St. Tim’s Discover’s concert series opens 2017 with renowned organist Scott Hayes in a solo recital. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan and Cedarville universities, he holds his master’s in organ performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He serves as director of music at All Saints Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va.

Hayes is the tonal designer and voicing specialist for Muller Pipe Organ Co., a local organ builder located in Croton, Ohio. His most recent projects include the reconstruction of the 64-rank Skinner instrument at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, and the new 54-rank Mueller built for St. Paul the Apostle Church in Westerville, Ohio.

His recital will include selections by J.S. Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude as well as other repertoire aptly suited to the 1873 Garrett House Organ on which the recital will be played. The free concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Rose Catholic Church, 215 E. Front St., Perrysburg. More information is available at 419-874-5704 or saint-timothy.net.

■ The Toledo Symphony KeyBank Pops Concert Series presents “Yesterday Once More: a Tribute to the Music of the Carpenters.” The concert features the duo’s favorite melodies arranged by pop sensation Jim Brickman. The concert begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. Tickets and more information are available at 419-246-8000 or toledosymphony.com.

■ Toledo Piano Teachers Association is offering a free program titled Making Five-Four Fun: Pedagogical Piano Repertoire presented by Michaela Boros at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 4207 W. Laskey Rd. More information is available at 419-729-3161.

■ Night Session Big Band is performing at the Big Band at the Bay Valentine’s dance event Friday at Maumee Bay State Park, 1400 State Park Blvd., Oregon. Two packages are available: String of Pearls, an elegant meal followed by the dance for $99 per couple, and Moonglow, which includes the meal, dance, and an evening’s lodging for $219 per couple. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with a cash bar; dinner served from 6 to 7 p.m.; dancing from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Reservations are required; more information is available at 419-836-1466 or 800-282-7275.

■ Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir is celebrating its 25th year. The ensemble, which carries a message of “When all God’s children get together, what a time, what a time,” is seeking new members. They rehearse at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church, 954 Belmont Ave. More information is available at 419-241-3330 or 419-241-7332.

■ Nationally recognized Lutheran organist, conductor and composer David Cherwien will lead an Epiphany Hymn Festival at 4 p.m. Sunday at Zoar Lutheran Church, 314 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg. More information at 419-874-4364.

■ The David D. Dubois Piano Festival and Competition will be held this weekend at BGSU. Guest artist Chu-Fang Huang, winner of the 2011 Avery Fisher Career Grant, will present a free recital at 8 p.m. Saturday in Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. The competition will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday in Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Information: bgsu.edu/​musical-arts/​events.html.

■ Music at the Manor house presents BGSU violin students in a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Manor House, Wildwood Metropark, 5100 W. Central Ave.

■ The Musical Arts Series of Port Clinton presents a free concert of Russian dance and song offered by the Golden Gates Group. The ensemble consists of students from Russia and Georgia. The program will include dance, balalaika and bayan accordion music, and folk songs and tales; it begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 E. Harbor Rd., Port Clinton.

■ The Firelands Symphony presents Masterful Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and one of the piano concertos played by guest artist pianist Nikita Mndoyants, the winner of the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sandusky State Theatre, 107 Columbus Ave., Sandusky. Tickets are $26-$29 and available from 877-626-1950.

More information is available at 419-621-4800 or firelandssymphony.com.

■ The Ronald W. Richards Music Series presents young artists of Lima, Ohio, in a free concert of solo and ensemble contest pieces. A free will offering will be collected to benefit the Young Musicians Scholarship Fund. It begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 301 W. Market St., Lima. More information is available at 419-221-2814 or 419-227-0800.

■ Two concerts are on offer this weekend at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. Soave Soiree is an evening of chamber music featuring accordionist Peter Soave at 8 p.m. Friday. Saxophonist Caleb Curtis and pianist Marta Sanchez team up for an evening of jazz at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $5 to $30 and are available 734-769-2999 or kerrytownconcerthouse.com.

■ Toledo-area music legend, organist and harpsichordist Margaret Weber is celebrating her 100th birthday this month. Weber served as organist in a number of churches and taught music theory at the University of Toledo. She was dean of the Toledo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and longtime accompanist for the Toledo Choral Society. She is an active member of the Euterpean Music Club and still composes music and writes poetry. 

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First Published February 9, 2017, 5:00 a.m.