, how they reflect the theology of the eighteenth-century Church of England, and how these passages are understood in our modern context. Don’t worry, we’ll listen to some beautiful music as well! – Jordan Hammons
Wednesdays, December 1, 8, and 15 at 7:00 pm
Online on the Zoom video platform
Free registration!
Send an email to erica@episcopalcathedral.org
Event flyer here.
About Jordan Hammons

Jordan Hammons is a native of Alabama. An accomplished tenor, he was seen most recently as Eddie Pensier in The Dallas Opera’s production of John Davie’s The Bremen Town Musicians. Mr. Hammons has performed Macheath in Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera, the Podestà in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, and Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. He received praise from Theatre Jones for capturing the character’s “pathetic, beaten-dog quality” in his portrayal of Little Bat in Floyd’s Susannah. As a concert soloist, Mr. Hammons has been featured in The Seven Last Words of Christ (DuBois), Messiah (Handel), Serenade (Britten), and Magnificat (Bach). He has also presented chamber concerts including Benjamin Britten’s Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, John Corigliano’s Three Irish Folksongs, and Vita Brevis by Paul Moravec. Mr. Hammons holds a Bachelor of Arts from Millsaps College and a Performer’s Diploma and Master of Music Degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was awarded the Roy and Sue Johnson Award for excellence in opera.
Visit Jordan Hammons online here.

Choral Evensong with the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
2021-10-24 17:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
sung by the
Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
H. Michie Akin, Guest Conductor
Music of Stephen Paulus, Paul Spicer, Henry Walford Davis,
Philip Stopford and Edgar Bainton
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer HERE.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

2021 North Texas Giving Day
2021-09-23 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Support the tenth season of St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts!
Each year, generous donors like you participate in the community-wide North Texas Giving Day,
coming Thursday, September 23, 6:00 am until midnight.
For your convenience, donors can schedule their gifts before Giving Day!
Schedule your gift at any time HERE.
Mark your calendar and visit NorthTexasGivingDay.org for more information.
Thanks for your support of Saint Matthew’s Cathedral Arts!

Sundermann Gallery Exhibit Opening: Ichilian: Father and Son
2021-08-28 17:00 | Justus Sundermann Gallery, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
Artworks by Sarkis Avedis Ichilian
and Harold James Ichilian
Justus Sundermann Gallery
August 28 – September 30
Event flyer here.
St. Matthew’s parishioner Adele Ichilian provides these introductory notes for the exhibition:
My grandfather, Sarkis Avedis Ichilian, was born in Armenia on June 12, 1871. Raised in a cultured family, he traveled throughout the Near East and France. He immigrated to the US thru Canada, settling in Washington, D.C. in the early 1900s. Sarkis married in 1903 and had two children, Anna Hripsime and Harold James (my father). Naturalized in 1924, he spoke Armenian, Arabic, French and English. Sarkis died on July 21, 1940, and was buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Washington, D.C. beside his wife, Statira.
My father, Harold James Ichilian, was born on May 13, 1912, and raised in Washington, D.C. A graduate of George Washington University with a degree in Library Sciences, he was also fluent in French and German. Due to prejudice in the early 1900s against those from the Near East, his father sadly ceased teaching him Armenian, stating that he was an American child and must speak English, much to my father’s regret years later. Drafted into the Army in 1942, he was sent to Italy in January of 1944. Harold spent the duration of WWII in Grottaglia, near Taranto in the instep of the heel of Italy. At war’s end, he returned to the US in May of 1945 on the Queen Mary, one of over 9,000 troops aboard the ship. Harold married in 1943 and had one daughter. He worked for the Library of Congress, the Department of Defense, and as a civilian journalist for the US Navy until the early 1960s. Upon retirement, he spent sixteen months traveling throughout Europe. Harold died on June 3, 2001, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, along with his wife, Rozelle.
Neither Sarkis nor Harold received formal art training. Sarkis liked to paint scenes from his memories of the old country, and from visits to the Maryland seashore. He worked primarily in oils, pastels and charcoal. Following in his father’s footsteps, Harold began sketching during his childhood. As an adult, his subjects were primarily landscapes and animals, employing both pastels and oils. During the war, he made pastel sketches while stationed in Italy, refining them into larger paintings years later (three of these paintings appear in the exhibit).
Interestingly, both my grandfather and father wrote poetry (examples of their poetry are included in the exhibit). My father particularly liked to write sonnets. My grandfather’s poems are in his native language, which my friend Boghos Kirazian has translated and reported that they are quite melancholy. They undoubtedly reflect his sadness of not being able to go back for visits after the tragic genocide of more than one million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

