Click Here to download a pdf version of the 2004-2005 Concert Series poster. For more information on our concert series you may contact the FPC Music Department at 615-298-9517 or e-mail music@fpcnashville.org.
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Organist, Dr. Murray Somerville (10/24/04)- Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Beckerath organ, First Presbyterian Church/Nashville presents Organist, Dr. Murray Somerville on Sunday, October 24, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. Click here for more details...
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Stratton Foster Memorial Stained Glass Concert (12/7/04)- First Presbyterian Church presents Gian-Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on Sunday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary. Raphael Bundage will conduct, with Chris Simonsen as the stage director. Click here for more details...
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A Christmas Concert (12/12/04)- Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 4:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Sanctuary Bell Choir, directed by Daphne Garey and the Nashville Flute Choir, directed by Karen Mitchell will present a joint Christmas Concert. Click here for more details...
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Organist Dr. Fathe Freese (1/9/05)- Continuing the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Beckerath organ, First Presbyterian Church/Nashville presents Organist, Dr. Faythe Freese on Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Click here for details...
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J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (2/20/05)- Raphael Bundage conducts the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir and the Nashville Symphony in J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion". Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary. The concert is Free and Open to the Public. Click here for more details...
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Organist David Briggs (3/7/05)- Continuing the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Beckerath organ, First Presbyterian Church/Nashville and the Nashville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists joinly present Organist, David Briggs, Organist Emeritus, Gloucester Cahtedral in concert on Monday, March 7, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Click here for more details...
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Paul Jacobs - Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 4:00 p.m.
 Paul Jacobs, organist, presents his 2003-2004 musical program in the Sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church/Nashville on Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.
Paul Jacobs came to national attention as a concert organist in 2000 when he performed the complete orgn works of J.S. Bach in 14 consecutive evenings both in New York City and Philadelphia, shortly after his 23rd birthday. later in the year he trumped that achievement by performing the complete organ works of Bach in a spectacular 18-hour non-stop marathon in Pittsburgh. During the summer of 2000 he was a featured performer at the national convention of the American Guild or Organists in Seattle, and has been invited to be a featured performer at the 2004 national convention of the AGO in Los Angeles. He is the youngest person ever appointed to the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York ("one of the world's most selective and prestigious conservatories" The Wall Street Journal).
A recitalist possessing a hugh repertoire, Mr. Jacobs has memorized the complete organ works of Brahms, Franck, and Durufle, several suites of Messiaen, most of Bach, and a vast range of other organ literature. In 2002 he performed the complete organ works of Messiaen in a series of one-day marathons in six major American ities, and is currently working on the complete organ works of Max Reger to be performed in special marathon events. He recently made his South American debut in Brazil, his European debut in Germany, and is booked to make his Canadian debut in Ontario.
Mr. Jacobs has been a featured artist on Public Radio International's "Pipedreams", Bavarian Radio, Brazilian Arts Television, and Minnesota Public Radio. He has taken first prizes in several competitions, including the National Society of Arts and Letter Organ Competition in Washington DC in 1996, the Violette Cassel Organ Competition in 1998, and the Fort Wayne National Organ Competition in Indiana in 1999.
Paul Jacobs began studying the piano at the ago of six and the organ at age 13. By the age of 15 he had been appointed the chief organist of a parish of 3,500 families in his hometown of Washington, Pennsylvania, and continued his studies with George Rau and Susan Woodard. He was awarded a full scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and graduated as a double major, having studied organ with John Weaver and harpsichord with Lionel Party. He subsequently received the Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from Yale University, studying organ with Thomas Murray. During his student days at Curtis, Mr. Jacobs served as organist at the Washington Memorial Chapel, the National Shrine at Valley Forge. In New York City, in addition to his duties at Juilliard, Paul Jacobs is Organist & Choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of Christ and St. Stephen's. He is the first organist to receive the Harvard Musical Association's prestigious Arthur W. Foote Award, and has also received the Yale School of Music's Horatio Parker Memorial Award, Philip Francis Nelson Prize, the Dean of Music's Prize, and the Faculty Prize of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.
