Organ recital on newly refurbished Hill Bryne Christiansen Memorial pipe organ at First Reformed UCC on Thursday evening, June 12 at 7:00 pm. Recital played by local members of Lancaster Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Not a ticketed event, but a free-will offering will be taken.
Organist Larry Hershey will present a free 30 minute concert at 8 PM on First Friday, June 6 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The program, “Sounds of Summer,” will include “Wedding Processional” (Te Deum) by Marc Antoine Charpentier, “Fountain Reverie” by Percy Fletcher, and “Fanfare in D” by Jacques-Nicolas more »
On First Friday, June 6, the public is invited to stroll through the gardens and watch local artists at work or shop for a work of art that catches the eye at a free plein air event in the courtyard of First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The event will be more »
Organist Larry Hershey will perform a program of “Seasonal Encores,” a free 30 minute concert celebrating events in May, at 8 PM on First Friday, May 2 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The program will include "'The Riders' from Suite in E Major" by Georg Muffat, "'La Bamba' from more »
Organic Reflections welcomes guest organist Ken Krause to the console of the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ for a free 30 minute concert “Majesty of the Organ” at 8 PM on First Friday, April 4, featuring a program of music including “Trumpet Voluntary” by Henry Huron, and “Suite for Organ” by Charles John Stanley, at more »
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert in commemoration of the World Day of Prayer at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, March 7 at 8 PM. The program, “Invocation for the Soul” will include Denis Bedard’s “Dialogue on Te Deum” along with “The Good more »
Pastor Devin B. Jeffers will welcome the J.P. McCaskey “Voices of Freedom” Choir at First Reformed Church UCC, 40 E Orange Street, Lancaster, on Sunday, February 23 2025 at 4 PM. The choir began over 35 years ago, and has performed with Chris Tomlin, Kirk Franklin, Anthony Evans, and Damien Sneed. Director Colette Stephens and more »
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert of “Romantic Flourishes” at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Selections will include Felix Mendelssohn’s “Allegro maestoso e vivace” from Sonata No. 4, “Canon in B Major” by Robert Schumann, and “Rhosymedre” (My Song is Love Unknown) by Ralph Vaughan Williams. more »
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster on First Friday, January 3 at 8 PM. Selections will include “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” by Max Drischner, “Praeludium in E Minor” by Nicolaus Bruhns, and Bruce Simmond’s “Prelude on “lam sol more »
Celebrate the music of Advent with the Organic Reflections program “O Come, Emmanuel” on Friday December 6 at 8:00 PM. Join Organist Larry Hershey along with Doug Albert on the trumpet. The free 30 minute concert at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster will include “Toccata on Veni Emmanuel” by Andrew more »
Internationally acclaimed concert organist, Alan Morrison, will play the dedicatory concert for the recently completed Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Pipe Organ at First Reformed Church, 40 East Orange Street in downtown Lancaster on Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 PM. The organ, in loving memory of Rita Jane (Barton) Hill Byrne and The Reverend Ronald and more »
The Reverend Devin B. Jeffers, pastor of First Reformed United Church of Christ will host a special Veteran’s Day service on Monday, November 11 at 10 am. The program, held in the historic 1854 church sanctuary at 40 East Orange Street, will include music, prayers, and a reading by 95 year-old Korean War Veteran Bill more »
Organist Larry Hershey will play a free 30 minute concert, “For All the Saints” on the majestic Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ at 8 PM on First Friday, November 1, in the historic 1854 First Reformed Church, 40 E Orange St, in downtown Lancaster. The program includes "Rejoice in Celebration of St. Michael" by Grimoaldo more »
Organist Larry Hershey returns to the console of the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ for a free 30 minute concert on First Friday, October 4, featuring a program entitled “Graveyard Gems” at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. The program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous work, “Toccata in D Minor”, more »
Organic Reflections welcomes guest organist Ken Krause to the console of the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ for a free 30 minute concert at 8 PM on First Friday, September 6, featuring a program of music from living composers including “Procession” by Russell Schulz-Widmar, and “Grand Choeur in d-Minor” by Paul Fey, at First Reformed more »
