East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Hope Academy Teaching Artists in Concert
2015-11-21 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us for this special concert in ELPC’s chapel, featuring teaching artists from Hope Academy of Music and the Arts: Anqwenique Wingfield and Gabriel D’Abruzzo; Liza Barley and Gil Teixeira; Kristine Rominski; Laura Reynolds Carmichael; Sarah Greenwald; and Trillium Ensemble (Elise DePasquale, Rachael Stutzman and Katie Palumbo). Throughout the year, these artists give private instruction to hundreds of students, and now it is their turn to take the stage as performers. This performance is free. A freewill offering will be received.

Program
Love Let the Wind Cry
Undine Smith Moore
(1904-1989)
text by Sappho
based on the prose translation by H. T. Wharton
Lush Life
Billy Strayhorn
(1915-1967)
You’d Better Love Me
Timothy Gray and Hugh Martin
(1926-2007)/(1914-2011)
Anqwenique Wingfield, soprano
Gabriel D’Abruzzo, piano
~~~
The Earl of Essex his Galliard, “Can She Excuse My Wrongs”
John Dowland
(1563-1626)
Lachrimae Pavan, “Flow My Tears”
John Dowland
variations by Jan Jacob van Eyck
(c. 1590-1657)
Liza Barley, violin
Gil Teixeira, guitar
~~~
Tango Etudes
No. 1
No. 5
Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
Choro Negro
Paulinho da Viola
(b. 1942)
Kristine Rominski, flute
~~~
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Laura Reynolds Carmichael, piano
~~~
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor (transcribed for viola)
I. Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Sarah Greenwald, viola
~~~
E to the X (for alto flute, bass clarinet and piano)
Mark S. Fromm
(b. 1982)
Trillium Ensemble

LGBTQ Ministry RCC Concert Fun
2015-12-12 19:00 - 23:00
Come for the annual Renaissance City Choir Holiday Concert and then hang afterward with your ELPC friends as we continue to enjoy the season. See Wil Forrest to attend.

Hope Academy Holiday Recitals
2015-12-13 14:00 - 18:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Hope Academy’s young singers and musicians are presenting an afternoon of recitals on Sunday, December 13

This is a good opportunity for families interested in private music instruction for their children to come and see Hope Academy’s program in action and meet the teaching artists.
Everyone is invited and it’s all FREE!

RECITAL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

The Chapel of East Liberty Presbyterian Church
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Sarah Greenwald’s Violin Studio
Kristine Rominski’s Flute and Piano Studios
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Kathleen Andrews’ Violin and Suzuki Violin 2 & 3 Studios
Helga Scheibert’s Piano Studio

Essence of Joy - Penn State University
2016-03-06 15:00 - 16:30 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Essence of Joy – The 25th Season
Essence of Joy, a choral ensemble in the Penn State School of Music, was organized in 1991 by Anthony Leach to perform sacred and secular music from the African and African-American choral traditions. During the 2015 – 2016 academic year, repertoire by the following composers will be featured: Adolphus Hailstork, M. Roger Holland II, Moses Hogan, Glenn Burleigh, Raymond Wise, Undine Smith Moore, Mark Lehnowsky, Nolan Williams Jr., Stanley Spottswood, Kenneth Louis and Rosephanye Powell. The choir will begin its annual Spring Break Tour on Sunday, March 6 at East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Anthony Leach, music director of Essence of Joy is professor of music/music education at Penn State.
NOTE: Essence of Joy will also be singing during the 11:00 AM morning worship service.
Dr. Anthony Leach

Rhythm and Youth Concert @ Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
2016-03-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Hope Academy’s Teen Theater Company band (HAT Co) joins Sankofa Village African Drum and Dance Ensemble, Pittsburgh Obama Academy Steelpan Ensemble, Soundwaves Steelband and Ben Barson’s The Way of the Saxophone for a great evening of music from Pittsburgh’s next-generation young artists.
Pay What Makes You Happy! Tickets for this event are available at any price. Simply choose the level that makes you happy—or name your own! All seats are general admission.
Get tickets now!

