As the iconic 1964 holiday hit from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer reminds us each year, ‘Silver and gold, silver and gold, everyone wishes for silver and gold … ’

But how about adding a little brass to your Christmas this year?! From a fantastic suite of Christmas Crackers to classics such as Carol of the Bells and The Holly and the Ivy, you will want to mark your calendars for this special Christmas event with Tyler’s very own Rose City Brass Quintet. 

Rose City Brass Quintet
Jeremy McBain, trumpet
Micah Bell, trumpet
Katie McBain, horn
Heather Mensch, trombone
Tom Mensch, trombone

Free admission, no tickets required.

Recipient of the Distinguished Gold Medal at the 2023 Virtuoso Artists Festival hosted by the Seattle International Piano Festival and First Prize in the 2022 International Clara Schumann Competition, consonari was founded in 2019 by violinist Anna Larson and pianist Kaden Larson. They are passionate about a vast array of repertoire from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, especially of lesser-known and under-represented composers.

At the heart of the program stands Mythes by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, consisting of three brief tone poems inspired by Greek mythology. The musical storytelling continues with alluring pieces by Rebecca Clarke, Sergei Prokofiev and Florence Price, concluding with American composer George Gianopoulos’ City Vignettes.

consonari
Anna Larson, violin
Kaden Larson, piano

Free admission, no tickets required.

“If music be the food of love, play on.” ~ Twelfth Night

Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare inspired countless great musical scores through his plays and poetry. His words flow tunefully off the page and the lives of his characters are brimming with melody. 

New Texas Sinfonia opens its fourth season with works that realize the drama and excitement of ‘The Immortal Bard.’ From the gripping revenge of Coriolanus in Beethoven’s overture to the jovial comedy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as brought to life by Mendelssohn, this musical journey through the human passions will doubtless have you captivated.

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

This program runs approximately 90 minutes with one intermission. 

$20 adults / students and children free admission"
$15 early bird tickets available until August 31!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

New Texas Sinfonia concludes the season with one of Aaron Copland’s most celebrated works: Appalachian Spring. Originally composed for leading choreographer Martha Graham in 1944, it has been an American classic ever since.

Appalachian Spring follows the lives of a young pioneer couple starting their life together on the spacious frontier. Aaron Copland’s uniquely American sound captures the struggles and joys of their young love, and represents the promise of a new beginning.

“To be great, art... must belong to the country in which it flourishes, not be a pale copy of some art form perfected by another culture and another people.” ~ Martha Graham

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

$20 adults / students and children free admission
$15 early bird tickets available until May 15!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Major funding for this concert provided by The Rogers Foundation

New Texas Sinfonia concludes the season with one of Aaron Copland’s most celebrated works: Appalachian Spring. Originally composed for leading choreographer Martha Graham in 1944, it has been an American classic ever since.

Appalachian Spring follows the lives of a young pioneer couple starting their life together on the spacious frontier. Aaron Copland’s uniquely American sound captures the struggles and joys of their young love, and represents the promise of a new beginning.

“To be great, art... must belong to the country in which it flourishes, not be a pale copy of some art form perfected by another culture and another people.” ~ Martha Graham

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

$20 adults / students and children free admission
$15 early bird tickets available until May 15!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Major funding for this concert provided by The Rogers Foundation

Join Dean Emeritus of Canterbury Cathedral Robert Willis for an afternoon of ecumenical discussion and reflection on his life of work in the church. A theologian, hymn-writer, and pastor, Robert Willis served as Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Anglican Communion, from 2001-2022. During this time he advised three archbishops, government, and the crown, as well as running The King’s School, Canterbury (the world’s oldest school, founded by St Augustine in 597). He is a frequent visitor of Texas, but is delighted to be visiting Tyler for the first time. Tea and light refreshments to be served.

Please follow signs for Fellowship Hall. Parking is available to the south of the main church building.

Over four decades of performance and a catalogue of award-winning recordings for Gimell, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have done more than any other group to establish sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music.

