We gather to receive a gift of beautiful music, and have the opportunity to share our resources with others.
We are delighted to begin our second year of concerts!
Our next concert in the series: Saturday, November 11, 2023
at 7:00 pm - Upstairs
Singer/songwriter/pianist Steve Slagg presents a reflective acoustic piano and voice set, with a nod to All Saints Day, up in the church.
at 8:00pm - Downstairs
Steve Slagg continues, joined by his bandmates, presenting his tender, funny, and complex songs.
The Downstairs performance is accompanied by refreshments!
Suggested donation: $10 - $40, or as you are able.
Donations given at the November 11th concert will benefit the Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission. Click here for more about the mission.
Singer-songwriter Steve Slagg has self-released music since 2011, both as Youngest Son and under his own name, in addition to playing keyboards for ten years with Chicago powerpop mainstays Mooner. Slagg’s tender, funny and beautifully complex songs explore faith, queer sexuality, and the beauty of the natural world. His third album Strange Flesh is the culmination of Slagg’s life as a musician and his existence as a queer person of faith. A lot of these songs’ “I”s are really “we”s, and in their triumphs and tragedies, love and rage, excommunication and communion, they aim for truth, whether through memoir or fiction.
For more about Steve and his music, visit steveslagg.com
Singer-songwriter Steve Slagg
You are warmly invited to attend and support this new benefit concert series at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn! Each concert begins upstairs in the main church with a performance of solo and chamber music, followed by a musical offering of jazz, gospel, or contemporary music downstairs in the undercroft, accompanied by refreshments. Suggested donations will support outreach ministries of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church: the Renk Medical Clinic of South Sudan, St. Leonard’s Ministries in Chicago, the Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission, and DuPage P.A.D.S.
The theme of the series is “Comfort and Joy”, with the hope that these musical offerings bring just that to listeners, and that the donations bring encouragement to those with whom we partner in ministry.
Suggested donation is $10-$40, or whatever you are able to give.
Please know that you are welcome to attend both or either of the upstairs and downstairs portions of the concerts – we appreciate your support in any way that you are able. We hope that your spirit will be uplifted by the music and the opportunity to share in ministry.
Past Events
Saturday, August 5, 2023 - Quartet 61 - Dawn Bishop, harp; Katie Abernethy, violin; Kyunghwee Choi, guitar; and Cathy Kuna, cello - presented an enthralling, eclectic set of classical, Celtic, tango, and bossa nova. Many thanks to all who helped coordinate, and create the wonderful reception, in support of St. Leonard’s Ministries of Chicago.
Saturday, December 3, 2022 - A beautiful evening! Thanks to all the musicians, volunteers and attendees who gave in support of the Renk Medical Clinic in South Sudan.
o Upstairs at 7 pm: the Kairos String Quartet continued the theme of contemplation in the season of Advent.
o Downstairs at 8 pm: Gospel artists Phoenix Hamilton, voice, and Henry McDaniel III, piano, brought their soul-stirring music once again to St. Barnabas, accompanied by festive refreshments.
Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 7:00 pm - Our first concert was a wonderful evening! Thanks to all the musicians and volunteers who made it possible, and thanks to everyone who attended and gave generously to support the Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission
o Upstairs (at 7:00 pm): Sandra Carey, piano, and Cathy Kuna, cello, presented a program of meditative music, in an atmosphere of peace and reflection.
o Downstairs (around 8:00 pm): Matt Erion, bass, Dave Sampsell, piano, and friends offered a set of jazz and standards, accompanied by delicious refreshments!