FOM outlines first concerts

Friends of Music is rolling out its 2021 playlist, with notice of its first Season’s concert on February 14, and the first of its Lenten concerts on Thursday, February 18.

All concerts will be live stream, and available on the Saint Philip’s livestream page. The full schedule is available here. All of these are complimentary programs.

If you wish to support Friends of Music and the offerings they work hard to bring, your checks and donations are welcome here.

The Great American Songbook

Live stream here at 2:00pm Sunday, February 14.

The first concert of the season features The Lady and the Tramps: Take a trip with dear friends Liz Cracchiolo, Matthew Holter, and Dennis Tamblyn, as they use the “Great American Songbook” to spin a story of love, life and “The Lady and The Tramps.

The “Great American Songbook” is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy. Often referred to as “American Standards”, the songs published during the Golden Age of this genre include those popular and enduring tunes from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film.

The Great American Songbook includes standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Richard Rodgers.

First Lenten Concert: Bryan Zhang, Piano

Live stream here at 12:15pm Thursday, February 18. 

Bryan Zhang is a 14-year-old eighth-grade student at Esperero Canyon Middle School. He began his piano studies with Dr Kyungsun Choi at the age of six. At the age of five he began violin studies and is currently a student of Dennis Bourret. He also plays clarinet in the school band.