"Words Just Get in the Way": Our next horn and harp concert is in the planning stage: ponder this: the connection between Villa Lobos, JS Bach and bossa nova... be curious, we have an interesting mix of music in the works for you.
For the Love of Ireland: the Music of Ireland and Its National Instrument
Celtic harp, Barbara Fackler
Sunday 17 March 2019 at 3:00
24 December 2018 ~ 7:00 service, prelude prior
horn and harp prelude
Goss Memorial Church, Kenmore
24 December 2018 ~ prelude 9:30, service 10:00 PM
solo harp and harp with choir, choral works by Michael Fink and Donald Hustad
Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron, Ohio, late service
Tuesday 11 December 2018 7:00 PM
Musikwerke Fackler
House Concert: Carols of Christmas
reservations closed for this date
Saturday 15 December 2018 7:00 PM
Musikwerke Fackler
House Concert: Carols of Christmas
reservations closed for this date
Sunday 16 December 2018 2:00 PM
Musikwerke Fackler
House Concert: Carols of Christmas
reservations closed for this date
Tuesday 18 December 2018 7:00 PM
Musikwerke Fackler
House Concert: Carols of Christmas
reservations only: remaining seats available: 4
Sunday 25 November 2018 10:00 AM
Goss Memorial Church
harp solo, offeratory
Wednesday 26 September 2018
2:00 PM
Adele's Music Box (Gail is back!)
Musikwerke Fackler plus one
What can we learn from a box of music? Join us for a musical walk
through an Ohio family's history and learn what a box of music says
about a great-grandmother and her daughter.
10 seats left, (updated 9/13, 4:00 PM)
Friday 28 September 2018
7:00 PM
Adele's Music Box (Gail is back!)
Musikwerke Fackler plus one
What can we learn from a box of music? Join us for a musical walk
through an Ohio family's history and learn what a box of music says
about a great-grandmother and her daughter.
0 seats left, 9/7 10PM, reservations closed
Sunday 10 December 2017 3:00 PM
House Concert: Christmas Concert
Traditions of Christmas, old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date (11/22/2017)
Tuesday 12 December 2017 7:30 PM
House Concert: Christmas Concert
Traditions of Christmas, old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date (12/8/2017)
Tuesday 5 December 2017 7:30 PM
House Concert: Christmas Concert
Traditions of Christmas, old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date (11/23/2017)
Saturday 2 December 2017 7:30 PM
House Concert: Christmas Concert
Traditions of Christmas, old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
On Tap at the Harbor: Akron Symphony Portage Lakes Boat Tour, donors only
photo from last year's event
Tuesday 20 June 2017 7:00 PM
House Concert: What You'd Least Expect
harp, violin and bass: old standards, Broadway, Rock, Country, anything's possible!
Friday 16 June 2017 7:00 PM
House Concert: What You'd Least Expect
harp, violin and bass: old standards, Broadway, Rock, Country, anything's possible!
Saturday 20 December 2016 7:30 PM
House Concert
Sounds of the Season,old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date
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Wednesday 21 December 2016 7:00 PM
Goss Memorial Church ~ 2247 11th St. SW Akron, OH
Sounds of the Season,old favorites and some soon to be favorites
family friendly concert, handicap accessible, free
Sunday 11 December 2016 7:30 PM
House Concert
Sounds of the Season,old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date
Tuesday 13 December 2016 7:30 PM
House Concert
Sounds of the Season,old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date
Sunday 18 December 2016 2:00 PM (note earlier time)
House Concert
Sounds of the Season,old favorites and some soon to be favorites
reservations: reservations closed for this date
Sunday 2 October 2016
3:00 PM
Three's a House Concert (Gail is back!)
Musikwerke Fackler plus one
music of Elgar, Offenbach, Granados, Strauss, Fackler, and American music
reservations closed
Thursday 29 September 2016
3:00 PM
Three's a House Concert (Gail is back!)
Musikwerke Fackler plus one
music of Elgar, Offenbach, Granados, Strauss, Fackler, and American music
reservations closed
Sunday 25 September 2016
3:00 PM
Three's a House Concert (Gail is back!)
