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Adult Education Youth Education Confirmation Fellowship Youth Group Vacation Bible School Music ~ Concert Series ~ Young Artist Competition Calendar Home |
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Memorial Concert
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2011 - 2012
TRADOC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Sunday, October 16, 2011 – 3:00 PM Several chamber ensembles from the TRADOC’s band now at Fort Eustis begin our season with an eclectic mix of chamber music featuring some of the band’s premier artists. They will present an enjoyable afternoon of patriotic, classical, jazz, and popular music displaying the talent of these professional musicians. VIRGINIA CHILDREN’S CHORUS Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 4:00 PM (Note later time) Founded in 1992, by Director Carol Thomas Downing, the VCC is celebrating their twentieth season of teaching Hampton Roads children to sing with joy! They are fresh from an exciting tour of England this summer and will present a varied program of classical, sacred, and world music. Recognized as the area’s premiere children’s chorus, their mission is to enhance the lives of participating children, ages six to eighteen, through the study and performance of the great choral literature of the ages. SCHOLA CANTORUM - GLORIOUS CREATION Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 3:00 PM Rene Clausen is a contemporary composer who writes gorgeous music for mixed chorus and organ combining the beauty of the human voice with the grandeur of the King of Instruments. Schola Cantorum, in their sixteenth year of performing some of the best accompanied and a cappella music from the Renaissance to contemporary times, will pay tribute to Mr. Clausen with this concert. This is their fifth season under the their excellent Artistic Director, Agnes Mobley-Wynne. TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL YOUNG PERFORMING ARTISTS COMPETITION Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 1:00 to 6:00 PM Come and go as your schedule permits, to sample the amazing talent of these youthful musicians from our Tidewater area. Twenty-one music students will compete for prizes in in keyboard, vocal, and instrumental categories, and one will be chosen as the grand prize winner. This is an advanced level of competition judged by well known professional musicians. If you know of a talented young artist, between 11 and 22, send her or him to our website to get information and an application. YOUNG PERFORMING ARTISTS WINNERS RECITAL Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 3:00 PM The four competition winners will return to perform in recital and receive their prizes. Come hear some sublime music and be inspired by the talent of these young musicians. It will give you a real lift to see what the younger generation can do with their talents as molded by the excellent music teachers in our area. Musical immortality is achieved by the hard work of passing today's musical talent on to the next generation. It is not automatic or even certain, but this recital will show what is possible. THOMAS PANDOLFI in RECITAL Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 3:00 PM The young American pianist, Thomas Pandolfi is an exciting virtuoso who is a graduate of The Julliard School with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance. During the last season he concertized in seventeen states and in Europe. His solo concerts emphasize the rich music of Chopin, Liszt, the Russian masters and Gershwin. Come hear some exciting classics with commentary to enhance the program. THE VIRGINIA HANDBELL CONSORT Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 3:00 PM The Virginia Handbell Consort was formed in 1996 as Tidewater’s first handbell ensemble with the goal of promoting ringing by intensive practice and concertizing. They perform on Schulmerich bells, Melody Chimes, Petit-Fritsen bells, and percussion instruments. Their repertoire includes spectacular selections of classical, sacred, and popular music that will give you a new appreciation of this growing genre. Each concert is organized around a theme, and this concert’s theme is original music written specifically for handbells. The ensemble practices at our church and each Saturday morning they set our hallways ringing as they rehearse under their able and humorous director, Al Reese. All events are held in the church’s colonial style sanctuary, which has excellent acoustics for musical performances. In 1999, when the Hampton Arts Commission was renovating the American Theatre for their current excellent offerings, they chose our sanctuary to present most of their diverse and exciting programs. This has encouraged us to offer the expanded musical program that you see above. Our location is in Hampton at the corner of Armistead and Victoria, next to the main Hampton library, with good parking and easy access to our sanctuary. First Presbyterian Church and our Memorial Concert Series committee express sincere thanks to the E.K. Sloane Piano Fund of THE NORFOLK FOUNDATION for their recent donation which has made possible the purchase of the fine Baldwin grand piano used in these concerts and in worship. Good music does not happen by chance. It exists in our community because music lovers step forward and help make it happen. Please join us in helping this happen. It will make a difference in the quality of life in Tidewater. If you have questions or comments E-mail me at thehowards1@cox.net Bob Howard, Chairman |
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