CONCERTS AT SAINT LUKE’S
Join us FOR OUR 2026-2027 SEASON
Concerts at Saint Luke’s (CASL) is dedicated to bringing world-class music to the community of Alexandria, VA. We invite you to step outside of your everyday life to experience superb artistry in an intimate performance setting. Established by a community of musicians and music lovers at St. Luke’s, CASL grew out of a love and appreciation for great music and its ability to communicate profound truths and connect us to one another. We are committed to the community by providing wonderful musical performances in a sacred space without ticket fees, and we have relied exclusively on donations for several seasons.
Please join us for an upcoming performance, or help sponsor a concert. Your donations allow Concerts at Saint Luke’s to offer world-class musical experiences to the community free of charge. To learn more about how you can sponsor a concert, please contact katewp@saintlukeschurch.net. Concert sponsors receive VIP seating for themselves and their guests. It’s a wonderful opportunity to treat your friends and family to a special performance and create memories together while supporting a worthy cause. Online donations are greatly appreciated and can be made by clicking here: https://onrealm.org/saintlukeschrch/give/concerts. If you prefer to send a check, please make checks payable to “St. Luke’s” with the notation CASL and send to 8009 Fort Hunt Rd. Alexandria, VA 22308.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Organist Adam Chlebek
Adam Chlebek is the Assistant Director of Music at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A Polish-American from Chicago, IL, he completed his Master of Music in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Nathan Laube. He earned second prize at the 2022 Taylor Organ Competition and was a finalist in the 2024 Elizabeth Stephens International Organ Competition. Adam has performed throughout the United States and Poland, and was recently a featured performer at the 2026 National Convention for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He has participated in masterclasses with organists Janette Fishell, William Porter, and Arvid Gast, and served as the first Sacred Music Intern at the Basilica.
Adam is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he earned his Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance with Jonathan Moyer; there, he also focused on choral singing and conducting. He sang in the Oberlin Musical Union, under the direction of Gregory Ristow, and Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Steven Plank; and studied choral conducting with Jodi Kerchner and Ben Johns. Adam likewise participated as a jazz pianist in Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation Ensemble, performing with Jamey Haddad, Jay Ashby, and Becca Stevens, among others.
As a Catholic musician, Adam previously served as the Director of Music at St. Thomas More Parish in Rochester, New York, and St. James Parish in Lakewood, Ohio, and sang in the acclaimed Christ Church Schola Cantorum, under the direction of Stephen Kennedy.
Recital Program:
Praeludium in e minor by Nicolaus Bruhns
Concerto in d minor, BWV 596, after Vivaldi by Johann Sebastian Bach
Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig," BWV 768 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hudson Preludes by Nico Muhly
Prelude and Fugue sur le nom d'Alain by Maurice Duruflé
Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Patagonia WinDS
with guest pianist Wei-Der huang
Celebrated as “one of the finest American woodwind quintets on the scene today” (Tom Benjamin, Composer), and praised for “breathtaking precision” and “lovely long lines” (Catherine McMichael, Composer) and “offering a sound both timeless and vital” (Jeff Scott, Composer, French Hornist and Educator), Patagonia Winds has captivated D.C., Maryland and Virginia audiences since 2010.
The quintet specializes in thoughtful, high-quality programming that celebrates living, local and historically underrepresented composers, and has built a reputation for its commissions and performances of new quintet works. With engaging commentary and educational outreach, Patagonia Winds brings depth, warmth and inclusivity to every performance.
Featured as Resident Woodwind Ensemble at Washington Adventist University in 2021-2022, Patagonia Winds has performed concerts and children’s educational programs at venues throughout the greater Washington, D.C. area, including the Strathmore Mansion, the Lyceum, Fairfax Old Town Hall, Hillwood Museum, Buckingham’s Choice, Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, and the Horowitz Center at Howard Community College. Concert series appearances include the Chalice Concert Series, Glen Mar Summer Concert Series, Concerts at St. Luke’s, Takoma Park Arts, Concerts at Good Shepherd, Listen Local, and the Chincoteague Cultural Alliance, among others. Other featured recitals include programs for the 2015 National Flute Association Convention in Washington, D.C., and at the 2020 and 2026 Mid-Atlantic Flute Conventions.
Patagonia Winds includes Melissa Lindon (flute), Stephanie Ying (oboe), Emily Robinson (clarinet), Jay Chadwick (horn), and Chris McFarlane (bassoon). To learn more about the performers, click here.
