The Basilica concert series returns Wednesday afternoons in July and August with an eclectic selection of singers and organists, making use of the 1923 Casavant organ.

The series opens July 8 with organist Alexander Straus-Fausto, director of music at Trinity Cathedral in Miami, in a program exploring themes of transformation, longing and transcendence. From Wagner to Bernstein, this program reveals the organ’s ability to convey a wide emotional and stylistic landscape, moving between moments of intimate reflection and theatrical grandeur.

All concerts take place at St. Dunstan’s Basilica in Charlottetown. Concerts begin at 1 pm and last about an hour. Admission is by donation.