Hope Academy Spring Recitals
2016-04-24 16:00 - 17:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Hope Academy’s young singers and musicians are presenting a recital on Sunday, April 24 in the Sanctuary.

This is a good opportunity for families interested in private music instruction for their children to come and see Hope Academy’s program in action and meet the teaching artists.
End of the year recitals will take place on Sunday, May 22 from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Everyone is invited and it’s all FREE! For information about parking in East Liberty, click here.

RECITAL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, APRIL 24

Kathleen Andrews – Suzuki Violin and Violin students
Patricia Pavlack – Suzuki Piano students
Kristine Rominski – Flute students and Flute Choir
Monica Stephenson – Voice students

Colour of Music Black Classical Musicians' Virtuosi
2016-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The 20-piece Colour of Music Virtuosi is an elite group of musicians selected as ambassadors of the Colour of Music Festival. They perform innovative repertoire incorporating the works of composers of African descent alongside traditional classical works. Each performance will include the ‘father’ of black classical music and predecessor to Mozart, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Violin Concertos No. 1 and No. 2 (performed only for the second time in the United States) as well as works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including his Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, and Symphony No. 29 in A Major.
There are thousands of prodigiously talented classical principals, composers, and performers of African descent throughout the world. Yet their opportunities to grace concert stages of major American orchestras are rare to non-existent. The Festival has sought to change this and we are thankful for Carnegie Mellon’s keen interest in presenting this sampling of the Colour of Music Festival and its exceptional talent. Lee Pringle, Festival Founder and General Manager
Maestro Marlon Daniel, Music Director of New York-based Ensemble Du Monde, Artistic Director of Festival International Saint-Georges, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Sofia Sinfonietta in Bulgaria, will serve as conductor. “The selections chosen for our debut in Pittsburgh are première pieces rarely performed. Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Jessica McJunkins and No. 2 with soloist Josh Henderson have never been performed in Pittsburgh. I am excited about conducting his works and those of his contemporary Mozart,” said Marlon Daniel, Conductor.
Tickets are $35 for adults; $25 for seniors 65 +; $10 students. Purchase tickets online with a credit card; or at the door with cash or check.
To Purchase tickets ONLINE click here
or call (866) 441-9962
Hope Academy and ELPC families can request comp tickets HERE.
ABOUT THE COLOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Based in Charleston, South Carolina and organized in 2013, the Colour of Music Festival, Inc., presents a diverse classical repertoire of Baroque, Classical and 20th century music at the highest of musical standards to diverse audiences. Now in its fourth year the Colour of Music Festival offers a musical kaleidoscope highlighting the impact and historical significance of black classical composers and performers on American and world culture. The fourth annual Colour of Music Festival will take place October 19-23, 2016 at various venues throughout historic Charleston, South Carolina. www.colourofmusic.org

The Brass Roots and Organ Spring Concert
2016-05-20 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us for this sonic spectacular to close our 5th season of Cathedral Concerts at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. The Brass Roots will be joined by Dr. Ed Moore at the organ in an exciting program of music by Strauss, Mussorgsky, Bach, Saint-Saëns, and more!
The concert is free and a freewill offering will be received.

Hope Academy End of the Year Recitals
2016-05-22 14:00 - 18:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Hope Academy’s young singers and musicians are presenting an afternoon of recitals on Sunday, May 22, 2016

This is a good opportunity for families interested in private music instruction for their children to come and see Hope Academy’s program in action and meet the teaching artists.
Families should review our Recital Etiquette Guidelines here.

RECITAL SCHEDULE – by time and teaching artist
SUNDAY, MAY 22

2:00 pm – Percussion and Piano
Students of Bronwyn Higgins
MUSIC ROOM
2:00 pm – Flute, Trumpet and Flute Choir
Students of Kristine Rominski and Karen Sloneker
CHAPEL
3:00 pm – Cello, Viola, Violin, Piano
Students of Ana Diaz, Sarah Greenwald and Lee Kikuchi
SANCTUARY
3:00 pm – Guitar, Bass, Voice, Piano
Students of Emma Cox, Monica Stephenson and Anqwenique Wingfield
SOCIAL HALL
4:00 pm – Piano, Guitar and Bass
Students of Laura Reynolds Carmichael, Helga Scheibert, Michael Chapman, Pat Pavlack and Gabe D’Abruzzo
SANCTUARY
5:00 pm – Suzuki Violin
Students of Kathleen Andrews and Liza Barley
SOCIAL HALL
6:00 pm – Wanna CEEMI? Flashmob
Everyone is invited to make music together with their smartphone or any other WiFi compatible device!
