DELTA BRASS, IN CONCERT
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 4:00 PM - Kellett Chapel

Alexander Rodiek, trumpet
Clark Hunt, trumpet
Matt Coppola, horn
Garrett Arrowood, trombone
Patrick Hinton, tuba

The Delta Brass is a new generation of brass excellence - - and attitude! This dynamic quintet hails from several of the great musical institutions of the southeast, including Vanderbuilt, UNC School of the Arts, Georgia State, Jacksonville State and the University of Alabama. They are all professional musicians dedicated to spreading the joy of music, in performance and in education. Each member of the group is actively playing and teaching all over the southeast. An outreach program of "Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps", the Delta Brass brings the flavor of "Spirit of Atlanta" in a smaller, more intimate setting perfectly suited to entertain and educate audiences of all ages. Please join us for an outstanding afternoon of “Brass Class”!

Tickets are $10.00/$5.00 for students at the door.

For more information, contact the Peachtree Music Ministry at 404-842-5846.

Choral Masterworks Concert
Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 6:30 PM

Choral Masterworks Concert
Sunday, February 26, 2012
6:30pm at Wieuca Road Baptist Church
With guest conductor Dr. Donald Neuen

Concert is free and open to the public

The Music Ministries of Peachtree Presbyterian Church and Wieuca Road Baptist Church are delighted to join forces, singing a concert of some of the best choral music in the world under the baton of guest conductor, Dr. Donald Neuen.

Robert Shaw brought Don Neuen to Atlanta in 1970, as his Assistant Conductor, to create the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. The collaboration of Neuen and Shaw in the performance of major works for chorus and orchestra began in 1959, and there began Atlanta’s love-affair with Don Neuen.

His wide-range of choral experience includes teaching at all levels of music, from church choirs to the great academic institutions of the country such as the Eastman School and UCLA, his current post. He is internationally recognized for the presentation of major extended works for chorus, soloists and orchestra. Neuen has served as guest conductor and lecturer all over the world and nearly every state in the U.S., working with professional and community choruses and orchestras, all-state high school choruses, collegiate honor choruses, state national and international church music workshops/performances, international music festivals, and divisional and national convention programs.

Please join us at the Wieuca Baptist Church, in their beautiful Sanctuary, for this extraordinary concert.

ANY CHORAL CONDUCTING STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THESE CHOIRS FOR A SPECIAL RETREAT WITH DR. NEUEN, February 24 + 25, as we prepare this music together.

For more information on this event, contact the Peachtree Music Ministry at 404-842-5846.

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Brad Sherrill: The Gospel of John
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 6:00 PM

Brad Sherrill: The Gospel of John
Sunday, March 11
6:00-8:00pm in the Summit

Cost: $10.00/$5.00 for students
Tickets may be purchased online (link coming soon) or at the door

Nursery is available for children ages 5 and under.

It took nearly five months for actor Brad Sherrill to memorize all 20,000 words of The Gospel of John. He had plans to perform it just once at his home church in Atlanta, but has now presented John’s gospel over 600 times since 2001 in professional theaters and churches across the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland.

Over the past decade The Gospel of John’s 600 performances have included a six-week run off-Broadway at New York City’s historic Lamb’s Theatre (2003) and at professional theaters in Chicago, Washington D.C., Toronto and Atlanta (from 2001 through 2010.) The Gospel of John’s European Cathedral tours (2007, 2008 & 2009) brought the performance to large, historic cathedrals of the U.K., Ireland and Northern Ireland including Westminster Cathedral (London), Lincoln, Lichfield and Gloucester Cathedrals (U.K.), Christ Church Cathedral (Dublin), St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral (Cork) and St. Peter’s Cathedral (Belfast.)

With perhaps a dozen very simple props used in a variety of ways, Sherrill transforms the gospel into a captivating drama, presenting the entire story of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Seating for the performance at Peachtree begins at 5:15pm. For more information on this event, contact the Peachtree Music Ministry at 404-842-5846 or to learn more about Brad Sherrill visit his website: http://www.gospelofjohn.com/homepage2.htm

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Benefit Concert for Jamaica
Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 4:00 PM - Sanctuary

Benefit Concert for Jamaica
Sunday, March 18
4:00-6:00pm in the Sanctuary

Featured artists:
Stan Whitmire
Joel Martin
…and many others!

Concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken to provide a piano to the Salvation Army School for Blind in Kingston, Jamaica.

