Arts for the Soul - Music & Fine Arts Series

09/19/2024

Check out the 2024-25 season of Arts for the Soul. First event is Oct. 13 with Sing from the Heart. Check out the rest of our events! https://fpclincoln.org/art-for-the-soul-concert-series/

08/15/2024

Our 2024-2025 season events are set. Be sure to check them out!

06/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who braved the storms last Friday to see Jarana. We may have had to move indoors, but it was still a lot of fun!

06/07/2024

Update on the Concert this evening... We will still be having the free concert, just indoors in the Sanctuary with free ice cream afterwards in the Fellowship Hall.

06/06/2024

Hello! Just a quick update to assure everyone that the Jarana concert scheduled for tomorrow (June 7) at 7:00 PM will indeed take place, rain or shine. We continue to hope it can be an outdoor event, but if weather dictates otherwise, we will move inside for both the concert and ice cream. See you tomorrow!!

05/22/2024

Remember there is still time to give to Arts for the Soul as part of Give to Lincoln Day. To give online anytime from now until the end of May 30 click here: https://givetolincoln.com/.../arts-for-the-soul-music-and...

05/01/2024

Give To Lincoln Day is May 30, but you can give between May 1 and May 30. Your gift will also help Arts for the Soul receive a portion of the matching funds. To give online click here: https://givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/arts-for-the-soul-music-and-fine-arts-series?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2il6rqJS0FbqXiiCaqVzwfuPZCvnoVF7hMEWaLbraZOFSHuN8_ehtlKXA_aem_AYLRa9C5WUPsUobXkskYmBAhTYkbouqvcwPz_H5bojyYoMeGQbklKk0OgwSAZVS1IuZQu6MOXwtMDWmoJG-jBpA1

03/08/2024

Jeremy Kittel did an interview with Genevieve Randall for this week’s Friday Live Extra on Nebraska Public Media.

This week's Friday LIVE Extra looks at concerts by Kittel & Co. and Michael Londra.

03/07/2024

Remember Kittel & Co. is Friday, March 8, 7:00 pm. Tickets are only $20 Adults, $15 seniors (62 & over), $5 Students. 12 & under free!

Kittel & Co. Kittel & Co. by First Presbyterian Church 901 901 people viewed this event. Kittel & Co. Friday, March 8, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. with the support of the Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts (LAFTA) Led by Grammy-nominated violinist and composer Jeremy Kittel, Kittel & Co. (“Kid-dle an...

03/01/2024

If you are trying to buy tickets for Kittel & Co online, please note that there is no extra registration fee to buy a ticket. The "registration" is just a ticket. If you have problems please email what tickets you need to [email protected] and we will reserve them under your name. You can pay at the door with cash, check or credit card. Sorry for any confusion! We will have a different system in place for next season!

12/28/2023

Thank you to Matt Mason for his kind words about our Oct. 27 Sing from the Heart event. It was a wonderful combination of poetry and music!

I was part of a lot of shows this year and this was one of my favorites. It wasn't just a reading, I was invited to be part of a larger event for the Arts for the Soul - Music & Fine Arts Series with the First Presbyterian Choir in October. I read a few poems and talked about poetry in between choral arrangements of poems by Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.

Events like this pull in audiences with different interests, so they're fun to be part of and I hope to do more like this in 2024.

There were other collaborations this year, too, as I got to read with and sometimes travel with fantastic poets like Michelle Troxclair, Ryan Boyland, Emily Anderson, Colleen O'Doherty, Fernando Antonio Montejano, Twyla M. Hansen, Greg Harries, Bimal Guha, Developing Crisp, Sarah McKinstry-Brown and more.

10/30/2023

What a wonderful time we had at Sing from the Heart last Friday with NE State Poet Matt Mason, the First Presbyterian Choir and Kelly Ross from ECHO Collective! Thanks to everyone who attended. We raised more than $1,500 for ECHO Collective!

