{"id":224,"date":"2018-04-28T03:48:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T03:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:18:27","slug":"concert-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/concert-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<\/h3>\n<h3>CONCERT SERIES 2018-2019<\/h3>\n<p>First United Methodist Church is pleased to present our forty-first season of the Concert Series as an opportunity to glorify God through the gift of music. The concerts are funded through the generosity of the church\u2019s Ida Hill Dalton Fund as well as through the support of our patrons. If you wish to become a Patron of the Concert Series, you may make out a check payable to First United Methodist Church and notate \u201cConcert Series\u201d in the check memo and mail it to the church address to the attention of The Director of Music Ministries. We suggest a donation of $30 to become a Patron. We thank you for your support.<\/p>\n<h4>Ra\u00fal Prieto Ram\u00edrez<\/h4>\n<h5>Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:00 pm<\/h5>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RaulPrieto.jpg\" alt=\"Raul Prieto\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ra\u00fal Prieto Ram\u00edrez is the first Spanish organist in recent times to establish himself among the elite of the international pipe organ scene. In 2017, Mr. Ram\u00edrez was appointed by unanimity of the search committee, the Board of Trustees and the Audience as the new San Diego Civic Organist and Spreckles Organ Society Artistic Director, becoming one of the few full-time Civic Organists in the world.<\/p>\n<h4>Young People&#8217;s Chorus of New York City<\/h4>\n<h5>Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 3:00 pm<\/h5>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YoungPeoplesChoirNYC.jpg\" alt=\"Young People's Chorus of New York City\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Young People\u2019s Chorus of New York City (YPC) is recognized worldwide for its award-winning performances and spectacular artistry. By founding YPC, Francisco Nu\u00f1ez fulfilled his dream of bringing children from all walks of life together to make beautiful music and friendships, thereby creating new opportunities and a brighter future for thousands of YPC children and their communities.<\/p>\n<h4>Lisa Vroman<\/h4>\n<h5>Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 3:00 pm<\/h5>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LisaVroman.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Vroman\" \/><\/div>\n<p>From Broadway to classics, on stage and in concert, lyric soprano Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America\u2019s most versatile voices. Ms. Vroman starred for several years on Broadway as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. Also as Christine she garnered Theatre Critics\u2019 awards for the role in a record breaking run in San Francisco. Lisa is a frequent guest soloist with orchestras, and theater and opera companies around the world. She has performed as a guest of the Kennedy family at a Profiles in Courage Award Dinner as well as for Queen Elizabeth and former presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to join us for a wonderful concert season and\u00a0hope that you will mark your calendars and plan to attend each of the concerts in this anniversary year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CONCERT SERIES 2018-2019 First United Methodist Church is pleased to present our forty-first season of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/concert-series\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Concert Series<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}