Jack and the Beanstalk with The Dallas Opera
2021-05-30 15:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Cathedral Arts proudly presents

in a new production for families and children

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by John Davies
performed on the OperaTruck,
an 18-wheel flatbed “big rig”
customized as an outdoor
mobile stage!

DUE TO EXPECTED INCLEMENT WEATHER,
PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO
Sunday, May 30 at 3:00 pm
The Lawn of St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Benefitting the St Matthew’s Cathedral Food Pantry
Please bring chairs and donations of non-perishable food
(condiments, snacks, cake/cookie mixes, jello/pudding mixes).
Social distancing and face masks required – thanks!
with
Kayla Nanto, mezzo-soprano
Janine Dworin, mezzo-soprano
Prosper Makhanya, bass-baritone
Jordan Hammons, tenor, narrator/touring assistant
Mary Dibbern, Education Music Director/pianist
Ryan Lescalleet, stage director
Christopher A. Leach, sound technician
Introduce the children in your life to this wonderful children’s opera—adapted from the classic fairy tale!
Jack’s mother sends him off to sell their beloved cow so the family can use the money to buy food. Instead, Jack is talked into buying some supposedly magic beans. But the beans are magic—sprouting into a cloud-high beanstalk. At the top—one mean giant in a magic castle filled with riches, including a hen that lays golden eggs stolen from Jack’s family. See what happens when Jack climbs the beanstalk, reclaims the hen, and heads back home with a giant in hot pursuit! A charming musical where everyone learns that bullying is never right, being kind is always right, and crime never pays.
Event flyer HERE.

Choral Evensong
2021-05-16 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
sung by the
Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
Monica Awbrey, Director
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer HERE.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Soprano Michelle Perez in a Benefit Recital
2021-05-02 15:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
THE FACETS OF LOVE
A Benefit Recital for St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts
with
MICHELLE PEREZ, SOPRANO
STEPHEN CAREY, PIANO
MUSIC OF MANUEL DE FALLA, MAX REGER, CHARLES GOUNOD,
FERNANDO OBRADORS, FRANZ LISZT, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL,
LIBBY LARSON, LIN MANUEL MIRANDA AND STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Soprano Michelle Perez currently serves as the associate director of choral activities at Mesquite High School and the Texas Music Educators Association Region III Vocal Chair. Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Michelle has enjoyed performing throughout the U.S., and with professional local and liturgical choirs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including the St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts Choral Artists. A graduate of the University of North Texas, Michelle holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education. While at UNT, she studied with Alan McClung, Jerry McCoy, Jeffrey Snider, and Richard Sparks. As a member of UNT choirs, Michelle enjoyed a variety of national and international performance opportunities. Michelle will graduate with her Masters in Music Education this May at Southern Methodist University and will pursue a Masters in Vocal performance under a full scholarship to Arizona State University in the Fall of 2021.
Pianist Stephen Carey is a native of York, Pennsylvania. Stephen has his bachelor of music degree from West Virginia University, and his master of music degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Both of his degrees are in piano performance and collaborative piano. From the fall of 2001 through the spring of 2013, Mr. Carey worked for Opera Memphis, where he ultimately served as assistant artistic director, director of the young artist program, chorus master, assistant conductor, and rehearsal pianist/vocal coach. Then, from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2018, Mr. Carey worked for Fort Worth Opera, where he served as principal pianist and vocal coach. From the fall of 2018 through the spring of 2019, Mr. Carey served as the assistant music director for the opera program at the University of North Texas. In 2020 he joined the music faculty of the Seagle Festival, the premier opera and musical theater producing organization in the Adirondack region of upstate New York, as well as the oldest summer vocal training program in the United States. Mr. Carey is currently the music director for the opera program at Texas Christian University.
Suggested donation $15.00.
Donate in person or securely online HERE.
Download a complete program and notes HERE.
Watch live on YouTube HERE.
Event flyer HERE.