10/24/2023

Remember our Sing from the Heart concert is this Friday, Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m. With NE State Poet Matt Mason & the FPC Choir, highlighting the ECHO Collective. Tickets only $5, including dessert! Click for more info & tickets:

Sing from the Heart Sing from the Heart by First Prebyterian Church 342 342 people viewed this event. Friday, October 27, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. The Power of Words (& Music!) Dessert Concert & Charity Fundraiser for the ECHO Collective   Featuring the First Presbyterian Choir with special guest NE Stat...

09/13/2023

Thank you to everyone who attended the Joel Sartore event last Friday. It was a great crowd! Special thanks to John Chapo from Lincoln Children's Zoo as well!

09/05/2023

Due to incredible demand, the Joel Sartore presentation on September 8 is Sold Out.

08/21/2023

The new season of Arts for the Soul is now available on our webpage. First event is Joel Sartore, National Geographic Explorer, Photographer, and Lincoln native on Friday, Sept. 8. 7:30 p.m. presenting photos and stories from his National Geographic Photo Ark.

ART FOR THE SOUL CONCERT SERIES Welcome to the 2023-2024 season of the Arts for the Soul Music & Fine Arts Series in the beautiful First Presbyterian Church, located in the historic downtown and Capitol area of Lincoln, NE. We offer meaningful, inspiring, and affordable music and fine arts events to...

05/10/2023

Remember from now until May 24 you can support Arts for the Soul & other Lincoln non-profits with Give to Lincoln Day. Your gift will go even farther with their matching fund. You can go directly to the Arts for the Soul page to give.

Help us with our giving day event!

05/02/2023

We were privileged to have Oscar Rios Pohirieth with us at First Presbyterian Sunday, April 30. He first gave a presentation about his experiences of working with immigrant and refugee students and families for 24 years at LPS. He then played in our 10:00 am worship service as well. Thank you Oscar!

05/02/2023

Thank you to Kelly Ross & friends from ECHO Collective and Poe Dee from Catholic Social Services for a great presentation on Saturday, April 29. Everyone learned a lot about the Refugee & Immigrant Experience in Lincoln.

04/18/2023

A big thank you to Sultans of String for two great shows last weekend! Friday for the students of McPhee Elementary, and our public concert Saturday night. It was great having them in Lincoln!

04/14/2023

Sultans of String Concert this Saturday, April 15, 7:30 pm! They were on Friday Live on Nebraska Public Radio this morning. Here is the interview:

Friday LIVE: Sultans of String, Ying Li, Jake Riley and more

03/27/2023

Our next concert is the Sultans of String on Saturday, April 15, 7:30 p.m. (Note time change from original ads!)

Sultans of String thrill audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, flamenco, Gypsy-jazz, Arabic, Cuban & South Asian rhythms. Fiery violin dances with kinetic guitar, while bass andpercussion lay down unstoppable grooves. Sultans of String have hit #1 across Canada on Top 10 natio...

03/08/2023

Thank you to everyone who attended the Sing from the Heart concert on March 4. Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $2,100 for The Gathering Place!

03/01/2023

Arts for the Soul - https://mailchi.mp/4078be4adcbb/sing-from-the-heart-8276898

02/21/2023

Arts for the Soul - https://mailchi.mp/15a4e3f9b33c/sing-from-the-heart

02/09/2023

Our annual Sing from the Heart Dessert Concert will be Saturday, March 4, 7:00 pm. We will be featuring and taking donations for The Gathering Place. Music provided by First Presbyterian Choir, with guest soloists Jack Rinke, piano, and Gretchen Pille, soprano. Tickets just $5. Dessert included.

This year our annual charity fundraiser concert will spotlight The Gathering Place, an organization which offers free meals in our community to anyone who needs them. We will be taking a freewill donation for them and hearing how their work impacts our neighborhood and community.

11/05/2022

Thank you to the Seraph Brass for a great workshop at the University of Nebraska Thursday afternoon, and a fantastic concert Thursday evening!

11/01/2022

Arts for the Soul - https://mailchi.mp/46026c8e8290/seraph-brass-8276398

10/20/2022

Just two weeks until our Nov. 3 Seraph Brass concert!

10/18/2022

Arts for the Soul - https://mailchi.mp/4f97ac750fb7/seraph-brass