Friends of Music 2013–2014 Season
Friends of Music at Pasadena Presbyterian Church offers a extensive annual series of concerts featuring nationally and internationally known artists, local performers, and PPC's resident ensembles. All programs are open to the public free of charge (a voluntary offering is taken).
Rudy de Vos, organist
South African native, now Organist at Oakland, California's Cathedral of Christ the Light offers a unique program on PPC's magnificent pipe organ.
Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Reception following the recital
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
PPC Soloists in Recital
PPC's professional Kirk Choir Quartet with pianist Paul Floyd in a varied program of mostly secular solo and ensemble pieces.
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
69th Annual Candlelight & Carols
A Pasadena Tradition for the Whole Family
Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Crown City String Quartet
Four of the Southland's premiere string players play a program of quartets by Haydn, Shostakovich and Brahms
Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Timothy Howard, organist
with Meaghan King, organist, and Judith Siirila Paskowitz, soprano
PPC's Organist and Director of Music plays an eclectic program on the church's magnificent Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.
Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
17th Annual Good Friday Devotional Concert
Kirk Choir with guest singers, soloists and an orchestra of period instruments present Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion
Friday, April 18, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture by Pasadena Star-News Critic Robert D. Thomas at 7:00 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Dorothy Young Riess, organist
Protogé of the legendary Mildred Andrews, Dr. Riess also studied with Marcel Dupré and received a full scholarship to Yale University. In 2011, at age 80, she was a featured artist for the AGO Regional Convention in San Francisco.
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Jazz for the City: The Afro Cuban Jazz Project
Wind up the season (for the second year in a row!) with energetic, rhythmic music by members of The Afro-Cuban Jazz Project
Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering