On Sunday, April 23, 2023 – 4:00 PM, Christ Church Cambridge will present Borisevich Duo, an internationally acclaimed violin and piano duet. Nikita and Margarita Borisvech are returning to Christ Church Cambridge with a fresh array of classical pieces that include works by Beethoven, Paganini, Grieg and others. The Borisvech Duo are Peabody Conservatory-trained artists that have made performing together as husband and wife an essential part of their life – a life that has included their five-year-old son. Nikita has just completed work as a guest Chamber Music professor at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.

Borisevich Duo

The ticket price for this concert is $15 for adults, and free for students 18 years and younger. Tickets can be bought at the door or ordered by phone at 410-228-3161. Subscriptions are available, just ask at the door. All proceeds go to support the Christ Church Cambridge Fine Arts Concert Series. Christ Church Cambridge has organized this concert series since 1998. One of the goals of the series is to bring conservatory-trained artists to the Dorchester community in a concert environment that lets every listener feel close to the artist and the instrument they play. Artists that perform at Christ Church remind our audiences that the historic Gothic architecture provides the perfect environment to connect with the classical music embodied by the concert.

The Borisvech Duo has been featured on the PBS American Portrait. They can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, and online at https://www.borisevichduo.com

Richard Elliott

On Sunday, May 15 at 4 pm, Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, will present a concert on the four-manual console at Christ Church in Easton.  For the past thirty years, Elliott has accompanied the famed choir on its weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word,” as well as in general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on dozens of CDs and DVDs, and in the choir’s nationally televised Christmas concerts. As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir, he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” the “CBS Morning Show” and “A Prairie Home Companion.” In his work with the choir, Dr. Elliott has collaborated with many guest artists including Andrea Bocelli, the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Renée Fleming, Evelyn Glennie, the King’s Singers, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, James Taylor, and Bryn Terfel.  He also has a busy solo career, having given thousands of organ concerts on Temple Square as well as numerous performances on five continents. He appears on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ, choir, and orchestra.

Before becoming a Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (now Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest functioning pipe organ. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music. His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.

This concert is co-sponsored by the Christ Church Concert Series and the Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.  The public is invited to attend.  While no tickets are required the suggested donation is $20 per person.  Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.  For more information, call 410-822-2677.

Michael Britt

On Friday, February 25 at 7 pm, the Mid-Shore Maryland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a fun-filled evening for all ages featuring two beloved Buster Keaton films at Christ Church in Easton.  One Week (1920) is a delightful comedy involving a newlywed couple who receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift. The house can be built, supposedly, in “one week”. A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and as if this were not enough, the couple finds they have built the house on the wrong lot and must move it!  The second feature is the 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” which has been described as an astonishing comedy that is still as fresh as the day it was made. This film is a comedic drama and a gently tender story of a man coming to respect and love his son. Bill, Sr. played by Ernest Torrence, is the captain of a tatty old pleasure boat who hasn’t seen his son since the boy was a baby. He’s hoping for a strapping lad to help out with the business.

The organist for this event is Michael Britt, Music Director and Organist at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.  Michael is also an avid theater organist and is in frequent demand as an accompanist for silent films.  Mr. Britt has presented several silent film presentations in Easton, and these are always crowd-pleasing, fun-filled evenings.  While there is no admission charge for this event, donations will be greatly appreciated.    Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in downtown Easton.