Music & Arts Ministry at First Pres Atlanta

You are invited to an encore performance by Atlanta's All Star Chamber Musicians! Limited socially-distanced in-person seating available at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event

First services without a live congregation. Weird, new and beautiful all at once. See you online in a few: https://firstpresatl.org/livestream/

If you missed Special Music Sunday last week, you can see it here - Handel's Utrecht Te Deum: https://livestream.com/firstpres//8996195/videos/201962127

"I'll Be On My Way" by Shawn Kirchner, featuring our own Jacob Augsten as soloist. (10/13/19 11:00am service) https://vimeo.com/368301425

Happy Reformation Day! We are excited to host the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, playing this Sunday October 27th at our 11:00 a.m. service. Under the direction of Juan Ramirez, they'll be sharing snippets from some great reformation cantatas. Join us! A little about the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra: The Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra (ACSO) was conceived in the summer of 1957 under the auspices of the Atlanta Music Club (AMC). At that time, there were v...ery limited orchestral opportunities for serious instrumentalists in Atlanta. Mrs. Charles Chalmers, AMC President (1956-1960), worked with AMC members Mrs. Ruth Dabney Allen and Ms. Ruth Kern, a local music educator and violist, to establish a community orchestra to further the progress of talented amateur musicians in the Atlanta area. Ms. Kern emphasized that it was the responsibility of the teachers of the city to see that serious music students and adult musicians had an opportunity to rehearse and perform symphonic music. In the fall of 1957, at the invitation of the AMC, an ensemble of seventeen players convened at the home of Mrs. Andrew Fairlie to explore the possibilities for a new community-based orchestra to perform symphonic literature. The Atlanta Community Orchestra (now the ACSO) was officially founded in 1958. The ACSO’s first free public concert was performed on May 12, 1958, under the baton of Maestro Harry Kruger. More than sixty years later, the ACSO continues its mission to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of music, to reach out to diverse communities throughout greater Atlanta, and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for musicians and audiences. For more than forty years, the ACSO has held an annual Young Artists’ Concerto Competition (YACC), giving dedicated music students the opportunity to perform solo works with the orchestra. The Ruth Kern YACC is named in honor of Ms. Kern, founding ACSO member, for her dedication to both music education and the orchestra.

Our Arts Events Team will be touring the Atlanta History Center this Sunday. Grab your discount tickets and join our group!