Music, Gettysburg

07/29/2024

Dearest Home returns at 6 PM on Sunday, August 4! This great group of musicians performs authentic Civil War Era Music, including Abolitionist songs, and traditional Appalachian and Old Time music. The free concert will take place, weather permitting, in the Hill-Unger outdoor performance pavilion near the corner of Springs Avenue and Seminary Ridge, on the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary. So bring your lawn chairs, blankets, picnic, and pets! In case of inclement weather, it'll move to the airconditioned seminary chapel.

07/28/2024

Sad news for Music, Gettysburg! supporters: Carol Christianson, wife of the main founder and founding chair of Music, Gettysburg!, the beloved Jerry, died this morning. Carol was a delight -- hospitable, energetic, and a mainstay of Music, Gettysburg! audiences (and the St. James Choir). We'll keep Jerry and his family in our prayers. The offering from the Dearest Home concert on August 4 will be donated to the fund named for Carol and Jerry, which supports a concert each year -- usually a choral event. Watch for more information.

07/26/2024

Breaking news -- while the forecasted temperature on Sunday has gone down a little, it still seems hot enough for an air-conditioned concert to be prefereable. So the Keystone Brass will be playing at 6 PM on July 28 in the seminary chapel. See you there!

07/24/2024

Call for Singers
Susquehanna Valley’s Premier Early Music Chorus

The Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg, the area’s premier Early Music choral ensemble, announces OPEN AUDITIONS for the 2024-2025 season.

The SCG is an affiliated choral ensemble of the Music, Gettysburg! concert series. Founded in 1986, they specialize in evocative medieval, renaissance, and baroque music. Performing regularly with the world-renowned Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble, they’ve featured works by Obrecht, Josquin, Palestrina, Praetorius, Schütz and J. S. Bach as well as Guerrero, Lobo and C. de Morales. As the resident choral ensemble of the Music, Gettysburg! Concert series, they’ve partnered with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra to present major works of Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, and Orff. While focusing on Early Music, the SCG has also premiered contemporary compositions by Hollis Thoms, Nancy Galbraith, and its founding director, Dr. Stephen P. Folkemer

Interested singers should contact Dr. Folkemer at [email protected] no later than September 8, 2024.

07/22/2024

Welcome back to the Keystone Brass! They'll be playing a free concert on Sunday, July 28 at 6 PM at the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary. This great quintet is one of the glories of our region! With temperatures expected to be about 90, the performance will probably be in the seminary chapel, but watch for an announcement if we can do it outside (if so, please bring lawn chairs or blankets, and a picnic or pet if you'd like). And save August 4 for Dearest Home, straight out of the 19th century into your heart!

07/17/2024

News Update -- because of forecast hot weather (uncomfortable for audiences and dangerous for instruments), the Pomona's Trio concert on Sunday, July 21, will take place at 6 PM in the Seminary chapel. It'll be just as wonderful, and much cooler!

07/15/2024

Sunday, July 21 at 6 PM -- Music, Gettysburg! presents Pomona's Trio. The area's favorite soft jazz combo, the Trio features Marc Jalbert on nylon-string guitar, Lisa Cadigan on vocals, and Bret Crawford on tenor and soprano sax. Pomona’s Trio offers up their unique arrangements of jazz standards, original compositions and their own take of popular songs.

Because of forecast heat, the concert in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, on Seminary Ridge.

07/08/2024

Two concerts in 5 days?? Yes, please! After Wednesday's performance by The King's Brass, we'll welcome the US Navy Sea Chanters at 6 PM on Sunday, July 14. This acclaimed group will sing patriotic, popular, and classical songs in the air-conditioned chapel at the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary. Of course, it's free and open to all.

And it's the first of 6 Sunday concerts in a row! The rest will be outdoors, weather permitting, so watch this space for more information, or check out our website, www.musicgettysburg.org

07/04/2024

On Wednesday, July 10, at 7:30 PM, we'll be welcoming the King's Brass to the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. This popular group of touring musicians has played to great acclaim across the nation for decades. They present an evening of hymns and popular music that will both delight and inspire. Free and open to all (and air-conditioned!). And save Sunday, July 14 at 6 PM for the US Navy Sea Chanters -- same place and also free!

06/05/2024

Don't miss the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival. Tonight's performances (Wednesday, June 5) have been moved into the chapel in case of rain, so it'll be a lively, dry evening! Have a blast!!!

05/14/2024

Welcome home!! Tenor Eric Fennell, fresh from leading roles in opera houses across Europe, will be singing in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary on Sunday, May 19 at 4 PM. He'll be joined by James Day, director of the Sunderman Conservatory, on guitar, in a program of masterworks by Schubert and Britten as well as new arrangements of Neapolitan and Sicilian songs and works by operatic composers. This free concert is not to be missed!!

05/06/2024

The Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra returns on Sunday, May 12 for a free concert at 4 PM in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. And they'll be joined by superstar pianist Thomas Pandolfi. The program will include the Grieg Piano Concerto and Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. A wonderful program with stellar artists!!

05/02/2024

Sunday, May 5 at 4 PM will be wonderful and historic day! The Gettysburg Children's Choir and Chorale will present their concluding concert of the season. This is always a musically wonderful and personally meaningful event -- listening to wonderful music performed by a nationally acclaimed group of youngsters, and saying good bye to those who are going off to college. But this year we'll also be saying goodbye to the director. Matt Carlson will be taking off for graduate study himself -- those who have heard the pieces he's directed and those he's composed know how much is in store for this marvelous musician. So join in the free concert at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, as we present the Choir with special guest guitarist James Day!

