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MUSIC PROGRAM First Church has been blessed with a strong ministry in music throughout its history. The ministry of music provides music for worship services and sponsors concerts throughout the year. The Cathedral Choir sings for the 11:00A Sunday service of worship September through June, as well as special services and concerts. For additional information and to be placed on our mailing list, please call the music office at 213.385.1345 or e-mail Music Administrator. |
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MUSIC Director of Music Jonathan Talberg invites you and your family to share in the many opportunities to hear fine music at First Church. Concert offerings include the Annual Los Angeles Bach Festival in the fall, featuring the works of the incomparable composer Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Annual Organ Concert Series, with world-renowned organists at the console of the world's largest church pipe organ. |
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THE 75th ANNUAL LOS ANGELES BACH FESTIVAL The Los Angeles Bach Festival is pleased to welcome Jonathan Talberg as artistic director and conductor for our 75th Anniversary festival. A native Southern Californian, an alum of Pepperdine and Chapman Universities, Dr. Talberg worked as a conductor, singer, and pianist from his teens through his twenties as a baritone in the Roger Wagner and William Hall Chorales, and as a choral director in Garden Grove and at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts. After completing his doctorate at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Dr. Talberg returned to Southern California to build the Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies program at California State University, Long Beach's Cole Conservatory of Music into the largest and one of the most recognized in the state. Former director of the Amadeus Festival in Florence and the Incantato Festival in Amalfi, Dr. Talberg has conducted in the major capitals of Europe, in China, and throughout the United States. |
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THE 40th ANNUAL ORGAN CONCERT SERIES Please join us from October 2008 to May 2009 and marvel at the renowned organists who perform. Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM David Goode Organ & Head of Keyboard, Eton College, UK Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 4:00 PM S. Wayne Foster Organist in Residence, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 4:00 PM Dong-ill Shin 2006 Winner of Chartres Grand Prix d'Orgue Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 4:00 PM Lynne Davis Internationally Renowned Organist Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM Organ Crawl Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM Herndon Spillman Concert Organist Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM Todd Wilson Organist, Church of the Covenant, Cleveland |
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