They have sought to bring Renaissance works to a wider audience in churches, cathedrals and venues on every continent on the planet except Antarctica! These include the Royal Albert Hall, the Sistine Chapel, the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall New York, the Philharmonic Hall Berlin, Saint Mark's Venice, Seoul Arts Centre Korea, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Megaron Athens and the Opera House Sydney.

It is a delight to have them return to Tyler for what promises to be another highlight in the history of this series.

The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

Free admission, no tickets required.

Often regarded as the greatest composer of Western classical music, Johann Sebastian Bach and his compositions have captured the hearts and minds of humankind for centuries. This concert features a diverse selection of his masterpieces for both pipe organ and harpsichord performed by FPC’s Director of Music and Organist, Weston Jennings.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Hear East Texas’ largest pipe organ as it joins with the colossal sounds of brass and percussion for a thrilling performance. The program features both original works for organ, brass, and percussion, as well as inventive arrangements of crowd favorites of the organ repertoire, including Charles-Marie Widor’s Toccata from Symphony No. 5.

Rose City Brass Quintet
Lane Clevenger, trumpet
Jeremy McBain, trumpet
Katie McBain, horn
Heather Mensch, trombone
Tom Mensch, trombone

Gavin Clarke, trumpet
Austin Seybert, trombone
Tyree Hastings, percussion
Weston Jennings, organ

Free admission, no tickets required.

Imagine a piece of music in which each movement evokes one of four delicious chocolate flavors! Chocolats symphoniques by Canadian composer Maxime Goulet is exactly that: a tasting concert with live orchestra that is sure to delight!

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, which he described as his “most excellent symphony,” stands alongside Sergei Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony in a program that explores many aspects of the symphonic sound.

*Chocolates to enjoy during the second half of the concert will be available for sale during intermission.

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

This program runs approximately 85 minutes with one intermission.

$20 adults / students and children free admission
$15 early bird tickets available until February 2!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Major funding for this concert provided by The Rogers Foundation

Imagine a piece of music in which each movement evokes one of four delicious chocolate flavors! Chocolats symphoniques by Canadian composer Maxime Goulet is exactly that: a tasting concert with live orchestra that is sure to delight!

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, which he described as his “most excellent symphony,” stands alongside Sergei Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony in a program that explores many aspects of the symphonic sound.

*Chocolates to enjoy during the second half of the concert will be available for sale during intermission.

New Texas Sinfonia
Weston Jennings, conductor

This program runs approximately 85 minutes with one intermission.

$20 adults / students and children free admission
$15 early bird tickets available until February 2!

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Major funding for this concert provided by The Rogers Foundation

Although commonly referred to as ‘violin sonatas,’ Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violin, as he called them, put the violin and piano on equal footing in a way never before heard. This concert features two of his sonatas, namely the 7th and 8th, each capturing the relentless passions of Beethoven’s middle period.

Here to bring these works to life are two of Belgium’s leading young musicians: violinist Jolente de Maeyer and pianist Nikolaas Kende. Praised for their 'symbiotic playing', 'pervasive lyricism' and their 'powerful yet poetic playing', the De Maeyer - Kende duo is being recognized as one of the leading musical duos in Europe.

Jolente De Maeyer, violin
Nikolaas Kende, piano

Free admission, no tickets required.

As principal organist for the daily services and state occasions at Westminster Abbey, including the recent funerals of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, as well as the coronation of King Charles III, Peter Holder has held the post of Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey since October 2017. As a recitalist, he performs in cathedrals and concert halls across the world. Following his BBC Proms solo debut in 2019 performing Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, Ivan Hewett, writing for The Daily Telegraph, remarked that '…it was Peter Holder’s wild organ solo which stole the show.'

Experience musical memories of these iconic British occasions performed on the grand Casavant pipe organ by acclaimed organist Peter Holder.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Don’t Miss the Fall Festival!

Don’t miss our annual Fall Festival set for 4-6 p.m., Oct. 29, in the Fellowship Hall.

The event is free to the public and the public is welcome to attend. You do not have to be a member of the congregation to attend.

Join in on the fun by playing the numerous games set up, bounce in the bouncy house and enjoy snacks and of course, there will be CANDY, CANDY, and more CANDY!

Dress in your best costume. The event is open to children up to 18 years of age.