04/21/2024

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Hershey Handbell Ensemble will make its Gettysburg debut at 4 PM on Sunday, April 28 at the chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. The Ensemble, an auditioned group of 15 musicians, plays at the highest level, and the performance will include a piece commissioned for its anniversary by Fred Gramann. Mr. Gramann is the previous organist and music director of the American Church in Paris where he served for 46 years. The concert will also feature the other three original compositions the ensemble has commissioned during its 20 years.
Like all Music, Gettysburg! events, this performance is free and open to all.

04/01/2024

Saturday, April 6, at 4 PM, Music, Gettysburg! will present "The Golden Age of Lutheran Choral Music." Led by the Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble (America's premier Renaissance band) and the Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg, the afternoon will include music by composers from Martin Luther to J. S. Bach. The music is astounding in its range and beauty, and this is a chance to hear it performed by superb musicians and original instruments. The concert will take place at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary (147 Seminary Ridge) and is free and open to all.

Music, Gettysburg! brings the finest local, regional, and international musical talent to the greate

03/13/2024

Hell on the Organ! Our favorite organist, Felix Hell, is returning to his favorite instrument, the Mighty Andover at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary! Sunday, March 24 at 4 PM will bring a treasure trove of new and old favorites (lots of Bach, plus Brahms and Florence Price). Don't pass up this chance to hear one of the greatest recitalists in the world. Of course, free and open to all, as always.

03/03/2024

What a treat!! At 4PM next Sunday (March 10) Music, Gettysburg! will present flutist Terri Bowers, soprano Susan Hochmiller, and pianist Scott Crowne in a program of music by Libby Larsen, Elaine Fine, and several other women composers. Scintillating performances of wonderful music!! Of course, it’s free and at the seminary chapel in Gettysburg.

01/30/2024

On Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4 PM, we'll present a solo concert by pianist Jocelyn Swigger. It will focus on the amazing composer Agnes Tyrrell (1846 – 1883). The free concert will take place at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, and will include several American premiers of this Moravian composer. Jocelyn Swigger, a faculty member at the Sunderman Conservatory, is a regular performer on Music, Gettysburg! concerts, and a world-acclaimed recitalist.

01/21/2024

On Sunday, January 28, at 4 PM Music, Gettysburg! will present tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock accompanied by pianist Naomi Niskala in a musical tour of Europe. The performance will feature songs from Austria (Franz Schubert), Czechoslovakia (Antonin Dvorak) and France (Gabriel Faure and Maurice Ravel). It will take place at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, and will, of course, be free of charge!

01/18/2024

With tears, we have had to cancel Burns Night, scheduled for Friday at 7:30, because of the looming storm. We're not able to postpone it to a timely date, but it'll be on the 2024-2025 calendar for sure!! Our apologies to the performers and to all the folk looking forward to this annual treat.

01/15/2024

Robert Burns Night Returns! On Friday, January 19, at 7:30 PM in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, the halls will ring with the poetry of Scotland's favorite son, and with songs and dances associated with him. Actor Jeffrey Greenawalt will channel the Bard of Ayrshire and Cormorant's Fancy will provide the music. The event will be followed by a reception featuring tea, shortbread and, of course, haggis. Free and open to all!

01/07/2024

Members of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra will return to the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary next Sunday, January 14, at 4 PM for a concert of music from the Baroque period. They'll be joined by the magnificent soprano, Margaret Folkemer-Leonard, for music by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Handel and Telemann and many more. As always, this concert is free and open to all.

01/04/2024

Jeffrey Gabel retired this week as the founding director of the Majestic Theater. Since he's been in town, he's served as a valued member of the MG! Steering Committee, offering insight, advice, and contacts. And he has served as a wonderful and often hilarious narrator for several of our concerts, most recently the 2023 Christmas Offering. In December the rest of the Committee bid him farewell, wearing red noses to befit his heritage as a clown. Godspeed, Jeffrey!

12/03/2023

On Sunday, December 10, at 7:30 PM the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary will ring with music from the past four centuries. The annual Advent service of Evening Prayer, led by the Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg, will include music of expectation and hope, including a premier of a piece by Maryland composer Hollis Thoms. Keith Fair will be officiant at the service, which will include congregational song and much space for meditation on Biblical texts. Of course, it is free and open to all!

11/10/2023

Thanks so much for your support at yesterday's Giving Spree! It was a delight to see so many of our friends and supporters there, and to meet quite a few folk who hadn't heard of Music, Gettysburg! but will now be on our mailing lists! It was a delight, and we can hardly wait to see the results, in mid-December.

11/09/2023

We are set up and ready for company! Visit us at the Giving Spree!

11/09/2023

See you at the Giving Spree at the Gettysburg Middle School from 3 until 7. Come meet and contribute to more than 100 Adams County non-profit organizations, including Music, Gettysburg! and several of our partners, like the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, the Gettysburg Children's Choir, and the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival. There will be a drive-thru option, but the action is inside!

10/07/2023

The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass returns to the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary on Monday, October 16 at 7:30 PM. The inspirational concert by this touring group of professional musicians is free and open to all, but an offering will be received to benefit Gettysburg CARES, which, during the colder months, provides shelter, nutrition, life skills training and other necessities for our neighbors who are without homes. The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass has won rave reviews everywhere from Lincoln Center to Santa Fe for its engaging, high quality and accessible program is designed to encourage individuals to live their faith at a higher level of commitment – especially in reaching out to those in need.