Contact Information:

email: Barbara Ann Fackler for information or availability     
Please include the date of your event in the subject line of your email.
Phone: 630-665-6098  

Coming soon, our first CD of harp solo music, including Silberjahr-Ländler, some early American music, Renaissance dances and airs and more.  If you want to be notifed when it's ready for purchase, send us an email.

Upcoming Performances Open to the Public
Private events are not posted.
Barbara Ann Fackler, harp = Illinois harpist Barbara: wedding ceremony music, reception music,
Daniel Fackler, French horn = Illinois hornist


Saturday, December 5, 2009 Illinois harpist
5:00 PM until 9:00 PM
LaGrange Christmas Walk:
    Barbara Fackler, harpist
Fey & Company Jewelers
19 Calendar Court
708-352-4115
 Past Public Performances

Daniel Fackler, soloist with Concordia University Band27 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, John Burson, trumpet, Yoshiko Hirata, trombone, Eric Craddock, tuba


French horn and harp concert Glenview, IL9 June 2009 Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
    semi-private recital; Musikwerke Fackler
    Glenview, IL


 Sunday 31 May 2009 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
Daniel Fackler, French horn, Edwin Childs, organ 8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
    prelude: harp and clarinet(Stephen Ivester): What Wondrous Love is This? arr. D.K. and B.A. Fackler
    offertory; harp and voice (Jo Billingham): Gracious Spirit, Dwell With Me, arr. Billingham/Fackler
    postlude: horn and organ(Edwin T. Childs): Heldenmusik (TWV 50), No. 1, Die Wurde, Telemann

Sunday 24 May 2009Illinois hornist(brass and choir)
    8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
    prelude: organ(Elaine McWatt) and horn: Credo by Wayne Wold (movement 1)
    postlude: organ(Elaine McWatt) and horn: Credo by Wayne Wold (movement 3)

Sunday, 10 May 2009Illinois harpist
Holiday Inn Naperville Select  
Mother's Day Champagne Brunch  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The expanded menu including a children's buffet and beautiful presentations will be highlighted by a cascading chocolate fountain, cheesecakes, fresh fruit, and more for dessert. The harp music will be in the Grand Ballroom.
Call 630-505-4900 for reservations

Sunday 3 May 2009 Illinois harpist
    6:00 PM
    free
Hymn Sing
The Orchard Evangelical Free Church
1330 North Douglas Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Sunday, 12 April 2009 Illinois harpistEaster brunch and Mother's Day Brunch 2009 Holiday Inn Naper Select, Naperville, IL Barbara Fackler, harpist
Holiday Inn Naperville Select  
Easter Champagne Brunch  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The expanded menu including a children's buffet and beautiful presentations will be highlighted by a cascading chocolate fountain, cheesecakes, fresh fruit, and more for dessert.

Sunday 12 April 2009   Illinois hornist
     Easter Sunday worship services: 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
First Presbyterian Church
600 9th St
Wilmette, IL 60091
http://www.fpc-wilmette.org/

Saturday 4 April and Sunday 5 April    Illinois hornist
     Palm Sunday worship services
Willow Creek Community Church
67 East Algonquin Road, South Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 765-5000  

Daniel Fackler, horn soloist, IllinoisSunday 29 March 2009 Illinois hornist
 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
                                 Illinois French horn soloists

22 March 2009 Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
    semi-private recital; Musikwerke Fackler
    Wilmette, IL

Wednessday 18 March 2009 Illinois harpist
Elgin Academy Fine Arts Department
    Marie Cinquemani, director
Upper School Chorus: spring concert
350 Park Street
Elgin Il 60120
Sunday 1 March 2009 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
8:15 AM - traditional service
Trinity Lutheran Church
601 E. 2nd Street
Waconia, MN
Sunday 8 March 2009 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
8:00 AM
Zion Lutheran Church
3866 Harvester Road
Saint Charles, MO
Sunday 4 January 2009 Illinois harpist
    8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
prelude: harp solo: According to Thy Gracious Word (Manoah) arr. B. A. Fackler
offertory: harp solo: Great is Thy Faithfulness arr. B. A. Fackler
        The scripture this Sunday is: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

harpist performs in Oak Park, IllinoisFriday, December 26, 2008 Illinois harpist
noon to 1:30 PM  
    Barbara Ann Fackler, harpist
Boxing Day Celebration
Ernest Hemingway's Birthplace
339 N. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL
$10 admission ($7 seniors and youth)

Sunday, December 21, 2008 Illinois harpist
10:00 AM  
    Barbara Fackler, harpist assisting in worship with Jolene Billingham, alto
Dupage County Convalescent Center
Protestant Worship Service for residents and guests

