Since the 1920s, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, 35 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, has offered free recitals prior to the noon Community Lenten Service every Wednesday during Lent. A simple soup and sandwich lunch is available immediately following the services in the auditorium for $4.00. The series began on Ash Wednesday and continues through Holy Week. It is sponsored by the Downtown Ministerium of Wilkes-Barre. For more information and a complete list of performers and preachers, please visit St. Stephen’s parish website.
St. Stephen’s will also have the honor of hosting the Treble Choristers of the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys in a concert on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. Many consider the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys to be the leading ensemble in the Anglican choral tradition in the United States, so it is a rare treat for them to visit our region! The choristers will be directed by Daniel Hyde, Organist and Master of the Choristers, and will be accompanied by Benjamin Sheen, Assistant Organist. The concert is free; a free-will offering will be taken.
Lastly, First Presbyterian Church, 3231 Tilghman Street, Allentown will be hosting a series of Lenten recitals on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. This coming Sunday will feature our own chapter member and Past Dean Canon Mark Laubach and on Sunday, March 25, First Presbyterian will welcome Nathan Laube, Assistant Professor of Organ, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Here is the complete list of recitalists:
Feb 18. Mark Laubach, Organist/Choirmaster, St. Stephen’s Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Past Dean, Pennsylvania Northeast Chapter AGO
Feb 25. Stephen Williams, Organist/Director of Music, Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, PA. Past Dean, Lehigh Valley Chapter AGO
Mar 4. Gavin Black, harpsichord, Director, Princeton Early Keyboard Center, Princeton, NJ.
Mar 11. Adam Bergstresser, Organist/Director of Music, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Doylestown, PA.
Mar 18. Thomas Dressler, Organist/Choral Director, First Presbyterian Church, Allentown, PA. Dean, Lehigh Valley Chapter AGO
Mar 25. Nathan Laube, Assistant Professor of Organ, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Please spread the word about these wonderful recitals! Have a blessed Lent!
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