Front steps of East Liberty Presbyterian Church (Penn Avenue side of the building) weather-permitting
Or the Narthex inside the Penn Avenue entrance, if it is raining
The “Wanna CEEMI?” campaign consists of a series of flashmob-inspired events that will take place throughout this spring/summer in and around the Pittsburgh PA area. Thanks to CEEMI’s collaborative music-making technology, anyone that shows up or passes by will be able to take part in this fun, spontaneous music-making experience. No prior musical training is required, only a smartphone or any other WiFi compatible device.

Community Sing with Ysaÿe Barnwell
2016-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Ysaÿe Barnwell, former member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, returns to ELPC after last leading an inspirational Community Sing here in 2013.
Click here to download a poster.
This event is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received.

Watch this YouTube video where Dr. Barnwell leads a TED Talk in a Community Sing.

David Higgs Organ Concert
2016-10-16 15:00 - 17:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Susan G. Whitaker Memorial Organ Recital

Co-sponsored with The Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh
David Higgs is the chair of the organ department at the Eastman School of Music.
Tickets for this event are $12 at the door. Students with ID are free. ELPC members and friends should contact Dr. Ed Moore following Sunday worship, or Norma Meyer during the week for tickets.

PROGRAM
Variations de Concert
Joseph Bonnet
(1884-1944)
Three Chorales: No. 2 in B minor
César Franck
(1822-1890)
Variations on a Noel
Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971)
Intermission
From Gospel Preludes: What a Friend We Have in Jesus
William Bolcom
(b. 1938)
Bolero de Concert
Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély
(1817-1869)
Three Impressions Op. 72, No. 1:
1. Harmonies du soir
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
(1877-1933)
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
BIOGRAPHY
One of America’s leading concert organists, David Higgs is also Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music. He performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad, and has inaugurated many important new instruments including St. Stephan’s Cathedral, Vienna; the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas; St. Albans Cathedral, England; St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland; and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. His performances with numerous ensembles have included the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Ensemble, Chanticleer, and the Empire Brass. For more than twenty years the San Francisco Symphony featured his holiday organ recitals at Davies Symphony Hall, and now the Los Angeles Philharmonic/Hollywood Bowl continues that tradition each year at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Mr. Higgs performs, teaches, and adjudicates at festivals and competitions throughout the world, including the International Organ Festivals and Competitions of Bremen, Germany; the Leipzig Bach Competition, Germany; the Gottfried Silbermann Competition in Freiberg, Germany; Calgary, Canada; Dublin, Ireland; Odense, Denmark; Varzi, Italy; Redlands and San Anselmo, California; and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. In England he has appeared several times at the Oundle International Festival and Organ Academy, the St. Albans International Festival and Competition, and the Cambridge Summer Festival; in France, at the Xavier Darasse International Competition in Toulouse; and in Japan, at several venues, most recently an all-Bach recital for the composer’s birthday at Izumi Hall in Osaka. His performances for colleagues include national, regional and pedagogy conventions of the American Guild of Organists, as well as national conventions of the American Pipe Organ Builders Association, the American Institute of Organbuilders, the Westfield Center, and the Organ Historical Society; and in London, the Annual Congress of the Incorporated Association of Organists, and the International Congress of Organists.
A native of New York City, Mr. Higgs held his first position as a church organist at age ten; as a teenager, he performed classical music as well as rock, gospel, and soul music. He earned the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, and the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. His teachers have included Claire Coci, Peter Hurford, Russell Saunders, and Frederick Swann. In New York City, he was Director of Music and Organist at Park Avenue Christian Church, and later Associate Organist of the Riverside Church, where he also conducted the Riverside Choral Society. After moving to San Francisco in 1986, he became Director of Music and Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, Director of Church Music Studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, and Organist/Choir Director at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco.
