Music & Arts Series

Each year, Westminster offers a variety of concerts. The variety of composers, voices, and instruments will appeal to music lovers of all ages. Held in the sanctuary, the programs are free. All are cordially invited to attend.

RUTHANN MANLEY and JIM BURNS

Sunday, May 20, at 4:00 p.m.

A recital of American songs featuring our own Ruthann Manley, mezzo-soprano, and Jim Burns, piano. You will be inspired by the fusion of poetry and music in Aaron Copland’s settings of poems by Emily Dickinson, Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs – an engaging cycle set to texts from medieval Ireland – and Three Browning Songs by American’s first prominent woman composer, Amy Beach. This and more will celebrate the richness of song in the United States. A reception will follow.

WESTMINSTER ORGAN SUMMER 2012

Thirty Minutes of Exceptional Organ Music
June 21 – July 26
Thursdays, 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Join us for half-hour programs on the Westminster Austin organ, featuring organists from the surrounding area.

June 21 – Charles Huddleston Heaton, with Sara Botkin, soprano

June 28 – James Burns
Organist, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair

July 5 – Gretchen Franz
Music Director, Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church

July 12 – Nathan Carterette
Organist and Choirmaster, Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill

July 19 – Nicholas Capozzoli
Oberlin Conservatory of Music

July 26 – Justin Wallace
Organist/Assistant Director of Music, Christ United Methodist Church, Bethel Park

MUSIC and ARTS LEADERSHIP

Christine Hestwood, Director

Lorraine Milovac, Assistant Director

Jim Burns, Organist

Lisa Hoffmann, Junior Choir Director

Amy Sanders, Administrative Assistant

ABOUT THE ORGAN

Read more about Westminster's Austin organ.