Providence Chamber Music Recital Series — schedule for free concerts in 2026/2027

Schedule for 2026/2027

All Saints’ Day Choral Service
Sunday, November 1, 2026
6:30 pm

The Chancel Choir of Providence United Methodist Church, under the direction of Adam Ward and accompanied by John Richardson at the organ, Delaine Leonard playing harp and Teil Buck playing oboe, will lead a service feturing Requiem Mass movements by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gabriel Fauré, Johannes Brahms, and John Rutter. This service, meant to uplift those who have suffered loss in the past year, or any time, will include readings and hymns sung by the congregation as well.

World Premieres
February 7, 2027
6:30 pm

• World Premiere of Like an Unbodied Joy by Leonard Mark Lewis
• Fanmi Imèn by Valerie Coleman
• World premiere of Cavatina by Lenoard Mark Lewis
• Slippery Trapeze by Lior Navok

Women’s History Month
Sunday, March 14, 2027
6:30 pm

• Adante from Sonata in E Minor by Florence Price
• I Will Not Be Sad in this World by Eva Beglarian
• Fever Dreams for Three Piccolos by Amanda Harberg
• Colored Stones by Jenni Brandon
• Billie by Jacob Ter Veldhuis

Mozart, Joplin and Shostakovich
Sunday, April 18, 2027
6:30 p.m.

• Divertimenti for Two Clarinets and Basson by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
• String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 “In memory of victims of fascism and war” by Dmitri Shostakovich

Chancel Choir Spring Sing
Sunday, May 16, 2027
6:30 pm

This light and fun Spring Chancel Choir Concert will be held on Pentecost evening. Come and see what fun the spirit leads Adam and the Chancel Choir to come up with to delight the ears and the spirits of those who attend! It will certainly be an evening to remember!