In addition to his significant performing career, Mr. Higgs has distinguished himself as a pedagogue. He was appointed to the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music upon graduation from that institution, and has been a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music since 1992. His students have won prizes in prestigious international competitions, and hold important positions in leading academic and religious institutions.
Mr. Higgs has recorded for Delos International, Pro Organo, Arsis, Loft, and Gothic records.

PSO Brass Spectacular
2016-10-23 18:00 - 20:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Philadelphia Orchestra Brass and members of the Boston Symhony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra Brass join the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass in a “A Brass Spectacular” to keep the music going in Pittsburgh.
#musiciansofsteel #themusicwontstop
For more information:
www.musiciansofthepso.org

Hope Academy Teaching Artists in Concert
2016-11-19 17:00 - 18:30 | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us for this special concert in ELPC’s chapel, featuring teaching artists from Hope Academy of Music and the Arts – Kathleen Andrews, Ben Barson, Laura Carmichael, Anna Elder, Ryan McMasters, Gizel Rodriguez and Gil Teixeira.

Throughout the year, these artists give private instruction to hundreds of students, and now it is their turn to take the stage as performers.
This performance is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received.

PROGRAM
Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata, WoO post. 2:3 – Johannes Brahms
Kathleen Andrews, violin and Laura Carmichael, piano
Nonantzin – Salvador Moreno, arr. by Ben Barson
Maldigo del alto cielo – Violeta Parra, arr. Ben Barson
Kolavalik by Natalio Rodriguez
Gizelxanath, soprano
Ben Barson, baritone saxophonist
Beast – James Tenney
Ryan McMasters
Poveri Fiori from the opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes from Roberta by Jerome Kern
Gizelxanath, soprano
Laura Carmichael, piano
Arpemolo by G. Teixeira
Danza Característica by L. Brouwer
Gil Teixeira, guitar
Selections from ‘sea garden’
WOLFTRAP
Anna Elder, soprano
Kathleen Andrews, violin
Ryan McMasters, bass and electronics

East Liberty and Justice for ALL
2017-01-20 17:30 - 21:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
A Celebration of Diversity on the Eve of the Women’s March on Washington
Let’s make things together. Eat together. Sing together. March together. Learn how to support each other and empower those who have been marginalized – especially during the recent Presidential campaign – people of color, immigrants, women, the LGBT community, Muslims, people with disabilities and survivors of sexual assault.
Donations will be accepted to support the work of our artists and our social justice partners, The ACLU and Thomas Merton Center.
5:30 to 7:00 pm Social Justice Art-Making, Education and Organizing
Make a poster for the Solidarity March (at 7 pm). We will hand these off to folks going to the Million Women March the next day. Paint a mural. Write letters. Learn how to contact and talk to your members of Congress. Eat tacos (from Blue Sparrow food truck) and desserts from the bake sale (yes, you can contribute to the bake sale too, if you’d like!). We will add participating organizations to this list as they are confirmed.
6:00 to 7:00 pm Poetry Reading by Words Without Walls
Words Without Walls is a creative partnership between the Chatham MFA Creative Writing Program, Allegheny County Jail, State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh, and Sojourner House, a residential drug and alcohol treatment facility for mothers and their children.
7:00 to 7:30 pm Solidarity on the Square March
We will gather on the Whitfield side of the building, across from Ace Hotel, and march through East Liberty, raising our posters, voices and giant puppets in solidarity.
7:30 to 9:00 pm Peace, Love and All That Jazz Performances
“Art is a weapon in the struggle for ideas, the class struggle.” — Amiri Baraka

Anqwenique Wingfield and her band, Kinectic
Kinetic performs songs immersed in the tropical sounds and rhythms of West Africa, blended with contemporary jazz and R&B. ‘World of Wonder’, the debut CD, is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.
GizeLxanath and Ben Barson with the Afro-Yaqui Music Collective
Art is Never Neutral in the struggle for a new world. Partners Ben and Gizelxanath combine the rhythms of Africa, Asia, and the Yaqui people to imagine a world beyond mass incarceration and ecocide — a world where life fits.