Choral Evensong on the Lawn
2021-04-18 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States

2021 Distinguished Artist Recital: Chloé Trevor, violin and Jonathan Tsay, piano
2021-03-21 15:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
2021 Distinguished Artist Recital
Chloé Trevor, violin
Jonathan Tsay, piano
Music of
Lera Auerbach
Amy Beach
Alexandra T. Bryant
Gabriela Lena Frank
(click composer’s name for more information)
Featuring artworks by Carlos Cázares

A pre-recorded video of this recital will launch on the Cathedral Arts YouTube Channel on Sunday, March 21. Details to follow.
Complete Recital Program and Notes HERE.
Event Flyer HERE.

Quickly becoming one of the most talked-about and sought after musical ambassadors to Generation Z, violinist Chloé Trevor has combined her technical brilliance, spirit for classical music and her passion for mentoring the youth of today to connect with audiences in exciting and innovative ways. Silver medalist of the Ima Hogg Competition, critics have acclaimed Chloé for her “dazzling technique”, “excellent musicianship”, “huge tone”, “poise and professional grace”, and “bold personality unafraid to exult in music and ability”. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras worldwide, including the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Latvian Chamber Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic, Plano Symphony, and the Knoxville Symphony. She made her New York concerto debut in 2013 and Avery Fisher Hall debut in 2014. Chloé was the Grand Prize winner at the 2006 Lynn Harrell Competition and the 2005 Lennox Competition. She has been a featured soloist with the Dallas Symphony at the Meyerson Symphony Center, and with the Missouri Symphony on tour throughout the state. At age thirteen she appeared on the nationally syndicated radio program From the Top. Chloé has appeared as a soloist with the Lutoslawski Filharmonie (Poland), the Teplice Philharmonic (Czech Republic), and a tour with the Latvian Chamber Orchestra. She was also invited as a soloist in the Young Prague Spring Festival to give recitals and perform the Mendelssohn Concerto in and around Prague. More recent performances included Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony and Prokofiev’s 2nd Concerto both at Sala São Paulo in Brazil and with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra as a result of winning the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Concerto Competition. She went on to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Houston Symphony and recitals at the Music in the Mountains Festival with pianist David Korevaar. She opened the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra’s 2010-11 season with the Barber Violin Concerto and the Missouri Symphony’s “Hot Summer Nights” 2011 Opening Gala with the Brahms Concerto. She returned to perform the Beethoven Concerto with the Knoxville Symphony for their Diamond anniversary season.
Chloé was introduced to the violin at age 2 by her mother, Heidi Trevor Itashiki, a Dallas Symphony violinist. She later studied with Arkady Fomin, Dallas Symphony violinist and Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas. Chloé has made numerous appearances on the concert stage with her father, internationally recognized conductor and teacher, Kirk Trevor. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with David and Linda Cerone, and her graduate degree as a scholarship student at Rice University studying with Kenneth Goldsmith. Chloé plays on a Carlo Landolfi violin made in Italy in 1771 and bows by Etienne Pajeot and Émile-Auguste Ouchard.
Visit Chloé Trevor online here.