Christmas Eve 24 December 2008 Illinois harpist
10:00 PM
    Barbara Fackler, harpist
St. John's Lutheran Church
125 E. Seminary Ave.
Wheaton, IL 60187
    Prelude includes three selections from Christmas Meditations for cello and harp by Gail Salvatori: settings of Infant Lowly, Of the Father's Love Begotten and In the Bleak Midwinter. (Cellist Christopher Ferrer)
    Choral works that include harp: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Stephen Paulus), A Savior from on High (Stephen Paulus), and There is No Rose (René Clausen).
Sunday, December 14, 2008 Illinois harpist
2:00 PM until 4:00 PM     Barbara Fackler, harpist, holiday concert
Chicago Ridge Public Library
10400 S. Oxford Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
Saturday, December 6, 2008 Illinois harpist
5:00 PM until 9:00 PM
LaGrange Christmas Walk:
    Barbara Fackler, harpist
Fey & Company Jewelers
19 Calendar Court
708-352-4115
Sunday 2 November 2008 Illinois harpist
    8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
prelude: harp solo: Be Thou My Vision (Slane) arr. B. A. Fackler
communion meditation: harp solo: My Song is Love Unknown (Edwin T. Childs)

Sunday 2 November 2008 Illinois harpist
    6:00 PM
    free
Hymn Sing (with orchestra, organ, choir, Heaven Bound Quartet and soloists)
prelude includes harp solo: His Eye is On the Sparrow arr. B.A. Fackler
The Orchard Evangelical Free Church
1330 North Douglas Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

harpist performs at library event in Illinois Friday 3 October 2008 Illinois harpist  SOLD OUT!
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Renaissance harp: period music for book signing with Philippa Gregory
Evergreen Park Public Library
9400 S. Troy Evergreen Park
Illinois 60805

Sunday 14 September 2008 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
7:00 PM
Concordia University Chicago
faculty recital - Musicwerke Fackler and others
Chants d'arriere-Saison for horn and harp by Bernard Andrés  

Sunday 10 August 2008 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
    9:30 and 11:00 AM (note summer schedule, no 8:30 service)
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Prelude: horn and harp: Shall We Gather at the River arr. D.K. Fackler
Communion Meditation: harp solo: Ah, Holy Jesus arr. B.A. Fackler

Saturday 19 April 2008 Illinois harpist
    2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
College Church Commons 
Renaissance harp for the Student Art Show
Come at 2:00 to hear calligrapher Timothy Botts' presention.
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187

Sunday 11 May 2008   Illinois harpist 
Holiday Inn Naperville Select
1801 N. Naper Blvd.
Naperville, IL 60563-1554
Mother's Day Champagne Brunch  10:00 am - 2:00 pm      
Sunday 23 March 2008 Holiday Inn Naperville Select Illinois harpist
Easter Champagne Brunch  10:00 am - 2:00 pm               
The expanded menu and beautiful presentations will be highlighted by a cascading chocolate fountain for dessert and harpist Barbara Fackler in the Grand Ballroom.
Call 630-445-6323 for reservations.

Rutter's Requiem will be presented Illinois harpist performs in outdoor wedding ceremonies
Barbara Fackler, will be the harpist in the chamber orchestra
This choral work is a lovely way to begin the Easter weekend.
Western Springs Baptist
4475 Wolf Road
Western Springs, Illinois
708-246-1530
Sunday 9 Mary 2008 Illinois harpist performs for church wedding ceremonies
    8:00, 9:30. 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
Wheaton, Illinois
Solo harp: prelude:   The King Shall Come and So Shall I (arr. B.A. Fackler)
                 offertory: His Eye is on the Sparrow (arr. B.A. Fackler)

Sunday 20 January 2008 Illinois french horn performs for wedding ceremoniesIllinois harpist
    8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
prelude: horn and harp (Near the Cross W.H. Doane arr. D. K. Fackler)
offertory: harp (View Me Lord, a Work of Thine by Jackson Berkey)
postlude: horn and organ (Hornpipe by G. F. Handel)
order of service
Illinois French horn soloist
Monday 31 December 2007 Illinois hornist
"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
847-693-1119
Monday 24 December 2007 Illinois harpist
11:00 PM Christmas Eve Mass
Saint James Catholic Church
820 N. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL
Scheduled music includes selections from Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols, John Rutters' Angel's Carol and seasonal solo harp music Saturday, December 1, 2007
5:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Sunday 16 December 2007  Illinois harpist
Christmas Communion service
6:00 PM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Solo harp
LaGrange Christmas Walk: Illinois harpist
Barbara Fackler, harpist
Fey & Company Jewelers
19 Calendar Court
708.352.4115
Chicago area harpist performs at Fey Jewelers in LaGrange