PARTICIPATING SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS and SUPPORTERS
This list will be regularly updated as confirmations of participation are received.
The ACLU
Bike Pittsburgh
Blue Sparrow Food Truck
Thomas Merton Center
Words Without Walls

Choral Fantasy
2017-01-29 15:00 - 17:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Featuring:
Duquesne University Choirs
Dr. Caron Daley
Director of Choral Activities
Ryan Keeling, Conductor
The Arsenal Duo
Nathan Carterette, Piano
Edward Alan Moore, Organ
This performance is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received.

PROGRAM
Benedicimus Deum caeli from The Strathcylde Motets
Sir James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Videns Dominus from The Strathcylde Motets
Sir James MacMillan
Voices of Spirit

Spaséñiye sodélal
Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
Pappert Men’s Chorale

Vivos Voco
Joan Szymko (b. 1957)
Voices of Light
Paul Halley (b. 1952)
Matthew Watkins, flute
Pappert Women’s Chorale

Abide with Me
Trad. Hymn
Arr. Randall Kempton
Pappert Men’s Chorale

Jubilate Deo
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Voices of Spirit

Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Adagio
Finale. Allegro
Allegretto, man non troppo (quasi Andante con moto)
Voices of Spirit, Pappert Chorales

Celebration of Black Song
2017-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
An uplifting afternoon of song in honor of Black History Month featuring musicians from the ELPC Music Ministry.
This performance is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received.

Featuring some of the 20th Century’s most beloved composers and lyricists:
Hall Johnson, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer, Langston Hughes, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore, Kurt Weill, Fats Waller, George and Ira Gershwin
Performers
Carly Noel Black, Beth Johnstone Bush, Adrianna M. Cleveland, Todd Farwell, David Jennings Smith, Marcus Joel Kim, Gail Novak Mosites, Juddson Thomas Poeske, Mary Chess Randolph, Mariko Reid, Denise Powell
Gabriel D’Abruzzo, Music Associate and Pianist
Dr. Edward Alan Moore, Music Director

The Brass Roots and Organ - A Space Odyssey
2017-05-26 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us as the 6th Season of Cathedral Concerts closes with
A SPACE ODYSSEY
Friday, May 26, 2017
7:30 PM
PROGRAM
Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
Star Trek (reboot) – Michael Giacchino – arr. Mike Dorato
Selections from The Planets – Gustav Holst – arr. Mike Dorato
Superman March – John Williams – arr. James Nova
Selections from Star Wars – John Williams – arr. James Nova
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, The Brass Roots, and organist Dr. Edward Alan Moore join forces for a sonic spectacular of music for brass and organ. The concert will open with the iconic sounds of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra (featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey). Also featured will be arrangements of music from Star Trek, Star Wars, and Superman by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra trombonist James Nova. Mr. Nova will be the guest conductor of the concert.
The Brass Roots is the brass ensemble in residence at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. They are heard during Sunday morning worship six times throughout the year and are featured on two concerts each season, including the most anticipated concert of the season, Christmas in East Liberty.
This performance is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received. View our concert poster.

Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society Concert
2017-05-27 18:00 - 19:30
Thirteen classical guitarists from the Pittsburgh Classical Guitar Society Orchestra – under the direction of Gil Teixeira – present a diverse repertoire of old favorites and new compositions. The concert will also include duos, trios, and quartets. Come enjoy an evening of great classical guitar music in the Chapel of East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

Flute Recital - Rominski & Trotter
2017-07-14 19:00 - 20:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us for a lovely evening of flute music with Hope Academy teaching artists, as we welcome Brittany Trotter and say good-bye to Kristine Rominski. Laura Carmichael will accompany on piano.