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Friday, February 5, 2027 at 7:00 PM
St. Luke’s All Stars
A concert Featuring many of the professional musicians who worship at St. Luke’s
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Friday, March 5, 2027 at 7:00 pm
Words&Music
Vocal Chamber Ensemble
The mission of Words&Music, Inc. is to present exceptional performances of both traditional and newly commissioned compositions in the vocal chamber music repertoire. They aim to bring beautiful music to the forefront while giving equal attention to the wonderful poetry and prose that inspire each work. To learn more about this exceptional vocal ensemble, click here.
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Friday, MaY 21, 2027 at 7:00 pm
pianist inna faliks
A Concert Fundraiser
“Adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most communicative, and poetic artists of her generation. She is renowned internationally for her commanding performances in standard piano repertoire, as well as genrebending projects, and work with contemporary composers. Her distinguished career has brought thousands of concerts throughout the world. Recent seasons have included performances at the Ravinia Festival, National Gallery of Art, Alice Tully Hall, the Wallis Annenberg Center, and the Broad Stage. She has appeared at the most important concert halls in China: Beijing Center for Performing Arts, Shanghai Oriental Arts Theater and Tianjin Grand Theater, at the Festival Internacional de Piano in Mexico, the Fazioli Series in Italy, Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum, and the Portland Piano Festival. She has performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bargemusic, and abroad at Salle Cortot in Paris, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and at important international festivals including Verbier,Mondo Musica Cremona, Brevard, Taos, Gilmore, Brevard, and Taos, returning regularly to Newport Classical and the Peninsula Music Festival.
Since her acclaimed teenage debut with the Chicago Symphony, Ms. Faliks has been a frequent soloist with symphony orchestras. In 2025 she made her debut with the New West Symphony under Michael Christie. She gave the world premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev’s groundbreaking “Concerto for Synthesizer and Orchestra” with the Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal performing on the Minimoog, conducted by Andrew Gourlay. 2024 brought debuts with the Tokyo Sinfonia in Oji Hall, and with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra under Perry So. She premiered Clarice Assad’s Lilith concerto with Richard Scerbo and Inscape at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, followed by performances under Thomas Heuser with the San Juan Symphony. She has appeared with the Greensboro Symphony, the Memphis Symphony with Robert Moody, Erie Symphony with Daniel Meyer, Santa Barbara Symphony with Nir Kabaretti, and under the batons Leonard Slatkin, and Keith Lockhart She has had notable collaborations with Gilbert Kalish, Fred Sherry, Ilya Kaler, Colin Carr, Wendy Warner, Clive Greensmith, and Rachel Barton Pine.
Ms. Faliks significant commitment to contemporary music and has brought premieres of works composed for her by Billy Childs, Timo Andres, Richard Danielpour, Paola Prestini, Ljova, Clarice Assad, and Peter Golub. In her recording, “Reimagine Beethoven and Ravel,” contemporary composes react to masterworks of those composers. In “13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg” composers responded to Bach’s great work. “Polonaise-Fantaisie, Story of a Pianist,” an autobiographical recital has been performed in New York’s Symphony Space, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy and for her London debut at JW3 Arts Centre. “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” from 2024 includes premiers by Maya Miro Johnson and Veronika Krauss. Her recordings have received critical praise and been named to annual “best of” lists. Radio WTTW called Faliks “High priestess of the piano, concert pianist of the highest order, as dramatic and subtle as a great stage actor.”
Faliks has been featured on radio and television throughout the world. She co-starred with Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol in “Admission – One Shilling,” a play for pianist and actor based on the life of Dame Myra Hess. Her acclaimed memoir, Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage was published 2023 by Backbeat/Globe Pequot, and other writings have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. She is founder and curator of Music/Words, now based at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles: an award-winning poetry-music series in collaboration with some of the nation’s most distinguished poets. A past winner of many prestigious competitions, Inna Faliks is currently Professor of Piano and Head of Piano at UCLA, and a Yamaha Artist. www.innafaliks.com
Why support Concerts at Saint Luke’s?
Because CASL has been providing world-class musical experiences to the Alexandria community for over a decade, and we need your support to continue this good work. We believe in the power of art to illuminate unseen truths, guide societal change, inspire empathy, and lead us toward spiritual contemplation. We are a volunteer-led organization that relies exclusively on donations, and your support can make a lasting impact.
Thank you for your generous support!