Celebration Works Concert Series

05/01/2025

Only a few more days before this exciting celebration of our tremendous organ, and the program for the recital is hot off the press. You can sneak a peek here:https://www.firstpresportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FPC_CW_Program_05_04_2025_small.pdf
Can't wait! We'll see you there!

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04/03/2025

Her playing is electrifying. Come see Dr. Adler live when she performs on our freshly cleaned and tuned Jaeckel pipe organ. A 25th Anniversary. Celebration Works Presents - The Jaeckel Pipe Organ / 25 Years

Raging tempest, rolling waters, storm of life - these are the words which perfectly describe this passionate, energetic, edgy and virtuosic Toccata. Based on...

10/21/2023

On Sunday, October 22nd at 2 PM we’re having a belated celebration you don’t want to miss. Celebration Works Presents - Better Late Than Never!

Fifty-one years ago Darlene Cusick dedicated a brand new Steinway concert grand piano with a recital at First Presbyterian Church of Portland, and this Sunday Darlene returns for a Golden Jubilee anniversary - plus one. (Why a year late? Don't ask, just show up.)

For more information about the concert, directions to the church, our adjacent chapel art gallery, free parking, and refreshments - visit our website at https://www.firstpresportland.org/music-arts/celebration-works/

05/28/2023

If you missed our final concert of the season, with performances by organist Chris Young and violinist Brenda Brenner - you really missed something special. The good news is that the full concert video, and program, are now available on our website at https://www.firstpresportland.org/music-arts/celebration-works/. The clip we’ve included here is an excerpt from Chris DeBlasio’s “Serenade” - and is this author’s Critics Choice Award. It will melt your heart. Please indulge yourself, and let the music wash over you.

05/21/2023

BEHIND-THE-SCENES REHEARSAL CLIP. Would you like to know what to expect tomorrow at our final season concert? They had us hootin' and hollerin'. Join us live, this Sunday - 5/21 at 2 PM for Celebration Works Presents - Strings and Pipes. What a way to end the season!