Program:
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Otar Taktakishvili
I. Allegro Cantabile
II. Aria
III. Allegro Scherzando
Kristine Rominski, flute; Laura Carmichael, piano
Tango Etudes, Astor Piazzolla
Kristine Rominski, flute
Fish are Jumping, Robert Dick
Brittany Trotter, flute
Flute Concerto, Otar Gordeli
Brittany Trotter, flute; Laura Carmichael, piano
Zoom Tube, Ian Clarke
Brittany Trotter, flute
Three Dances for Two Flutes, Gary Schocker
I. Easy Going
II. Moody
III. Coffee Nerves
Kristine Rominski and Brittany Trotter, flutes
Laura Carmichael, piano

Cathedral Concerts: Essence of Joy
2017-11-05 15:00 - 17:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The 2017–18 season of our Cathedral Concerts series kicks off with the Essence of Joy choir from the Pennsylvania State University.
The ELPC Chancel Choir, under the direction of Dr. Edward Alan Moore, will join Essence of Joy for a set of spirituals during the concert.
The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be accepted.
Read more about this season of Cathedral Concerts.

Program
(To be selected from the following)
I.
Striving After God – Undine Smith Moore
This Is the Day – Rev. Joe Pace, II
Lift Every Voice and Sing – Roland Carter
Te Deum – Sydney Guillaume
Let Us Break Bread Together – arr. Noah Ryder
Ride the Chariot – William Henry Smith
Hope Williard and Desne Wharton, soloists
Ride de Chariot – Jason Max Ferdinand
Aubrey Swanson, soloist
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord – arr. Moses Hogan
II.
To Sit and Dream – Rosephanye Powell
America the Beautiful – arr. Mark Lehnowsky
Breanna Corle, Ben Black, Hannah Yost, Charishma Soni, soloists
America the Beautiful – arr. Anthony Leach
Olivia Lusk and Aubrey Swanson, soloists
Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Paul Simon/Kirby Shaw
Sean Toso and Olivia Lusk, soloists
III.
Lord Send Your Spirit – Raymond Wise
Why Do We Sing? – Gale Jones Murphy
Thinking of You – Anthony Brown
I Just Want to Say Thanks – Raymond Wise
The Lord Is My Light – Percy Bady
Anticipation – V. Michael McKay

Cathedral Concerts: Eastman at East Liberty
2017-11-19 15:00 - 17:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC Members Receive Complimentary Tickets to this concert. Please click here to contact Dr. Ed Moore for tickets.

Three rising star organists from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, will perform at ELPC. The concert is co-sponsored with the Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh. A live stream will be available on Facebook.
The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be accepted.
Caroline Robinson is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate studying with Prof. David Higgs. A Fulbright scholar, Caroline spent the 2013-14 school year in Toulouse, France, where she studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional under Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen (organ), as well as Yasuko Bouvard (harpsichord). Caroline is the First Prize winner of the 11th Annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (2008) and in the Tenth Annual West Chester University Organ Competition (2010).
Amanda Mole is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate studying with Prof. David Higgs. In 2011, she graduated from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the School of Music with a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Sacred Music. Amanda is the first-place and audience prize winner of the 2016 Miami International Organ Competition, and the first-place winner of the 2014 Arthur Poister Organ Competition, the 2014 John Rodland Memorial Organ Competition, and the 2014 Peter B. Knock Award.
A native of Croatia, Ivan Bosnar studies organ performance with Prof. Nathan Laube and improvisation with Prof. Edoardo Bellotti. He won First Prize at the Croatian Organ Student Competition in 2009 and has served as an organist at St. Peter’s Church in Zagreb and at St. Mary’s Church in Zapreŝić, Croatia.
PROGRAM
AMANDA MOLE
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Orpheus
Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
Dieu parmi nous
Olivier Messiaen
(1908-1992)

IVAN BOSNAR
Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 60Improvisation
Max Reger
(1873-1916)
4ème Symphonie, Op. 32Romance
Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
Improvisation
Ivan Bosnar
(b. 1991)

CAROLINE ROBINSON
Fantaisie in D-flat, Op. 101
Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921)
Praeludium and Fugue on BACH
Franz Liszt
Read more about this season of Cathedral Concerts.

RCC Cabaret: Sing it For the World
2018-03-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2018-03-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2018-03-11 15:00 - 16:30
Renaissance City Choir—ELPC’s Artists in Residence and Western Pennsylvania’s only LGBTQA+ choral group—invites you to their 2018 Cabaret, Sing it For the World. The concert will feature music to inspire you to stand up, speak out, and sing out for yourself and others.
