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Paul Elliott, part of the team that renovated the historic organ at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, connects hundreds of feet of wiring between the organ controller and pipes.
St. Paul’s to host organ extravaganza
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill will host one of the most unusual events in the region’s musical season. more
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Trio Excelsior! featuring violinist Yevgeniy Dyo, pianist Marja Kaisla, and cellist Elina Snellman-Lang will return to Woodmere on Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.
Woodmere hosts Trio Excelsior! to open new year
Woodmere will launch its 2026 season of chamber music recitals Saturday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m. more
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Valentin Radu’s Vox Renaissance Consort will present “A Renaissance Candlemas” Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill.
New Year opens with exciting musical performances
The new calendar year brings with it the opening of the second half of the 2025-26 concert season of all of Greater Philadelphia’s local performing arts ensembles. more
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Rowan Duffy (Nutcracker) and Yuval Cohen (Mouse King)
Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates 125th anniversary season
The Philadelphia Orchestra is without exception the region’s dominant classical music ensemble. more
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Chestnut Hill’s Donald Meineke will conduct “One Faith -- Many Voices: Christmas in Ukraine” on Dec.19 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church.
St. Paul’s Church hosts traditional ‘Lessons and Carols’ Sunday afternoon
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, will host one of the region’s finest renditions of the traditional “Lessons and Carols” ceremony Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. more
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Local music lovers can hear Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, perform “Messiah” on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.
Region boasts a bounty of ‘Messiah’ performances
For hundreds if not thousands of local lovers of sacred choral music, the Christmas season wouldn’t be complete without their hearing at least one performance of George Frideric Handel’s beloved oratorio, “Messiah.” more
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Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, will perform a holiday concert Dec. 6 with Tenet Vocal Artists, at the Church of St. Martin-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill.
The local music scene overflows with Christmas concerts
With the uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving now in the rearview mirror, the road ahead is bursting with Christmas concerts. more
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A packed house will undoubtedly be waiting for the Mendelssohn Chorus’ annual “A Feast of Carols” performance at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill.
Mendelssohn Chorus returns for beloved holiday concert
Of all the many musical holiday traditions that grace the Christmas season in Chestnut Hill, none has become a more cherished event that the Mendelssohn Chorus’ annual “A Feast of Carols.” more
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Network for New Music, who performed at Settlement Music School, Nov. 9, has collaborated with the Germantown institution to collect food for families in need of assistance.
Network, Settlement join forces to provide needed food
Two of Greater Philadelphia’s leading classical music organizations, Network for New Music and Settlement Music School, have joined forces to offer emergency food assistance to the families of Settlement Music School students at the Peter A. Benoliel Germantown Branch of Settlement. more
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Pianist Emanuel Ax, who first performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1975, celebrated the 50th anniversary of that collaboration with a set of concerts at Marian Anderson Hall.
The Crossing to present world premiere of score by Christopher Cerone at Presbyterian church
East Germantown’s Donald Nally and The Crossing, the four-time Grammy Award winning professional choir, will present the world premiere of Christopher Cerone’s “Of being numerous,” Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave. more
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Musicians John Walthausen, Elena Kauffman, and Evan Few — collectively known as Filament — performed an all-Bach program at Fleisher Art Memorial in Queen Village.
St. Martin’s Church to present exciting piano recital
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill will present pianist James Palmer in recital Sunday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. more
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Philadelphia Ballet’s Mayara Pineiro and Natalie Patel in “Fall River Legend,” a ballet about accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden.
AVA opens new season and Philadelphia Ballet goes dark
Philadelphia’s internationally acclaimed Academy of Vocal Arts is set to open its 2025-26 season of fully staged operas with one of the standard repertoire’s most beloved comedies: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” (“The Marriage of Figaro”). more
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Wesley Stace, a.k.a. John Wesley Harding has written four novels and created 19 albums of his music.
Mt. Airy author/musician: A Springsteen collaborator
The new Bruce Springsteen biopic, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” which is already getting Oscar buzz, will be opening in movie theaters around the country on Friday, Oct. 24. more
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Rollo Dilworth, music and artistic director of the Philadelphia-based Singing City Choir.
Singing City set to celebrate democracy during new season
Although it’s hardly as old as the city’s venerable Mendelssohn Club Chorus, Philadelphia’s Singing City choir traces its lineage all the way back to 1948. more
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Rasaan Bourke, organist and music director at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Germantown, in the chancel.
Classic horror film gets live soundtrack for Halloween
An intriguing blend of horror, humor and musical wizardry will be served up this Halloween at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Germantown. more
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The Fallser Club opened in 2022 with a mission to bring connection through music.
The Fallser Club celebrates three years with multiple festivals
Felicite Moorman, co-owner of The Fallser Club, has a specific pop culture analogy to describe how it feels when you walk into her nonprofit event space and music venue in East Falls. more
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Principal guest conductor Marin Alsop (right) led the Philadelphia Orchestra in an October concert at the Kimmel Center.
St. Paul’s Church hosts choral work honoring Bishop Robinson
Andrew Kotylo, director of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, will lead the parish’s Adult Choir in a performance of Dominick DiOrio’s “Our Wildest Imagining” as part of the 10 a.m. combined service this Sunday, Oct. 19. more
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The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has moved on from its former home at the Kimmel Center on South Broad Street and will perform its Sunday concerts at Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square in Center City.
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia changes venues
With less than a month to go before the start of its 2025-26 season, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (COP) announced that it would no longer be performing at the Kimmel Center. more
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Choral Arts Philadelphia, led by Dr. Donald Meineke (above), of Chestnut Hill, will perform the group’s season-opening concert program, “From This Time Forth: Music of Comfort and Hope,” Oct. 4 in Center City. The performance will feature the works of Tomás Luis de Victoria and Herbert Howells.
Local conductor to lead Choral Arts Philadelphia opening concert
Chestnut Hill’s Dr. Donald Meineke will conduct the opening concert of the 2025-26 season of Choral Arts Philadelphia. He is also the group’s artistic director. more
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IMPeRFeCT Gallery hosts the Germantown Community Fridge fundraiser this weekend.
Germantown Community Fridge celebrates fifth birthday
Germantown Community Fridge organizers are celebrating the initiative’s fifth birthday this month with a food drive. more
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