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Mark Laubach: Organ Recital
ANN STOOKEY MEMORIAL RECITAL
Friday May 8, 2026 at 7:30pm
Canon Mark Laubach is a renowned organist, having performed in many of the most prominent churches and concert halls in the world. He was recently honored for his 40 years as organist and choirmaster at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Admission is free of charge.
A reception will follow the concert.
Livestream link to follow.
Program
” Fantasy and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’ ” – Franz Liszt
Works by Bach, Franck, and others (to be announced)
Canon Mark Laubach, ARSCM is Organist and Choirmaster of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese of Bethlehem, where he administers an active liturgical music program, concert series, and weekly radio broadcast heard weekly on the local NPR station, WVIA. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Church Music from Westminster Choir College in 1982 and a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in 1984. He served for one year as Fellow in Church Music at Washington National Cathedral. Since winning first prize in the 1984 American Guild of Organists (AGO) National Young Artists’ Competition in Organ Performance, Mark has performed in many prominent churches and concert halls in the USA and the UK, including Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, and the Chapel of King’s College in Cambridge. He is a frequent recitalist and presenter of hymn festivals for AGO and AAM gatherings (Association of Anglican Musicians). He has recorded three critically acclaimed compact discs on the Pro Organo label, and is represented by the Concert Artists Cooperative. In October 2024 Canon Laubach was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal School of Church Music for his many years of musical and administrative leadership of the King’s College RSCM Course, which was the largest of its kind in North America. Canon Laubach has served as organist for choral residencies by American choirs in England in the Cathedrals of Bristol, Chichester, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Lincoln, Norwich, Wells, and Winchester.
