Exciting World Premiere by composer Thomas Keesecker at First Presbyterian

April 28, 2024 

The premiere by composer Thomas Keesecker will begin at the 10 am service, and then we will offer an additional special concert featuring his music and readings at 3 pm. 

Our Chancel Choir is made up of folks who come together week after week sharing their love of singing and their faith. Their commitment to the music at First Presbyterian is wonderful to see and hear. On April 28, at the morning worship service, we will present an exciting world premiere of a new arrangement of the much-loved hymn, Love Divine All Loves Excelling. The choir commissioned Mr. Keesecker to write this stunning work and we are looking forward to sharing it with you Sunday morning at worship.   

In the afternoon,  at 3 pm, there will be a wonderful concert by Mr. Keesecker as he shares many of his compositions for instruments, piano solos, and the choir will sing several of his much-loved anthems.  

Thomas Keesecker retired in 2019 after serving as a church musician for over 40 years in Lutheran and Roman Catholic parishes in Virginia, Montana, and Maryland. His church music is well-published. His studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Catholic University School of Music in Washington, D.C. prepared him for a career in which he has mixed classical technique and jazz improvisation. In his retirement, he travels the country sharing his piano collections in informal recitals which incorporate hymn singing, readings, and poetry.

Hope to see you there,
Philip Everingham