For more details, visit RCCPittsburgh.com.

Hope Academy Teaching Artists in Concert
2018-03-04 15:00 - 16:30 | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Sunday, March 4, 2018
3:00 PM – Chapel
The talented faculty members from ELPC’s Hope Academy of Music and the Arts return for another innovative and eclectic concert featuring baritone saxophone player, Ben Barson; multimedia hip hop artist, Nejma Shea; vocalist, Gizelxanath Rodriguez; pianist, Helga Scheibert; flutist, Brittany Trotter and drummer, Julian Powell.
There is no admission charge to this concert. A freewill offering will be received at the concert.
For more information about Cathedral Concerts, please contact Dr. Edward Alan Moore at EdM@coh.net.

PROGRAM
Variations on Rite of Spring, Op. 41
Nikolai Kapustin
Etude – Un Sospiro
Franz Liszt
Helga Scheibert, piano
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TBA
Gizelxanath Rodriguez, soprano
John Bagnato, guitar
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Honami
Wil Offermans
Brittany Trotter, flute
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Fishing Song of the East China Sea
Benjamin Barson, baritone saxophone
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Insurrealista
Ben Barson
Maldigo del Alto Cielo
Violeta Para
Afro Yaqui Music Collective
Ben Barson – baritone saxophonist
Nejma Shea – multimedia hip hop artist
Gizel Rodriguez – singer
Helga Sheibert – pianist
Brittany Trotter – flutist
Julian Powell – drummer

The Art of Song
2018-04-08 15:00 - 16:30 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Celebrating the interaction of the visual arts with the vocal arts, our talented singers will take us on an international journey through art and song.
Featuring singers from the ELPC Music Ministry.
There is no admission charge to this concert. A freewill offering will be received at the concert.
For more information about Cathedral Concerts, please contact Dr. Edward Alan Moore at EdM@coh.net.

PROGRAM
Gabriel D’Abruzzo, piano
David Jennings-Smith
The Water Mill – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Silent Noon – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Adrianna Cleveland
J’ai Pleure en rêve – Georges Hue (1858-1948)
Botschaft – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
The Bird – John Duke (1899-1984)
Mary Randolph
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) – Don McLean (b. 1945)
Jon Erik Schreiber
An die Musik – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Denise Sheffey-Powell
Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile – Francesco Durante (1684-1755)
Wie Melodien Zieht es Mir – Johannes Brahms
Au bord de l’eau – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Early in the Morning – Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Todd Farwell
Five Shakespeare Songs – Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
1. Fear no more the heat of the sun
3. It was a lover and his lass
5. Hey, ho, the wind and the rain
Mary Randolph
Colors of the Wind – Alan Menken (b. 1949)/Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)
David Jennings-Smith
At the River – Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
I Bought Me a Cat – Aaron Copland
Adrianna Cleveland
Alma grande e nobile core – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Beth Bush
Surabaya Santa (from Songs for a New World) – Jason Robert Brown (b. 1970)
Jon Erik Schreiber
Finishing the Hat (from Sunday in the Park with George) – Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Ensemble
Sunday (from Sunday in the Park with George) – Stephen Sondheim

The Brass Roots and Organ: Back to the Movies
2018-05-25 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Friday, May 25, 2018
7:30 PM – Sanctuary
The Brass Roots and organist Edward Alan Moore join forces once again with Pittsburgh Symphony trombonist James Nova for a spectacular follow-up to last season’s Space Odyssey.
Featured on the concert will be selections from Back to the Future, Incredibles, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Green Hornet, and Star Wars.
There is no admission charge to this concert. A freewill offering will be received at the concert.
For more information about Cathedral Concerts, please contact Dr. Edward Alan Moore at EdM@coh.net.

If you are not able to join us in person, you can watch the concert live via Facebook Live on the ELPC Facebook page.
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RCC Pride Concert
2018-06-02 16:00 - 17:30, 2018-06-03 16:00 - 17:30 | ELPC – Courtyard, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Renaissance City Choir (RCC), Western Pennsylvania’s only LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allies) choral group, will be at ELPC to present their 2018 Pride Concert, Joined by Heart: Love Will Always Win!
