Music & Arts Ministry at First Pres Atlanta

03/29/2024

Souvenir from First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta: the Klop organ in the chapel was ideal for Bach's 'O Mensch bewein'!

Jens Korndoerfer plays Johann Sebastian Bach's O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (BWV 622) from the Orgelbüchlein.First Presbyterian Church of AtlantaChapel O...

10/25/2021

This Friday, join us at 8:00 p.m. for the “Battle of The Keys” piano and organ concert.

Enjoy Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, arranged for piano and organ, and Poème Rhapsodique, a world premiere piece by David Briggs, performed by Julie Coucheron and Jens Korndörfer.

Purchase your tickets for this in-person event or watch the livestream on Concerts@First. https://buff.ly/2X7EIbq.

03/15/2020

First services without a live congregation. Weird, new and beautiful all at once. See you online in a few:

Join us Sunday at 9 and 11 a.m. for both our Services Livestreamed on our Website. Also streaming on Facebook and YouTube.

02/20/2020

If you missed Special Music Sunday last week, you can see it here - Handel's Utrecht Te Deum:

(02.16.2020) - 11 a.m. service | "But I Tell You” w/ Dr. Tony Sundermeier preaching by First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta on Livestream - Livestream.com

10/31/2019

"I'll Be On My Way" by Shawn Kirchner, featuring our own Jacob Augsten as soloist. (10/13/19 11:00am service)

This is "I’ll Be on My Way" by John Kabashinski on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

10/30/2019

Need: Bass/Baritone sub for midtown church choir rehearsal Wednesday Nov 6th 7:30-9:00. Paid.

10/24/2019

Happy Reformation Day! We are excited to host the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra, playing this Sunday October 27th at our 11:00 a.m. service. Under the direction of Juan Ramirez, they'll be sharing snippets from some great reformation cantatas. Join us!

A little about the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra:

The Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra (ACSO) was conceived in the summer of 1957 under the auspices of the Atlanta Music Club (AMC). At that time, there were very limited orchestral opportunities for serious instrumentalists in Atlanta. Mrs. Charles Chalmers, AMC President (1956-1960), worked with AMC members Mrs. Ruth Dabney Allen and Ms. Ruth Kern, a local music educator and violist, to establish a community orchestra to further the progress of talented amateur musicians in the Atlanta area. Ms. Kern emphasized that it was the responsibility of the teachers of the city to see that serious music students and adult musicians had an opportunity to rehearse and perform symphonic music.

In the fall of 1957, at the invitation of the AMC, an ensemble of seventeen players convened at the home of Mrs. Andrew Fairlie to explore the possibilities for a new community-based orchestra to perform symphonic literature. The Atlanta Community Orchestra (now the ACSO) was officially founded in 1958. The ACSO’s first free public concert was performed on May 12, 1958, under the baton of Maestro Harry Kruger.

More than sixty years later, the ACSO continues its mission to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of music, to reach out to diverse communities throughout greater Atlanta, and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for musicians and audiences.

For more than forty years, the ACSO has held an annual Young Artists’ Concerto Competition (YACC), giving dedicated music students the opportunity to perform solo works with the orchestra. The Ruth Kern YACC is named in honor of Ms. Kern, founding ACSO member, for her dedication to both music education and the orchestra.

09/29/2019

Join the arts events team for an outing to visit the Atlanta History Center. Immediately following 11am worship on Sunday, October 20th please meet at the Atlanta History center where we will have lunch and tour the center as a group.

Purchase tickets with us in advance to secure group rate. Group tickets are $17 general and $13.50 for seniors. Lunch at 12:45 inside at Souper Jenny and tour at 1:30pm.

Go to https://buff.ly/30csEoP to sign up!

07/27/2018

We are so excited to add Ms Julie Coucheron to our faculty for the School of Fine Arts! Read more about Julie below and register for piano lessons here: http://sfafirstpres.com/

Born in Oslo, Norway, Ms. Coucheron began playing the piano at age four. She earned her Bachelor and Master’s Degree with honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the age of 30, Ms. Coucheron has established an international career, winning awards in Italy, Germany, UK and in the United States.

Ms. Coucheron has worked with musicians such as Claude Frank, Emanuel Ax, Chee-Yun Kim, Christopher O’Riley, Steve Miller Band, Yo-Yo Ma, and Elton John, and has toured Europe, America, South America and Asia, performing in halls like Verizon Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.

Ms. Coucheron has performed with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic; Jena Symphony Orchestra, and the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra in Kiev.
Ms. Coucheron regularly performs at festivals such as the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Bergen International Music Festival, Amelia Island Music Festival, Madison Chamber Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics and at La Jolla Summer Fest. She is Artistic Director of the Fjord Cadenza festival in Norway and for the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival in Oslo, Norway.
In addition, Ms. Coucheron also performed during the 2003 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

Ms. Coucheron enjoys a close collaboration with her brother, the Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, David Coucheron, and together they have released two recordings, ‘Debut’ and ‘David and Julie’ on the Naxos label.

In addition to her busy concert schedule, Ms. Coucheron is a sought after teacher and pedagogue. In August 2014, she was appointed Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the top 50 state schools in the United States.
Ms. Coucheron has given masterclasses and taught at schools such as the New England Conservatory, Emory University and Mercer University.

Ms. Coucheron enjoys a various and wide range of styles and repertoire emerging from her highly trained classical background to the more contemporary and popular music. Recent collaborations include performances with the Steve Miller Band and Elton John.