Musikwerke Fackler plus one
music of Elgar, Offenbach, Granados, Strauss, Fackler, and American music
reservations closed
Wednesday 20 July 2016
repeat performance
Tudor House, donors only
Sunday 24 April 2016
3:00 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Fools, Money and April Showers
music of Handel, Chopin, Boscha, Joplin, Bonfi, Nauman, and more
reservations closed as of 4/15/2016
Sunday 17 April 2016
3:00 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler:< Fools, Money and April Showers
music of Handel, Chopin, Boscha, Joplin, Bonfi, Nauman, and more
reservations closed as of 4/11/2016
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Tuesday 12 April 2016
7:30 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Fools, Money and April Showers
music of Handel, Chopin, Boscha, Joplin, Bonfi, Nauman, and more
reservations closed as of 4/11/2016
Tuesday 5 April 2016
7:30 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Fools, Money and April Showers
music of Handel, Chopin, Boscha, Joplin, Bonfi, Nauman, and more
reservations closed
12 February 2016
early afternoon ~ music about love in honor of Valentine's Day
Sunday 20 December 2015 3:00 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Songs of the Season
reservations closed
Tuesday 15 December 2015 7:30 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Musikwerke Fackler house concerts Akron Ohio
reservations closed
Saturday 12 December 2015 7:30 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Songs of the Season
reservations closed
Sunday 8 December 2015 3:00 PM
house concert
Musikwerke Fackler: Songs of the Season: house concert Akron Ohio
reservations closed
Sunday, 13 September 2015 3:00PM
house concert harp, horn and violin Akron Ohio
Gail Salvatori, violin, Daniel Fackler, horn, Barbara Fackler, harp
18 August 2015 1:30PM
house concert
Gail Salvatori, violin, Daniel Fackler, horn, Barbara Fackler, harp
18 July 2015 ~ guest artist house concert
15 July 2015 Tudor House ~ solo Celtic harp
fundraiser for Akron Symphony, Boat Tour of Portage Lakes Homes
open to the pulic by donation only, with reservations
21 November 2014 ~ solo pedal harp
Birthday Celebration Concert
17 July 2014 Tudor House ~ solo Celtic harp
fundraiser for Akron Symphony, Boat Tour of Portage Lakes Homes
open to the pulic by donation only, with reservations
Easter Sunday 20 April 2014
Community Church of Portage Lakes
Akron, Ohio
9 AM and 11 AM
Sunday 2 June 2013,horn and Celtic harp
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
Mother's Day 2013
private venue again this year
Easter 2013
private venue again this year
Sunday 3 March 2013, horn and piano
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
communion meditation: improvisation on O to Be Like Thee ~ (unpublished, horn and piano, H.E. Singley)
Christmas Eve 2012 ~ horn
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00 PM and 11 PM
Sunday 20 January 2013 ~ Celtic harp and mountain dulcimer (Carole Ehrman)
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
prelude: The Master Has Come And He Calls Us to Follow (ASHGROVE) unpublished
offering: All My Life Long I Had Panted (SATISFIED) unpublished
Monday 3 December 2012 ~ Barbara Ann Fackler, harp and Gail Salvatori, vioin
Ladie's Tea: Holiday music for violin and harp featuring Christmas Meditations by Gail Salvatori, Sleigh Ride, Il est ne, White Christmas and more
Faith Evangelical Free Church ~ Aurora, IL
call the church for tickets (sold out)
Thursday 6 December 2012 ~ harp
Patty Turner Center, Deerfield, IL
~ tickets required ~
Sunday 9 December 2012 ~ harp
Crystal Ball
Chestnut Square at the Glen~
Saturday 1 December 2012 ~ harp
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (free)
Fey & Company Jewelers for the La Grange Christmas Walk
Sunday 4 November 2012 ~ harp
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
prelude: Prelude Nr. 13 (from Odd-Ludes) by Barbara Ann Fackler
communion meditation: Ah, Holy Jesus (unpublished)
Sunday 14 October 2012
Artik by Alan Hovhannes, Daniel Fackler soloist
Bensenville Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Fackler, horn soloist, Chicago IL
Wednesday 10 October 2012 ~ Celtic harp
chapel service: 1:30 PM
Dupage County Convalescent Center
Sunday 23 September 2012 7:00PM ~ Musikwerke Fackler
Concordia University Chicago
Faculty Recital
Bochsa: Andante Sostenuto - waldhorn and pedal harp
Sunday 23 September 2012 ~ Musikwerke Fackler