If you need more information, contact Rev. McLean at bmclean@fpctyler.com.

We hope to see you there!

Beginning with the sparkling sound of sleigh bells, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony takes the listener on a grand, sunlit journey from earth to heaven. Unlike his other symphonies, joy, humor and delight run through the work, concluding with a child’s vision of heaven, sung by a solo soprano. 

New Texas Sinfonia is delighted to be joined by internationally-acclaimed soprano Molly Fillmore whose vibrant voice will give life to this masterpiece by Gustav Mahler.

New Texas Sinfonia
Molly Fillmore, soprano
Weston Jennings, conductor

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Join the congregation for its inaugural Food Truck Fellowship Event! There will be two food trucks on hand for the congregation to try out: C Rojo’s Tacquiera (Tacos/Mexican) and Fire Flame Azian Fuzion (Asian/Cajun). You can follow the links below to check out the trucks’ Facebook pages. Please bring cash if you plan to attend! The Food Truck Fellowship will be held in the FPC Tyler parking lot. We hope you try out these two amazing food trucks and have fun with other members of the congregation.

https://www.facebook.com/crojosmobilecuisine/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083105412795

Beginning with the sparkling sound of sleigh bells, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony takes the listener on a grand, sunlit journey from earth to heaven. Unlike his other symphonies, joy, humor and delight run through the work, concluding with a child’s vision of heaven, sung by a solo soprano. 

New Texas Sinfonia is delighted to be joined by internationally-acclaimed soprano Molly Fillmore whose vibrant voice will give life to this masterpiece by Gustav Mahler.

New Texas Sinfonia
Molly Fillmore, soprano
Weston Jennings, conductor

Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

Always challenging conventional categorization, Sir Karl Jenkins transcends musical boundaries and is one of the most performed composers in the world today. His work The Armed Man for choir and ensemble was commissioned by the Royal Armouries in Great Britain to mark the transition from one millennium to another and was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. With over 3,000 performances worldwide since its premiere in 2000, his Mass for Peace reflects on the passing of ‘the most war-torn and destructive century in human history’ and looks forward in hope to a more peaceful future.

Tyler Civic Chorale and Orchestra
Weston Jennings, artistic director

$25 adults in advance/$30 adults at the door
Students and Children Free Admission

Always challenging conventional categorization, Sir Karl Jenkins transcends musical boundaries and is one of the most performed composers in the world today. His work The Armed Man for choir and ensemble was commissioned by the Royal Armouries in Great Britain to mark the transition from one millennium to another and was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. With over 3,000 performances worldwide since its premiere in 2000, his Mass for Peace reflects on the passing of ‘the most war-torn and destructive century in human history’ and looks forward in hope to a more peaceful future.

Tyler Civic Chorale and Orchestra
Weston Jennings, artistic director

$25 adults in advance/$30 adults at the door
Students and Children Free Admission

A procession of tartan plaid and bagpipes celebrates First Presbyterian Church’s Scottish heritage and is an annual tradition for the congregation. Join us as special guest musicians, the Fort Worth Scottish Pipes & Drums, return to lead the celebration.

Fort Worth Scottish Pipes & Drums
Free admission and no tickets required.

The event is followed by a luncheon outside on the lawn.

Often regarded as the greatest composer of Western classical music, Johann Sebastian Bach and his compositions have captured the hearts and minds of humankind for centuries. This concert features a diverse selection of his masterpieces for both pipe organ and harpsichord performed by FPC’s Director of Music and Organist, Weston Jennings.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Returning to Tyler after a stunning performance in 2019, the Verona Quartet has firmly established itself amongst the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today. The group’s singular sense of purpose most recently earned them Chamber Music America’s coveted 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, and a reputation for its “bold interpretive strength, robust characterization and commanding resonance” (Calgary Herald). The Quartet serves on the faculty of the Oberlin College and Conservatory as the Quartet-in-Residence. You won’t want to miss this powerhouse quartet just before they return to Carnegie Hall later this season!

Verona Quartet
Jonathan Ong, violin 
Dorothy Ro, violin
Abigail Rojansky, viola
Jonathan Dormand, cello

Free admission, no tickets required.