FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Tuesday Noon Recital Series
At Noon Tuesdays in April, July and October
Half-hour recital
Lunch afterwards in the Social Hall
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Recitals are at noon. No admission fee. Contributions accepted.
There is no charge because all costs have been covered by grants from the 1889 Foundation and Thrivent Financial plus individual donations.
If you would like a postcard announcement of upcoming recitals, call the church at 814-536-7521 or email firstlutheran@wpia,net.
April 2025
April 8: Johnstown Christian School Bell Choir. A frequent performer at First, they will play the program it had prepared for their tour in May.
Directed by Kristen Lloyd.
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April 15. Johnstown Area All Star Jazz Band. Students from five area high schools (Central Cambria, Forest Hills, Greater Johnstown, Richland, Westmont) will perform together for the first time. They will rehearse in the morning of the recital (for the first time) and will perform jazz classics from the Big Band era.
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April 22. Gary Noll and Carl Rahkonen. Members of the Irish band
Kilronan, will play fiddle tunes and other folk classics. Kilronan
comprises smaller ensembles of the widely popular band Aran,
which is named for islands near Galway Bay in Ireland. Kilronan is
named after a village on one of the islands.
April 29. High Strung, whose members go by the names Smitty
and Deese, will return for their sixth time in the 35-year-old recital
series with a program they call "If it ain't Baroque, Don't Fix It!"
Smitty and Deese play numerous stringed instruments and sing
folk music and other works, in carefully crafted arrangements.
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Your Gift Supports the Recital Series
There is no charge for the recitals or the lunches that follow. We rely entirely on contributions. There currently is a campaign to seek aid. You can respond with a check in any amount to:
TNR First Lutheran Church
415 Vine Street, Johnstown, PA 15901
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The recital series is regularly
supported by:
* The Carolyn Walker Music Fund
* Contributors at lunch after each recital
Community Foundation's Role:
Over the past several years the
Community Foundation for the
Alleghenies has contributed $20,000
toward rebuilding the 3,000-pipe
Skinner organ.
Recital Kudos:
George Fattman notes, “Today we concluded our April (2019) recital series with an exquisite piano recital by Harriett Miller. I don't know of a recital that I enjoyed more.”
“People are still talking about the quality of the Vox Nova performance. (It is being compared favorably vs. the IUP Chorale, which sang around the same time at First Presbyterian.) The GJHS Jazz Band and the IUP organists also were excellent.”
“The series would not work without lunch. So we greatly appreciate the volunteers who shop for food and prepare and serve lunch, then clean up.”
Eric Pfeil, Director of Bands at GJHS writes, “Thank you again for this opportunity to return. We had a blast.”
Nancy Way, Director of Vox Nova writes,
“Thank you again for the gracious invitation and response to our recital. Best of luck with the series. Always a pleasure to work with you and First Lutheran.”