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
Sunday 27 May 2012 ~ Gail Salvatori, viola, Barbara Ann Fackler, harp
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
Prelude: Give Me Jesus, arranged by Edwin T. Childs (from At the River)premiere performance
Offering: harp Steal Away, arranged by Edwin T. Childs (from CD At the River) premiere performance
Wednesday 30 May 2012 ~ Celtic harp
chapel service: 1:30 PM
Dupage County Convalescent Center
Prelude: How Can I Keep From Singing, What Wondrous Love is This?, Simple Gifts (from CD Pleasantries & Diversions)
solos: Take Time to Be Holy (unpublished), Come Thou Fount (Sacred Lever Harp collection, available from Vanderbilt Music)
Sunday 27 May 2012 ~ Musikwerke Fackler
College Church in Wheaton
332 East Seminary Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187
8:00, 9:30 and 11 AM
Prelude: horn, harp and organ (Meditation by Chaminade)
Offertory: harp (May the Mind of Christ My Savior, ar. Fackler, unpublished)
Sunday 13 May 2012 ~ harp
Mother's Day: private venue this year
Saturday 28 April 2012 ~ Celtic harp
10 AM until 1 PM - Naperville Bridal Walk - free
WAR Chest Boutique ~ 4 East Jefferson Ave ~ Naperville, IL 60540
Sunday 29 April 2012 ~ harp with choir and orchestra
Faure Requiem 8:45 AM and 11:00 AM
Faith Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn, IL
Sunday 8 April 2012 ~ harp
Easter: private venue this year
Sunday 2 January 2012
9:30 AM and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
prelude: horn and harp: In the Bleak Midwinter arr. Gail Salvatori
offering: harp solo: What Child is This? arr. B. Fackler
postlude: TBA
Sunday 13 November 2011
9:15 AM
Faith Evangelical Covenant Church ~ 2001 Lakeview Drive ~ Wheaton, IL 60189
offertory music: Go Tell It On the Mountain, American Spiritual arranged by Edwin T. Childs for flute, harp and viola (CD available)
Sunday 16 October 2011
9:15 AM
Faith Evangelical Covenant Church ~ 2001 Lakeview Drive ~ Wheaton, IL 60189
offertory music: Shall We Gather at the River, American Spiritual arranged by Edwin T. Childs for flute, harp and viola (CD available at iTunes or CDBaby or this website)
Sunday 10 July 2011 ~ Musikwerke Fackler
9:30 and 11:00
College Church in Wheaton
prelude: Shall We Gather at the River (horn, harp, organ) arr. D.K. Fackler (unpublished)
offertory: Devotion by Barbara Fackler (unpublished, harp solo)
communion meditation: Improvisation on Martyrdom by Barbara Fackler (unpublished, harp solo)
postlude: "Die Anmut" aus Heldenmusik, G P Telemann (horn, organ)
22 May 2011 ~ Musikwerke Fackler (with chamber orchestra)
FEEL THE SPIRIT (John Rutter)
offertory: horn and harp: En Priere (Faure)
9:00 am and 11:00 am
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette ~ 600 Ninth Street | Wilmette, IL 60091-2779
Easter Sunday, 2011 ~ horn (with brass quintet)
9:00 am and 11:00 am
First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette
600 Ninth Street | Wilmette, IL 60091-2779
9:00 am and 11:00 am
Wednesday 13 April 2011 ~ harp
12:30 PM: Lenten Meditation Recital (note time change) FREE
immediately following the (free) soup luncheon
Faith Lutheran Church ~ Glen Ellyn, IL
Sunday 16 January 2011 ~ harp with organ
8:00, 9:30 and 11:00
College Church in Wheaton
prelude: Renaissance harp and organ (Ed Childs) Largo from Lute Concerto in D Major RV93, Vivaldi
offertory: Prelude Nr 3, from OddLudes by B.A. Fackler , Renaissance harp solo (sheet music available)
Sunday 15 November 2009
3:00 PM (free)
Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness, Artik: Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra
Daniel Fackler, horn soloist, Deiter Kober, conducter
Sunday 18 October 2009 Illinois hornist
morning worship service ~ Grace of Dupage ~ 27W344 Galusha Ave ~ Warrenville, IL 60555-4002
The Love of God arranged for Phil Webb (tenor) accompanied by piano and horn
Sunday 20 September Musikwerke Fackler, horn and harp
8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton ~ 332 E Seminary ~ Wheaton, IL 60187
prelude: horn and harp: Like a River Glorious arr. Dana Everson
offertory: harp solo: O the Deep, Deep Love from The Sacred Lever Harparr. B.A. Fackler
Sunday 23 August 2009 harpist Barbara Ann Fackler Akron Ohio
10:30 AM
Protestant worship service
DuPage Convalescent Center ~ 400 N County Farm Rd, Wheaton, IL
Barbara Fackler, harp and Jolene Billingham, alto
