Sunday, January 17, at 7:00 p.m., Balint Karosi, distinguished concert organist, recording artist, and Minister of Music for the First Lutheran Church of Boston, will perform at the Church of the Redeemer as the opening artist for the January 18 American Guild of Organists Region IV Mid-Winter Conference. Suggested ticket donation is $20 the day of the performance, and $12 if purchased in advance by calling the Redeemer Parish Office at 941.955.4263, M-F/9-5.

The opening convocation of the Conference on Monday, January 18, will be Solemn Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m., with special guest organist John Fenstermaker, Director of Music at Trinity-by-the-Cove of Naples, Florida, and conductor Dr. Daniel T. Moe. Fenstermaker is the former Organist and Choirmaster at San Francisco’s famed Grace Cathedral. The public is warmly invited; goodwill offerings gratefully accepted.

Both visiting organists will perform on Redeemer’s Nichols and Simpson Pipe Organ.