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!