Gracious Spirit Dwell With Me, arr. Billingham/Fackler (unpublished)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, arr. Fackler/Billingham (unpublished)
7 June 2009 Illinois hornist
6:30 (free)
Concordia University Band ~ Concordia Unversity Chicago, front lawn
That's a Plenty, arranged by Canadian Brass for concert band and brass quintet
quintet features: Daniel Fackler, horn (faculty), John Burson, trumpet (faculty), Yoshiko Hirata, trombone, Eric Craddock, tuba
Sunday 29 March 2009
2:00 PM "The Triumph of Horns"
featured work: Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns, Op. 86
Mount Prospect Community Band, Ralph Wilder, conductor
Roger Whitworth, Daniel Fackler, Beth Mazur-Johnson, Kelly Langenberg
Sunday 14 September 2008 Musikwerke Fackler
7:00 PM
Concordia University Chicago
faculty recital - Musikwerke Fackler and others
Chants d'arriere-Saison for horn and harp by Bernard Andrés
Monday 31 December 2007
"A Night in Vienna New Year's Eve Gala"
Atlantis Banquets ~ 1273 Rand Road ~ Arlington Heights, IL
Viennese Symphony of Chicago, David Crane, conductor
Daniel Fackler, horn soloist: Mozart, Horn Concerto Nr. 3 in Eb, K447
6:15 PM cocktails followed by dinner, concert, dancing
$115/person, reservations required
Sunday 14 October 2007
Tuba Bach Concert Series ~ Big Rapids High School Auditorium ~ Big Rapids, MI
Benedictine Faculty Woodwind Quintet ~ A Walk in the Woods — Music for Tuba & Euphonium and Woodwind Instruments
with the Benedictine University Faculty Woodwind Quintet of Chicago
Free Admission
Dr. Edward K. Mallett, soloist
Anne Kreft, flute
Alicia Tait, oboe
Andrea DiOrio, clarinet
Daniel Fackler, horn
Dianne Ryan, bassoon
May 8, 2007 ~ Daniel Fackler, horn
8:00 PM
Villanelle by Paul Dukas, in an arrangement for solo horn and band by Daniel Fackler
Hillsdale Wind Symphony ~ Markel Auditorium ~ Hillsdale, MI
March 26, 2007 12:00 PM
Music of Bach, Barber, Agay and Nielsen
Krasa Center Fireside Lounge ~ Bendictine University ~ Lisle, IL 60532
Concert at Noon Series ~ faculty recital
Anne Kreft, flute
Alicia Tait, oboe
Andrea DiOrio, clarinet
Daniel Fackler, horn
Dianne Ryan, bassoon
March 31, 2007 3:00 PM ~ faculty recital
Featured work: Brahms: Horn Trio Op. 40
Brian Lee, piano
Daniel Fackler, horn
David Taylor, violin
Moody Bible Institute ~ 820 North LaSalle Blvd. ~ Chicago, IL
Sunday 26 March 2006 ~ Blythe Merrifield, mezzo soprano ~ Daniel Fackler, horn ~ Barbara Ann Fackler, harp
College Church in Wheaton Concert Series
music of Boscha, Faure, Spontini, Saint-Saens, Vaughan-Williams, Edwin T. Childs, Jackson Berkey
Sunday 18 September 2005 7:00 PM
Concordia University Chicago
faculty recital - Musikwerke Fackler and others
Friday 12 September 2003 ~ Musikwerke Fackler Plus One
8:00 PM
Geneva Concert Series
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements for High Voice and Harp ~ Bernstein/Fackler: Simple Song from Mass and Psalm Twenty Three from Chichester Psalms ~ Berkey/Fackler: View Me Lord, a Work of Thine ~ Childs: O For a Heart ~ and music of Mascagni, Verdi, Handel and Andres
Thursday 18 September 2003 ~ faculty recital
7:00 PM
Torrey Gray Auditorium, Moody Bible Institute
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor
Sunday 21 September 2003 ~ Musikwerke Fackler Plus One
3:00 PM
College Church Fine Arts Series
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements for High Voice and Harp ~ Bernstein/Fackler: Simple Song from Mass and Psalm Twenty Three from Chichester Psalms ~ Berkey/Fackler: View Me Lord, a Work of Thine ~ Childs: O For a Heart ~ and music of Mascagni, Verdi, Handel and Andres
Sunday 28 September 2003 ~ Musikwerke Fackler Plus One
6:00 PM
Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements for High Voice and Harp ~ Bernstein/Fackler: Simple Song from Mass and Psalm Twenty Three from Chichester Psalms ~ Jackson Berkey/Fackler: View Me Lord, a Work of Thine ~ Edwin T. Childs: O For a Heart ~ and music of Mascagni, Verdi, Handel and Andres
Monday May 2003
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital ~ featuring an ensemble of seven harps
Monday 20 May 2002
Wyndemere Retirement Community, Winfield, IL
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital ~ featuring an ensemble of five harps
Monday 14 May 2001
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital ~ featuring an ensemble of four harps
Monday 15 May 2000
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital ~ featuring an ensemble of three harps
