UI staff member hosts organ recital to support The 1105 Project

Accomplished organist and University of Iowa alumna Gerhild Krapf will perform a recital to benefit an Iowa City nonprofit collaboration at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton St., Iowa City. The event is free and open to the public. Free-will donations to The 1105 Project Building Fund will be accepted at the door.

Accomplished organist Gerhild Krapf performs at a recent recital.

Krapf, special assistant to the dean of the UI College of Law, has earned advanced degrees in music, law, and business administration from the UI. She will perform the music of Handel, Bach, Luebeck, Krapf, and Vivaldi/Walther during Saturday’s performance.

The 1105 Project is a collaboration of the Free Lunch Program, the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Johnson County, the Domestic Violence Intervention Program, and the Crisis Center of Johnson County to share space at 1105 Gilbert Court in Iowa City. Donations are needed to pay for renovations to the building, where the agencies expect to reach more clients through proximity and interrelated programming.

Learn more at this 1105 Project website.