Soloist, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, producer, and arts administrator, Jonathan Tsay maintains an artistic career as diverse as his interests. A recent multi-city tour of Taiwan included solo recital stops at the National Recital Hall in Taipei, Kaohsiung Music Hall, and the Pingtung Arts Center. Other recent solo engagements include performances for The Cliburn, Music at Southminster in Ottawa, Blanco Performing Arts, and Fine Arts Chamber Players.
A sought-after collaborator, Dr. Tsay has performed alongside some of the world’s premier musicians, including Chee-Yun, David Cooper (Principal Horn, Dallas Symphony), Jing Wang (Concertmaster, Hong Kong Philharmonic), dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc, Chloé Trevor (“musical ambassador to Generation Z”), the Cézanne Quartet, and Nathan Olson (Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra). Jonathan performs regularly as Principal Keyboard of the Las Colinas Symphony and serves as Artistic Director of Ensemble75, a chamber music series based in Dallas.
Visit Jonathan Tsay online here.

Choral Evensong
2021-03-07 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
CHORAL EVENSONG
FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Sunday, March 7 at 4:00 pm
sung by the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
also live streamed at facebook.com/stmatthewscathedraldallas
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer HERE.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Pianist Mikhail Berestnev in Recital
2021-01-24 15:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
music of
César Franck
Maurice Ravel
Nikolai Medtner
Sergei Rachmaninoff
WITH ARTWORKS BY MARGO LEE MILLER
FILMED IN THE GREAT HALL OF
ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
DALLAS, TEXAS
YOUTUBE PREMIERE JANUARY 24, 2021
EVENT FLYER HERE
WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE
PRINTED PROGRAM HERE
Pianist Mikhail Berestnev has been described as having “…flawless technique and constant inspiration…superb sonority…” (Belgian La Libre Magazine) and “… an astonishingly gifted pianist…equally at home as a soloist and collaborative pianist…” (Theater Jones, U.S.).
Mikhail has been featured as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Fort Worth Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Meadows Symphony and the Greater North Texas Youth Orchestra, among others. He has performed with orchestras and as a recitalist at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and International Music House in Moscow, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Flagey Theater in Brussels, the Sydney Opera House, Palau de la Música Recital Hall in Barcelona, English Hall at the Saint Petersburg Music House and The Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Moody Performance Hall in Dallas.
Mikhail’s recent collaborations include work with Grammy Award-winning violinist Matt Albert, Avery Fisher Grant recipient violinist Aaron Boyd, Meadows School of Arts Distinguished Artist in Residence violinist Emanuel Borok, concert pianist Andrei Ponochevny, Dallas Symphony violinist Eunice Keem, French hornist David Alan Cooper, concert violinist Hubert Pralitz, the Seraphim Piano Trio (Melbourne, Australia), Sao Paulo City String Quartet (Brazil) and the Julius String Quartet (U.S.). In July of 2019 he made his debut at the Basically Beethoven Music Festival in Dallas, playing together with violinist Grace Kang and clarinetist Danny Goldman, where the group was described by the Dallas Morning News as “The ensemble’s style fit the character of the music like a tailored suit.” In September of 2019 the group began their debut concert season with concerts around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
His list of awards include prizes at some of the most prestigious international piano competitions such as Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (Fourth Prize and Special Prize), BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro (Silver Medal and Special Prize), National MTNA Competition in New York (Third Prize), Eric Sorantin Young Artist Award, Judith Solomon Piano Award in Chamber Music, Harold von Mickwitz Piano Award, Dmitri Shostakovich National Junior Competition, Voronezh Central Music School National Competition, Stanislav Neuhaus International Piano Competition, and The International Delphic Games Competition (Gold Medal).
He holds degrees from The Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where he studied with Irina Grebenkina, Andrei Khitruk, Alexei Skavronsky and Vladimir Tropp, from Texas Christian University with Dr. Tamas Ungar and from Southern Methodist University with Joaquin Achucarro.
Mikhail Berestnev has begun his second season as a guest artist with the Musica Nova Ensemble at the University of Texas at Dallas, as a soloist and collaborative pianist under the direction of renowned American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez.
He is also a collaborative pianist for the DFW-based ballet company and school Texas Ballet Theater, with CEO Ben Stevenson.
Visit Mikhail Berestnev online here.
Free parking and admission.

