Music at Wayne Pres

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

On this Memorial Day - Eternal Father, Strong to Save

05/24/2026

Two Choral Anthems for the final two weeks of the 2025-2026 Choir Year!

Last week (5/17), we featured our wonderful Alto Choral Scholar, Mary Kate McKenzie, on Craig Hella Johnson's setting of the Annie Lennox song "1,000 Beautiful Things."

This morning (5/24), another C. H. J. setting. this time of Carly Simon's inspiring "Let the River Run."

Endless appreciation to our Chancel Choir, our Quartet, and our Choral Scholar - what an amazing year of music-making this has been!

05/13/2026

Wayne Oratorio Society
Spring 2026

Haydn’s “The Seasons” Edition

Photography: Kevin Stephan

05/05/2026

🔔 This not-to-be-missed Music Transforms season finale is approaching!

04/14/2026

The concluding concerts of the Wayne Oratorio Society's 2025-26 season are THIS weekend! We proudly present Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Seasons" - the grand sequel to his earlier masterpiece, "The Creation" (last performed by WOS in '21) forming a two-part artistic vision that contrasts divine origin with earthly existence. While "The Creation" celebrates the origins of life and the majesty of the natural world, "The Seasons" shifts focus to human experience - examining nature’s cycles, agricultural labor, and the joys and hardships of life across the year.

Here, we have late-period Haydn - a composer employing the full range of his compositional creativity and powers. This is a 360-degree, full technicolor musical experience. Rarely performed and highly rewarding, "The Seasons" is an epic Wayne Oratorio Society offering not to be missed! .

Soloists:
Melanie Sarakatsannis, soprano
David Price, tenor
Mark Hightower, bass

When: April 18 & 19, 2026 (7:30 PM)
* Plan to arrive early for optimal parking and seating

Where: Wayne Presbyterian Church. 125 E. Lancaster Ave. Wayne, PA 19087

FREE CONCERT | Free-Will Offering Taken

Artwork: Plants Native to North America in Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Artist: Marcia Jones (Philadelphia, PA)

04/07/2026

The beautiful, majestic hymns of Easter

- Jesus Christ is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN)
- Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain (ST. KEVIN)
- Christ is Alive! (TRURO)

02/16/2026

CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Due to the 2/22 Cancellation, The Villanova University Chorale will now sing as a choral prelude to the Main Line Symphony Subscription Concert on 2/27 at Bryn Mawr Pres.

Tickets for 2/27 available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlso-gustav-holst-the-planets-and-lyric-movement-for-viola-and-orchestra-tickets-1641725227349?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you had already purchased tickets, please check email for information.
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Original Concert Description:
Celestial Horizons: Bruckner, Pärt, and Holst – The Planets takes you from sacred stillness to cinematic sound. Experience luminous choral works by Anton Bruckner and Arvo Pärt, followed by the epic, immersive power of The Planets by Gustav Holst.

From quiet intensity to surround-sound grandeur, this is music as space, motion, and energy—live.

📍 Wayne Presbyterian Church (2 miles from campus)�🗓 Sunday, February 22 | 6PM�✅ ACS Cultural Event Credit�🎟 Tickets + ACS Reservations: link in bio

An easy trip. A powerful experience.