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2024-25 Artist Series

Saturday, April 26, at 7PM in our Sanctuary, Freewill Donation to the Southwest Chamber Chorale

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Oscar Peterson 

Jazz Piano Tribute Concert

4PM in the Sanctuary


 The FPC Artist Series will present a fundraiser concert in our Sanctuary on Saturday, April 12th at 4PM.  The Concert will feature Dr. Mark Ramsey in an Oscar Peterson Jazz Tribute, celebrating the 100th birthday of the jazz giant.  A freewill offering toward the organ maintenance fund will be received at the door.  The suggested minimum donation is $10.  Music will include Night and Day, Take the "A" Train, In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cheek to Cheek, I've Got a Crush on You, and a featured piece for the organ.  Join us!

Sunday, February 1, 2025

Valley Chamber Chorale

2 PM in Sanctuary


 The FPC Artist Series will host the Valley Chamber Chorale for a concert on Saturday, February 1st at 2:00 p.m.  The Chorale will perform in our Sanctuary and will be under the direction of former FPC Organist Dr. Christopher Samuel.  Freewill donations will be received at the door.  Founded in 1988, the Valley Chamber Chorale is one of the longest running not-for-profit choral organizations in the Valley. The ensemble has performed at state conventions of the Music Educators National Conference, in 1991 and 1995, the Western Region Convention of the American Guild of Organists in 1995, and the “World’s Largest Organ Concert” with guest artist, Joan Lippincott, in 1996. The group’s compact disc of Renaissance motets and madrigals, “O Sing Joyfully”, was released in 1996, and can be found in bookstores locally and in select cities nationally.  For the February 1st concert, the Chorale will be joined by a select group of high school singers!




Sunday, October 13, 2024

Soprano Nicole Larsen

4PM

Sanctuary


The Kick-Off Event for our 2024-25 FPC Artist Series will be presented by Soprano Nicole Larsen. Nicole will offer an afternoon performance in our Sanctuary on Sunday, October 13th (4:00 p.m.). The program will be offered by our Artist Series Patrons. There will be no charge for the concert, but donations for Nicole and our Artist Series will be received at the door. In addition to enjoying a lovely afternoon of song, please consider contributing to the Artist Series! Nicole has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in Opera and Musical Theater Performance from Arizona State University. She has developed a music and choir program at a Montessori elementary school, directed and organized music education and outreach programs with the New Mexico Jazz Workshop, performed around the world as the lead singer for Celebrity Enterprises, and toured with Artrageous, including several operatic appearances in Germany. She is currently building her own non-profit to produce music and support artists across multiple disciplines, and is currently an Arizona Opera Ambassador.  The FPC Concert will include music by Rachmaninov, Mozart, Brahms, Irving Berlin and MORE!  Plan to join Nicole in concert! 

Church Artist Series Patrons

Become a Patron of the Arts!

The Artist Series features outstanding artists made possible by the generous contributions of our Patrons. Please consider helping to underwrite the concerts by making a tax-deductible donation to our Artist Series.  Concert fees range from $300 - $2,000. If you would like to contribute financially, checks should be made payable to "First Presbyterian Church," with memo notation "Artist Series" and sent to: Mark Ramsey, First Presbyterian Church, 161 N. Mesa Dr., Mesa, AZ, 85201-6794. Concert Patrons will be listed in future concert programs or, if requested, will remain anonymous. For more information on our Artist Series, please contact the Music Office, (480) 964-8606, Ext. 103.

Artist Series Patrons

Fermata ($1,000 & Up)

Bob & Joy S.

Barbara W.

Whole Note ($500 - $999)

Dick & Carole B. 

Laura B.

Half Note ($200 - $499)
John M.

Steve W.

Quarter Note ($100 - $199)  
Anonymous

Dennis & Darlene S.
Jeff & Jen S.


Eighth Note ($50 - $99)
Ann H.

Phillip H.

Mildred K.

Bob & Pat S.
 

Sixteenth Note ($25 - $49)

Carol A.

Gana M. & Monte N.

Dick S.

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