A Festival Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas
2020-12-13 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
The Choir of St. Matthew’s Cathedral and selected readers unfold the Christmas narrative with familiar choral settings and scriptural accounts, according to a beloved pattern established in 1918 by King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. The service includes carols by Ledger, Goldschmidt, Wishart, Willcocks, Spicer, Mathias, Darke and Rutter.
Prelude begins at 3:30 pm.
All are welcome.
Invite a friend – It may be the best gift you can give them!

WOMEN’S VOICES II: A Video Project in Music, Words and Images
2020-11-22 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
WITH
COURTNEY STANCIL • SOPRANO
CHRISTOPHER LEACH • TENOR
MARY DIBBERN • PIANO
RYAN LESCALLEET • STAGING DIRECTOR
JORDAN HAMMONS • VIDEOGRAPHER
Featuring the music of Amy Beach, Louise Bertin, Madeleine Dring and Liza Lehmann
FILMED IN THE GREAT HALL OF
ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
YOUTUBE PREMIERE NOVEMBER 22, 2020
WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE
PRINTED PROGRAM HERE.

ANNUAL MEMORIAL CONCERT
2020-11-15 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
You are cordially invited to experience an All Saints tradition
at St. Matthew’s Cathedral honoring the beloved memory
of those who have been close to the lives
of Cathedral members, families and friends.
Set Me as a Seal: A Reunion in Song
*Annual Memorial Concert
with
The Choir of St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Keith Franks
Director of Music and Organist
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Music includes selections from the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Memorial Concerts by Hassler, Willan, Ola Gjeilo, Lully, Purcell, Fauré, Clausen and Barry Rose.
*PLEASE NOTE: This concert will be pre-recorded and made available on YouTube and the St. Matthew’s Cathedral website (episcopalcathedral.org) on Sunday, November 15, 2020.
Invitation letters and donation forms will be mailed October 23.

Evensong on the Lawn
2020-10-18 16:00 | Lawn of St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 5100 Ross Avenue at North Henderson, Dallas, TX, 75206, United States
CHORAL EVENSONG ON THE LAWN
sung by the
Cathedral Arts Choral Artists
with
The Very Reverend Robert Price
Dean of the Cathedral
Sunday, October 18 at 4:00 pm
Lawn of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral
Please bring a lawn chair.
Social distancing required and face coverings highly recommended.
Music of Arthur Baynon, Maggie Burk, G. H. Knight,
Thomas Tallis and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is always welcome.
Event flyer here.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts
Watch an Evensong Service

2020 North Texas Giving Day
2020-09-17 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Consider a contribution to the ninth season of
Saint Matthew’s Cathedral Arts!
Each year, generous donors like you participate in the community-wide North Texas Giving Day, coming
Thursday, September 17, 6:00 am until midnight.
For your convenience, donors can schedule their gifts before Giving Day!
Schedule your gift at any time HERE.
Mark your calendar and visit NorthTexasGivingDay.org for more information.
Thanks for your support of Saint Matthew’s Cathedral Arts!

Byzantine Icon Painting Workshop with Theodoros Papadopoulos CANCELLED
2020-06-15 - 2020-06-20 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Renowned Greek iconographer Theodoros Papadopoulos leads summer painting workshops across Europe and the U.S. He is offering a six-day workshop in the Greek Byzantine style at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. The workshop will be held Monday-Saturday, June 15-20 from 9:00 to 5:00 each day. The cost for the course is $685. Most of the materials are included. You do not have to be a highly-skilled artist to enroll, only someone seeking to deepen their spirituality. Because of the intense nature of instruction, only twelve students are allowed.
Please contact Valerie Kaiser at valvkaiser@gmail.com for more detailed information.
From the Artist:
The obligations and responsibilities of an iconographer who takes over the illustration of a holy church are enormous. I do not think there is a greater challenge for such an artist than taking on such a project. It is very easy to fill the walls with icons. But for me merely filling space is not significant. The most important part is the study of the church’s architecture, which will lead to a building taking on the appearance of one whole area which appears united by its surroundings. I strive to understand the interior of the church as a single composition, where all the pieces must be connected and in full color and architectural harmony. The fragmentation of the surface with multiple partitions into small and disconnected painting issues may cause disharmony and tension to the viewer-believer. The artist’s work should help to achieve harmony, humility, inner peace and tranquility in order to prepare believers for the sacrament of the Eucharist.
The iconographer’s work resembles that of a priest. As St. Theodosius the Hermit says, “One composes the blood of Christ, and the other presents it”. Iconography is a religious act. The artist’s mission is to translate the images he presents into spirit in order to touch the soul of the believer with his work. Being aware of the seriousness and the importance of such a project, and being a strict judge of my own work, I have set as my main objective to present a work which fulfills its purpose and remains faithful to the spirit and doctrine of the Orthodox Church. But iconography should not be characterized by static, photocopying and sterile imitation of past images. The artist must widen, enrich and constantly renew his work. – Theodoros Papadopoulos
Event flyer here.

