The Spire Series
The Spire Series 2019-2020 Season
Mission Statement
The Spire Series is committed to presenting both musical and visual artists and fostering community, while celebrating the unique space at First & Franklin Presbyterian Church. Receptions are an integral part of the programs, where the audience and artists meet and are treated as our honored guests.
A reception follows each program.
On Friday, October 11, 2019, at 8:00 P.M., the Spire Series of First & Franklin Presbyterian Church invites you to our first concert of the 2019-2020 season in celebration of our 10th Anniversary with the world-reknown, Chanticleer. They will perform their new Trade Winds repertoire.
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker, the San Francisco based GRAMMY® award-winning ensemble Chanticleer celebrated its 40th anniversary in the 2018-19 season. During this season Chanticleer will perform 52 concerts in 23 of the United States, 27 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and on two European tours, cities including Dublin, Wexford, Paris, Luxembourg, Budapest, Prague, Hannover, Leipzig, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for its “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity,” Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from soprano to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz and popular genres, as well as contemporary composition
Tickets may be available at the door, if the event has not sold out.
Special discounted tickets at $30 are available with a Spire Series Patron Subscription for the Friend, Tower and Steeple Supporters. Click the link below to become a Patron Subscriber.
For all other ticket purchases:
$35 Advance General Admission
$40 General Admission at the Door (cash or check)
You must present your receipt at the door for Advance Tickets purchased. --We anticipate a sell-out crowd for this performance so advance ticket purchases are highly recommended. Sales will be closed when we reach capacity.
A reception following the concert will be held in Reid Chapel. Please stay and enjoy the good food, drinks and a chance to meet the artists. Chanticleer CDs will also be on sale.
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The First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir, joined by guest instrumentalists, presents the 19th Annual Candlelight Choral Concert, a treasured part of the Christmas season in Mt. Vernon. This concert will feature Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols. The program will also include audience singing and a cappella choral music for the seasons of Advent and Christmas.
Tyler Canonico, organ; Jacqueline Pollauf, harp; Jason Kissel, conductor
Please arrive early as this is a very well attended event and you don't want to miss out on getting a seat.
A free will offering will be accepted at the door and during the reception. Your generous donations help support our music programming.
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Sunday, March 22, 2020, 3:00 P.M. Expand
Baltimore Choral Arts Chamber Singers
Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Leo Wanenchak, associate conductor
First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir
Jason Kissel, conductor
The BCA Chamber Singers will present Kodaly's Laudes organi, and works by Peter Conte, Alice Parker, Copland and others. The combined choirs will sing excerpts of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers and music of Balfour Gardiner and Charles Wood.
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Audrey Wright, violin
Colin Sorgi, viola
Lachezar Kostov, cello
Daniel Pesca, piano
Join four of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s most extraordinary musicians for a sublime evening that will include
Gabriel Faure’s Piano Quartet No. 2.
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We are pleased to host five extraordinary local pianists who will each offer a 25-minute program, including opening remarks on the music they have selected.
Michael Angelucci - Matthew Bachman - Yury Shadrin -
Ken Osowski - Michael Sheppard -
Music of Handel, Debussy, Chopin, Schumann/Liszt, Beethoven, Bach and Sondheim will be featured!
Spire Series viewers may watch the piano marathon in three ways:
1) Join us by Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83603478977). Viewers may react to the concert in real time using the participant reaction icons, or use the chat window to make comments and message the event host for assistance in purchasing a "virtual ticket" or to make a general donation to the Spire Series. https://www.firstfranklin.org/the-arts/the-spire-series/
2) Join us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/The-Spire-Series-154559821242358/) to view. Viewers are invited to use the comment section to mingle and socialize.
3) Join us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2QwYlynh7VYhxAYt-9cm2g) for a live stream of the Piano Marathon.
If you are unable to view the concert online, you may also call into the Zoom recording.
Meeting ID: 836 0347 8977
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We would be grateful for your financial support to The Spire Series. Normally, tickets to our concerts are $20 for general admission and $10 for students. Our artists are paid for all of our Spire Series concerts and your generous contributions allow us to continue to bring great music to Baltimore.
To buy a "virtual ticket" to support this marathon: https://www.firstfranklin.org/the-arts/the-spire-series/
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