The 4x4 Concert is back!!
Four pipe organs and four organists, all in one concert!
In this moveable musical feast, audience members begin in the Chapel, then move to the other organ rooms in the church, hearing a short recital in each location. Music is chosen to highlight the special characteristics of each instrument.
Featuring Carolyn Sergent, Steven McConnell, Christopher Evatt, and Alvez Barkoskie IV.
Carolyn Sargent plays the Austin organ in the Chapel
Carolyn Sargent is a 2021 graduate of OCU with a MM in organ, having studied with Dr. Melissa Plamann. She currently works with the Red River Pipe Organ Company, specializing in voicing, tuning, and on-site repairs and maintenance. Carolyn is also the organist at Mayflower Congregational UCC in Oklahoma City.
Steven McConnell plays the Möller organ in Watchorn Hall
Steven earned his B.A. in History and his B.F.A. in Music from the University of Oklahoma, and subsequently earned his Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University. Steven is the SVP/General Counsel for Tinker Federal Credit Union as well as the organist/Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City.
He is a member of the board of directors for BrightMusic Society of Oklahoma, the immediate past chair and current member of the Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, and current chair of the Oklahoma Governmental Affairs Subcommittee-Cornerstone Credit Union League.
Steven and his wife, Christi, are residents of Oklahoma City and have two sons, Brycen, who currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon, and Jarret, who currently resides in Oklahoma City.
Christopher Evatt plays the Walcker organ in the Choir Room
Christopher Evatt has been Director of Parish Music and Organist at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Edmond, OK since 2021. In addition to playing for four weekly services, Dr. Evatt directs Holy Trinity's choral and handbell ensembles and assists with liturgical planning. In 2023, he oversaw the installation of a new 4-manual Walker organ, which he has used for various performances including a Reformation Day chorale recital and a Holy Week presentation of Liszt's Via Crucis. In the summer of 2024, Dr. Evatt was invited to present on improvisation, hymn playing, and organ repertoire at the LCMS Institute on Liturgy, Preaching, and Church Music in Nebraska and the Caedmon Church Music Conference in Dallas. An avid collaborator, he is a staff pianist and adjunct instructor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, having previously worked at Keene State College and the Longy School of Music, and has played with groups such as the Zenith Ensemble and Tactus. He has degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin, and studied organ with John Ferguson, Judith Hancock, and Malcolm Matthews.
Alvez Barkoskie IV plays the Möller-Banks-Reuter organ in the Sanctuary
Organist, composer, and choral conductor, Alvez Barkoskie IV (b. 1986) is a native of St. Augustine, Florida. In 2021 he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance at the University of Oklahoma with his dissertation “An Analysis of Three Recital Pieces by William Lloyd Webber.” He also holds a MM in Organ Performance (University of Oklahoma, 2014), a MM in Composition (University of Texas – Austin, 2012), and a BM in Organ Performance and Composition (Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 2009). He has studied organ with John Schwandt, Gerre & Judith Hancock, and Boyd Jones. He has studied composition with Marvin Lamb, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Dan Welcher, Donald Grantham, Sydney Hodkinson, and Manuel de Murga.
Barkoskie is currently a full-time Organist and Director of Sacred Music at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Oklahoma City and the School Mass Choir Director at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Midwest City