Cathedral Jazz Night with Damon K. Clark CANCELLED
2020-06-05 19:00
Friday, June 5 at 7:00 pm
Great Hall and Sundermann Gallery
Wine and hors d’oeuvres
Tickets at the door. Major credit cards accepted.
Ticket prices and Event Flyer TBD.
More about Damon K. Clark here.

Choral Evensong CANCELLED
2020-04-19 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. In keeping with this season’s theme, every Evensong will include the works of one or more women composers. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer TBD.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Women's Voices II: Poetry and Music of Extraordinary Women Composers CANCELLED
2020-03-29 15:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 AT 3:00PM
CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISTS AT 2:30
Great Hall
Free parking and admission
WITH
COURTNEY STANCIL • SOPRANO
CHRISTOPHER LEACH • TENOR
MARY DIBBERN • PIANO
RYAN LESCALLEET • STAGING DIRECTOR
Music of Amy Beach, Louise Bertin, Madeleine Dring and Liza Lehmann

Reception with the artists follows immediately in the Justus Sundermann Gallery.
Event flyer HERE.

This event is part of the 2020 French Cultures Festival coordinated by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston.

Choral Evensong with the Cathedral Arts Choral Artists CANCELLED
2020-03-15 16:00 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
THIS SERVICE OF CHORAL EVENSONG HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CURRENT HEALTH SECURITY CONCERNS
music of
Ola Gjeilo
Maggie Burk
Peter Aston
Judith Weir
The Anglican service of Evensong is an ancient tradition, dating to the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. In keeping with this season’s theme, each Evensong includes the works of one or more women composers. The music, the sung and spoken words and the beautiful surroundings will bring you into a world of quiet reflection before a busy week begins, away from the endless distractions of modern life. Bring a friend! The entire community is welcome.
Event flyer here.
More about the Evensong tradition at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts

Cathedral Arts Book Review Club presents A Kingdom of Their Own: The Story of the Palmers of Glen Eyrie
2020-03-10 10:30 | Zoom Video Platform, TX, United States
Since the 1930’s, when Ermance Rejebian began telling stories about books at Munger Place Methodist, Dallas has maintained an unusual tradition of small book review clubs. On Tuesday, March 10 at 10:30 am, Cathedral Arts is honored to present Nancy Lippincott Ashley from the Dallas Professional Book Reviewers Association, in a lively discussion of A Kingdom of Their Own: The Story of the Palmers of Glen Eyrie by Stephen J. May.
These second Tuesday meetings in the Justus Sundermann Gallery include a 10:30 coffee, 10:45 presentation and an optional Club Members luncheon at 11:35 ($20.00 for non-members). Please contact Andrea Foster at 214.341.3432 by Thursday, March 5 to make a lunch reservation.
About the book:
A vividly written biography of one of Colorado’s first families. General Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, is well known to Coloradans. But lesser known and just as compelling in many ways, are his wife Queen and their daughters, who inhabited one of the great houses in the West, Glen Eyrie. Almost like a fairy tale in its conception, their relationship was a fascinating blend of frontier challenges and gracious living amid the Wild West of the 1870s and ’80s. It’s the Downton Abbey of the West, with a strong central character (General Palmer) surrounded by a loyal but headstrong wife and growing daughters.
Event flyer here.
