The St. John’s Music Series presents inspiring musical performances in the stunning gothic architecture of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in both concert and liturgical settings. Musical offerings include our own choral and instrumental ensembles in addition to featuring guest solo and chamber performances.

The Music Series program has featured numerous local and visiting artists including ICantori of Walla Walla University, Wesley Arai, Zeru Wang, Brewster Quartet, Selkirk Quintet, Jeanne Bourgeois and YunJung Park. Stay tuned for the full schedule of Music Series guests for the 2025-2026 season.

Lukas Hasler - Organist
Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 pm

Lukas Hasler is part of a new generation of organists who have made an international name for themselves through virtuosity, creativity, and media presence. He currently lives and works between Vienna and Los Angeles, where he is a doctoral student at the University of Southern California under Cherry Rhodes. He previously completed his concert organ studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, with Ulrich Walther. He gained formative and international experience in Strasbourg with Johann Vexo, as well as in Hamburg, where he also earned a master’s degree in Cultural and Media Management.

His concert engagements have taken him to prestigious stages, from Brisbane City Hall in Australia and the Russian Philharmonic Festival in Volgograd, to the famous Bruckner organ in St. Florian in Austria. In the United States, he has performed in cathedrals from coast to coast, and in legendary venues such as Meuthen Memorial Music Hall, Boston. Other career highlights include his participation in the opening of the Salzburg Festival and numerous performances at AGO conventions, including Fort Worth, July 2025.

With over 100,000 followers on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, Herr Hasler is one of the most visible and influential organists worldwide, as an artist, communicator, and bridge-builder between tradition and the present.

For more information on the concert with Lukas, visit the Spokane AGO website: https://www.spokaneago.org/lukas-hasler-recital/

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Dr. Zeru Wang - Pianist
Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 pm

A native of Hangzhou, China, Zeru Wang, DMA, holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Missouri-Columbia. His teachers have included Christopher Taylor and Peter Miyamoto. Apart from appearing in the masterclasses of Frederic Chiu, Richard Goode, Sergei Babayan, Alessio Bax, Julian Martin, Marina Lomazov, Julio Elizalde, Gabriel Chodos, and Corey Hamm, he also studied with Peter Serkin, Yoon Hi Moon, Douglas Humphreys, Natalya Antonova, Bruce Brubaker, and Sean Duggan during several prestigious summer festivals.

As an active and enthusiastic teacher, Dr. Wang enjoys providing piano lessons to students of all ages. His students have been highly successful in Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exams, state-level piano competitions, and college auditions at prestigious United States music schools, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2019, he conducted piano masterclasses about Chopin’s piano literature in Madison, Wis. In 2022, he relocated to Spokane, Wash. Apart from serving as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach at Gonzaga University from 2022-2023, he formed a private studio that focuses on pre-collegiate students. He helped his students to play in different masterclasses in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) chapter and won prizes from the state-level solo/ensemble competition. Since then, he has frequently performed on Spokane Public Radio as a guest artist for their Piano Bench program featuring his solo recitals and projects. Recently, he collaborated with Benside Arts to present concerts featuring an authentic 1797 London Broadwood fortepiano. The program includes the Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304, paired with a historical violin and the Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob XVI: 52.

Dr. Wang is a prize-winner of many international and national piano competitions, including the World Piano Teacher Association International Piano Competition, the Joyeux International Piano Competition, the Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music, and the MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition. In addition to the 2021 Beethoven Competition held by the University of Wisconsin, he was selected as the winner of the 2015 Missouri University (MU) Concerto Competition, and the 2015 MU Emerging Artist Competition.

Aside from producing solo piano music, Dr. Wang is an equally passionate chamber musician and collaborative pianist who performs extensively with various ensembles. He enjoys collaborating with faculty and students from the University of Missouri, the Odyssey Summer Music Festivals, and the Bowdoin International Summer Music Festival. In 2018, he performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City, with the Interharmony Chamber Music Series. Additionally, he has collaborated with prominent musicians such as Saeka Matsuyama, Jonathan Weber, and Miho Zaitsu, and many outstanding students from various institutions around the world. In 2021, he served as the collaborative pianist for the University of Wisconsin Wind Ensemble and premiered the “Shell and Wing” by David Biedenbender. After joining Gonzaga University in 2022, he worked with the Gonzaga Concert Choirs, the Discantus Treble Choir, the Glee Club, the Chamber Singers, and the voice studios. Recently, he also published his dissertation project, “A New Edition of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 (1821-1822)”, featuring his fingering and pedaling systems in a new edition of the work, and original ideas for performing the sonata.

Dr. Zeru Wang currently serves on the faculties of Holy Names Music Center and the Music Conservatory of Coeur d’Alene.

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