Together nothing is impossible. Communities throughout time have realized that by coming together they can change the world. As we walk through our day, or sing through our concert, or march the streets of our city, we must remember the power that we have when we are joined by heart. With this concert, we especially honor our transgender, gender-queer, gender non-binary, and two-spirit family members, who help to teach us that there are more colors in our crayon box than just pink and blue. Love will always win against hate and fear.
Tickets will be available at the door or at RCCPittsburgh.com. A sign language interpreter will be present.
If the weather is rainy, the performance will take place in the Social Hall.

The choir is an Artist in Residence at ELPC, where they rehearse and perform. RCC affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+ identity through the unifying power of music.

CASOP: A Requiem for Rice Choral Performance
2018-09-21 19:00 - 20:30 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
A poignant choral movement of the full CASOP: A Requiem for Rice composition, by Dr. Trevor Weston, conducted by Thomas Douglas and performed by Colour of Music Festival Chorale. The full piece will debut in its entirety on February 13, 2019 at Carnegie Music Hall.
UNDERSTANDING CASOP: THE REQUIEM FOR RICE by Edda L. Fields-Black, Ph. D., Executive Producer & Librettist
from the Requiem for Rice website
The Requiem for Rice was originally conceived of as a modern take on a classic requiem—in the spirit of Verdi, Mozart, Faure, and Britten—that mourns the souls of the enslaved who died on Lowcountry rice plantations, their bodies unburied, their suffering unmourned, and their sacrifices unmarked for future generations. As Trevor began to compose, I completed the first draft of the libretto, and we began collaboration on arranging the lyrics, we began to feel as if something was missing. The requiem genre from the European classical music tradition provided a vehicle for the piece to lament and mourn the sacrifices and sufferings of Africans enslaved on Lowcountry rice plantations; but, it left no room to protest the injustices of enslavement, exploitation, and terror, a commercial agricultural system built on the backs of people stolen from West Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast, African genius, African bodies, African labor, African tears. We thought, there had to be a RECKONING before the REQUIEM. Casop: A Requiem for Rice was born.
CASOP is pronounced kəsəp; both the “a” and “o” in casop are pronounced like the initial “a” in “cassava” or the “u” in “custard.”
Casop is a funerary tradition among the Diola-Fogny, quintessential rice farmers along the Casamance River of present-day Senegal. In the event of untimely, accidental, and suspicious deaths, Diola-Fogny ritual specialists performed casop, a “ritual interrogation of the corpse” via spirit possession. During the funeral, the deceased was asked to tell his or her story about the circumstances of death. Once the truth was revealed, the dead would be buried and harmony and peace restored to the community.
In Casop: A Requiem for Rice, tens of thousands enslaved laborers on the Lowcountry’s rice plantations and 12 million Africans who endured the Middle Passage, many of whom died untimely, accidental, and suspicious deaths, will speak. Once the dead have told their story, the lamentation will turn to celebration of the critical role enslaved Africans’ ingenuity, technology, and industry played in the economy of the US South, laying to rest once and for all, the shackles of shame, blame, guilt, and denial that pervade this painful period in our nation’s history. Casop: A Requiem for Rice reclaims African and African-American history and fosters reconciliation.
A true marriage between West African and European classical traditions, Casop: A Requiem for Rice is an African-American inspired take on a classic requiem. By telling the stories of Africans enslaved on Lowcountry rice plantations, Casop becomes a new genre, the vehicle through which oppressed and voiceless peoples from around the world can tell their stories, mourn their dead, and celebrate their contributions to the world.
The Box office opens July 15th for the September 21, 2018 “Casop: A Requiem for Rice” Choral Performance and September 22 Colour of Music Festival’s “Casop: A Requiem for Rice” Black Classical Renaissance Benefit Performance. For tickets, visit requiemforrice.com.
Casop: A Requiem for Rice Creative Team
Edda L. Fields-Black, Ph. D., Executive Producer & Librettist
Trevor Weston, Ph. D., Composer
Julie Dash, Filmmaker
David Claessen, Cinematographer
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