Saturday 3 November 2007 Illinois harpist
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM: 2nd Annual Holiday Gala
Rustique
925 Toft Street
Antioch, Il  60002
(847)-838-2612

Sunday 23 September 2007 Illinois harpist
Presbyterian Church of Barrington
6 Brinker Road
Barrington, IL
9:00 am and 11:00 am services
Harp solo prelude, harp accompaniment on choral anthem
Friday 12 October 2007 Illinois harpist
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Rossi Furniture
Highland Ave and Butterfield Road,
Downers Grove, IL
Open house during sale
Solo harp entertaining during this event
Sunday 14 October 2007 Illinois hornist
4:00 PM
Tuba Bach Concert Series
Big Rapids High School Auditorium
Big Rapids, MI
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

Sunday 9 September 2007 Illinois harpist
8:00 AM, 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Solo harp assisting in morning worship.

Sunday 8 July 2007 Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
9:30 AM and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Musikwerke Fackler assisting in morning worship.
This Sunday includes communion. Doug O'Donnell is preaching on Deborah's Song.

Sunday 20 May 2007 Illinois harpist
8:00 AM, 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Harp solo and harp with organ will assist in morning worship.
Sunday 24 June 2007 Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
9:30 - 10:00 AM preservice concert of music for horn and harp
10:00 AM morning worship
Musikwerke Fackler
Western Springs Baptist
4475 Wolf Road
Western Springs, IL
708-246-1530
May 8, 2007 Illinois hornist
8:00 PM
Daniel Fackler, horn
Villanelle by Paul Dukas, in an arrangement 
for solo horn and band by Daniel Fackler
Hillsdale Wind Symphony
Markel Auditorium
Hillsdale, MI
Easter Sunday, 2007Illinois harpist at Easter brunch in Naperville
Holiday Inn Naperville Select  
Easter Champagne Brunch  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The expanded menu and beautiful presentations will be highlighted by a cascading chocolate fountain for dessert and harpist Barbara Fackler in the Grand Ballroom.
Call 630-505-4900 for reservations
Christ Community Church Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
Musikwerke Fackler (horn and harp) joined by Sarah Holman, mezzo-soprano, will be assisting in  morning worship. This is a service of music, prayer and mediation. The congregation welcomes visitors to this service.
        Sunday, March 11, 2007
        10:00 AM
        Christ Community Church
        602 East Geneva Road
        Wheaton, IL
1 April 2007 (Palm Sunday) Illinois hornistIllinois harpist
6:00 PM
College Church in Wheaton
332 E Seminary
Wheaton, IL 60187
Musikwerke Fackler (horn and harp) assist in evening worship which will follow the format of  a Vespers service.
March 26, 2007        12:00 PM Illinois hornist
Music of Bach, Barber, Agay and Nielsen
Krasa Center Fireside Lounge
Bendictine University
5700 College Road
Lisle, IL 60532
Concert at Noon Series
Anne Kreft, flute
Alicia Tait, oboe
Andrea DiOrio, clarinet
Daniel Fackler, horn
Dianne Ryan, bassoon

March 31, 2007   3:00 PM Illinois hornist
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

10 December 2006     2:00 - 4:00 PM   Illinois harpist  
40th Anniversary Celebration
Chicago Ridge Public Library
10400 S. Oxford Avenue
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

Illinois harpist performs at 40th anniversary party

Sunday 18 September 2005 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
7:00 PM
Concordia University Chicago
faculty recital - Musicwerke Fackler and others

19 November 2004 Illinois harpist
Geneva Concert Series
Dr. Terry Martin, organ, Barbara Ann Fackler, harp

Friday 12 September 2003 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
8:00 PM
Geneva Concert Series
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor

Thursday 18 September 2003 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
7:00 PM
Torrey Gray Auditorium, Moody Bible Institute
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor

Sunday 21 September 2003 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
3:00 PM
College Church Fine Arts Series
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor

Sunday 28 September 2003 Illinois harpistIllinois hornist
6:00 PM
Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church
Musikwerke Fackler with Dr. Arnold Rawls, tenor

Illinois harp recitalMonday 20 May 2002 
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital
featuring an ensemble of five harps

Illinois student harp recitalMonday 14 May 2001 
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital
featuring an ensemble of four harps

Illinois harpistsMonday 15 May 2000 
Wyndemere Retirement Community
7:15 PM
Student Harp Recital
featuring an ensemble of three harps



  Recitals:

Recitals available currently are:
solo harp 
horn and harp
horn, harp and voice
horn, oboe and harp
harp and organ
horn and organ
horn, harp and organ

Please inquire regarding repertoire, availability and fees.