Trumpeter Doug Albert will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on March 1, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Mr. Albert will perform on four trumpets (B-Flat, E-Flat, Piccolo, and Flugelhorn). Selections will include "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from George Frederic Handel's ‘Messiah’, along with […]
Lancaster Violinist Melody Brubaker Cliff will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on April 5, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Ms. Cliff’s passion is sharing the joy of music as concertmaster for Allegro Orchestra of Lancaster and as Orchestra Director for the Lower Dauphin […]
Lancaster Cellist Sara Male will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on May 3, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Sara is principal cellist of the York Symphony Orchestra, acting principal cellist of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and Chair of the LSO Board of Directors. […]
Award-winning classical guitarist, Andrew Oswinkle, will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on June 7, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. A native of Baltimore, Andrew has advanced degrees in classical guitar from Peabody Conservatory, and is an enthusiastic performer, bringing his music to formal […]
Lancaster jazz pianist Colin Mekeel, will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on July 5, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Mekeel is the founder of the Temple Avenue jazz combo. A graduate of HACC Lancaster, the Manheim Township resident cites jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis […]
The inaugural concert on the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ will be held at 8 PM on First Friday, August 2, featuring organist Larry Hershey in a concert that will include “Prelude on ‘Sine Nomini’” by Leo Sowerby, “Elegy” by John Ireland, and “Resurrection” from Symphonie-Passion by Marcel Dupre. The historic instrument is a restored […]
On First Friday, September 6, the public is invited to stroll through the gardens and watch local artists at work or shop for a work of art that catches the eye at a free plein air event in the courtyard of First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The event will be […]
Organic Reflections welcomes guest organist Ken Krause to the console of the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ for a free 30 minute concert at 8 PM on First Friday, September 6, featuring a program of music from living composers including “Procession” by Russell Schulz-Widmar, and “Grand Choeur in d-Minor” by Paul Fey, at First Reformed […]
Organist Larry Hershey returns to the console of the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ for a free 30 minute concert at 8 PM on First Friday, October 4, featuring a program entitled “Graveyard Gems” at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous work, “Toccata […]
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert, “For All the Saints” on the majestic Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ at 8 PM on First Friday, November 1, in the historic 1854 First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The program includes "Rejoice in Celebration of St. Michael" by Grimoaldo […]
Internationally acclaimed concert organist, Alan Morrison, will play the dedicatory concert for the recently completed Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Pipe Organ at First Reformed Church, 40 East Orange Street in downtown Lancaster on Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 PM. The organ, in loving memory of Rita Jane (Barton) Hill Byrne and The Reverend Ronald and […]
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, January 3 at 8 PM. Selections will include “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” by Max Drischner, “Praeludium in E Minor” by Nicolaus Bruhns, and Bruce Simmond’s “Prelude on “lam sol […]
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, January 3 at 8 PM. Selections will include “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” by Max Drischner, “Praeludium in E Minor” by Nicolaus Bruhns, and Bruce Simmond’s “Prelude on “lam sol […]
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert of “Romantic Flourishes” at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, February 7 at 8 PM. Selections will include Felix Mendelssohn’s “Allegro maestoso e vivace” from Sonata No. 4, “Canon in B Major” by Robert Schumann, and “Rhosymedre” (My […]
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert in commemoration of the World Day of Prayer at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, March 7 at 8 PM. The program, “Invocation for the Soul” will include Denis Bedard’s “Dialogue on Te Deum” along with “The Good […]