For more information about this and other concerts at First Presbyterian Church, contact Daphne Garey at music@fpcnashville.org.
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Kathryn Eberle, Violin, Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:00 p.m.
 Kathryn Eberle will be playing violin in concert on Sunday, January 18 at 4:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary. Accompanying her on piano will be Amy Dorfman, from Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music.
Kathryn Eberle, whose playing has been described as one with "flawless technique and passionate musicality," began her violin study on her third birthday. Since then, this twenty-year-old has concertized in the United States and Europe and has captured numerous awards and competitions. These honors include winner of the Sewanee Summer music Festival Concerto Competition for three consecutive years; the Nashville Young Artist Competition for five consecutive years; first place in the Montgomery Symphony Young Artists Competition; first place in the Curb Records/Nashville Symphony Competition; top pre-college violin position, the Howard Beebe Solo Bach Award and the Jean ten Have Award for Violin Performance all at the Corpus Christi International Young Artists Competition; Silver Medal at the 2002 Stulburg International String Competition, Kalamazoo, Michigan and top prize winner at the 2002 Irving M. Klein International String Competition, San Francisco, as well as first place in the 2002 University of Southern California's Concerto Competition.
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Kathryn has soloed with the Nashville, Montgomery, Sewanee, Middle Tenessee, Colonial, and University of Southern California Symphonies as well as the Starling Chamber Orchestra playing concerti by Mozart, Bruch, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky. In April of 2000, Kathryn gave the world premier of Michael Kurek's Violin Concerto with the Nashville Symphony. She has also performed in the New York String Orchestra under the baton of Jaime Laredo at Carnegie Hall. Kathryn has given numerous recitals including performing at the Harlem School of the Arts in 2001 and the Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Festival in 2002. Beginning in the fall of 2003, Kathryn will be concertmaster of the USC Symphony.
In the summer of 1999 Kathryn's quartet received the Kay Logan Chamber Music Award for their performance of Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet at the Encore School for Strings in Hudson, Ohio. As a member of the Clarion Quartet, Kathryn performed in the 2002 USA/France Chamber Music Festival in Missillac, France. This summer Kathryn traveled to Banff, Canada where her quartet, the Rousseau Quartet, participated in the Banff Chamber Music Festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Kathryn studies violin with Robert C. Lipsett at the University of Southern California. She has previously studied with Cornelia Heard at Vanderbilt's Blaid School of Music, Nashville, Tennessee, Kurt Sassmannshaus of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Masao Kawasaki at the Aspen Music Festival as well as master classes with the late Dorothy DeLay. kathryn plays on a J.B. Vuillaume, Paris, 1870.
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Stained Glass Concert - Felix Mendelssohn's
Raphael Bundage conducts the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir and the Nashville Symphony in Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary. The concert is Free and Open to the Public. The role of Elijah will be sung by Bass-Baritone John Kramar, Graduate of the Curtis Institute and the Eastman School, presently on the voice faculty of East Carolina University. For more information about this and other concerts at First Presbyterian Church, contact Daphne Garey (615) 298-9517 or by email at music@fpcnashville.org.
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 CANTUS - Accapella Men's Ensemble in Concert, Friday, December 3, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
For more information about these and other concerts in our concert series, please contact the Music Department at First Presbyterian Church by phone (615) 298-9517 or e-mail at music@fpcnashville.org.
Here are some clips of music you will find at a concert by the CANTUS Men's Ensemble. Used by Permission. For more information on Cantus visit http://www.cantusonline.org.
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (Chain Gang Song) arr. Robert DeCormier
Songs from Matengo Folktales by Peter Hamlin
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Kenneth Jennings
And Death Shall Have No Dominion by Kenneth Jennings
My Lord What a Morning arr. Harry T. Burleigh
Legenda by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Deep River arr. Harry T. Burleigh
One By One by Lebo M.
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