As Peachtree celebrates a month of God’s work throughout the world, the Music Ministry will raise the roof with some of the greatest pianists throughout the city, in order to provide a good piano for the children at SAS in Jamaica. Each of the accomplished artists on this program is playing this concert without honorarium, so that all of the money raised will go directly to the musical hopes and dreams of students like Sanjay Reid, who played the piano here at Peachtree a year ago. Classical music, vocals, jazz, pop, gospel - - all styles of piano artistry will be heard on this concert. Please join us for a unique opportunity!

The Michael O’Neal Chamber Singers
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 7:30 PM - Kellett Chapel

The Michael O’Neal Chamber Singers
Thursday, March 29
7:30-9:00pm in Kellett Chapel

Cost: $10.00
Tickets are available at the door the evening of the concert.

With a repertoire spanning centuries and styles, The Michael O’Neal Chamber Singers has emerged as one of the the Southeast’s finest vocal ensembles with its choral variety and polished presentation. Performing sacred and secular selections, the 29-member group appears on concert series and for corporate, civic and private events. Please join us for this wonderful community event!

Tickets may be purchased at the door. For more information on this event, contact the Peachtree Music Ministry at 404-842-5846 or MOS at www.mosingers.com

ROBERT SPANO, with Franklin Pond Chamber Music
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 7:30 PM - Kellett Chapel

BENEFIT CONCERT for Franklin Pond Chamber Music
Sunday, January 29, 2012
7:30-9:00pm in Kellett Chapel

Cost: $15 per ticket, $5 for students
Tickets are available at the door the evening of the concert.

A remarkable event at Peachtree, we welcome back Maestro Robert Spano, Artistic Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in concert with the Franklin Pond String Quartet (all members of the ASO) performing works by Puccini, Schubert, Dvorak and Franck. The proceeds of this concert will benefit the students of the Franklin Pond Chamber Music, a unique summer chamber-music program for talented pre-college musicians. The goal of the Franklin Pond program is to develop the artistic and interpretive talents of students, as well as to strengthen their communication skills as developing musicians.

For more information on this event, contact the Peachtree Music Ministry at 404-842-5846 or Franklin Pond at http://franklinpond.org/

Taizé Prayer Service: Third Thursdays
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 7:30 PM

Taizé Prayer Services at Peachtree
Third Thursdays each month,
from 7:30-8:15pm in the Williams Center

January 19, 7:30pm
February 16, 7:30pm
March 15, 7:30pm
April 19, 7:30pm
May 17, 7:30pm

What is Taizé?

Taizé is a monastic community in southeastern France. It was founded during the war-torn years of World War II, with the mission of healing the divisions between Christians and within the human family. Thousands of people still gather in Taizé every week, to search, sing, pray - - to find refreshment, renewal and reconciliation.

What is a Taizé Prayer?

The purpose of a Taizé Prayer (service) is for the participants to enter into silence, meditate on scripture, sing as a community, and pray together. There is no sermon. Minimal instruction is given. All participants feel free to sit, stand or kneel as your own prayer, singing and meditation leads you.

Worship in the style of Taizé is marked by depth and simplicity, with much singing alongside significant periods of silence. Silence is a central part of the service, and is a gift to us in this busy world - - a place from which you can freely speak to God about what is on your heart; more importantly, allowing God to speak to you.

We hope you can join us for one or all of these special evenings of music and prayer. For more information, call the Music Ministry at 404-842-5846.

Davidson College Chorale, in Concert
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 7:30 PM - Kellett Chapel

Come in out of the cold, and join us for a warm evening of beautiful music with the Davidson College Chorale!

The Davidson College Chorale is an auditioned group of singers made up of undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines. Organized in 2007 it is the touring choir for the Davidson College Department of Music and has toured in the United States during the College's winter breaks. In the winter of 2010-2011 it made its first European tour, presenting concerts in Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna. It has received invitations to perform for off-campus institutions in the Carolinas, including concerts with UNC-Charlotte Chorale and with the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte and the Charlotte Symphony.

Their director, Dr. Raymond Sprague, came to Davidson from the University of New Orleans where he was the Virginia Koch Professor of Music, Associate Chair of the Music Department, and Director of Choral Activities. Previous appointments also have included music instructor at the Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico, Director of Choral Activities at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and Director of Music at Saint Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. Dr. Sprague was also the founder of the Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale, and served as its Artistic Director for seven years. A member of the College Music Society, he is also a life member of the American Choral Directors Association and is a past president of the Louisiana Chapter of that organization. He remains active as an adjudicator, clinician, and editor of music for the treble choir.