In the Spring and early Summer of 2026, St. Luke's embarked on a series of three fundraising concerts to help pay for our "new to us" Grand Piano.
The first concert in the series, Touches of Sweet Harmony, held on April 26th at 4 pm, wove a breath-taking hour of music and spoken word with Mary Byrne (flute), Wendy Stofer (piano), and Genevieve Richards (reader). In the flowing style of a Christmastide “Lessons and Carols,” our Springtime offering celebrated the miracle of music as contemplated by authors of word and manifest by architects of sound. This concert included music by Kristen Stoner, Kent Kennan, Camille Saint-Saëns, Howard Hanson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ian Clarke, Charles Griffes, Georges Enescu, and John Rutter.
The second concert, Her Majesty the Cello, held on May 24th at 7 pm, featured music for cello and piano by Elena Antontceva.
Timeless Tunes, our third concert in the series, was held on Sunday, June 28th at 4 pm. This concert featured soprano, Erika Pryer, and friends singing a repertoire of music from across the stage and through time.
The three concerts raised a total of $2,120 towards our grand piano. Those attending enjoyed these three wonderful concerts!
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Fundraising Concert – “Crowd Pleasers Only!” This popular concert took place on Saturday, September 24th, 2023 at 2:00 pm to raise funds to help offset the repairs for a leaky roof. Admission was by donation, with a suggested donation of $20. Indentifiable donations of $20+ are eligible for a tax receipt. Performers included organists David Palmer and Rosemary Laing, pianists Neala St Hilaire and Naomi Barclay, trumpeter Ben Parker, cellist Elena Antontceva, soprano Erika Pryer and St Luke's Director of Music, Susanne Reul-Zastre.
Concerts have in the past often taken place either in the spring or the fall and featured members of the music ministry team, including the music director, choral scholars, cantors, volunteer musicians from our congregation, and other talented local musicians. Vocal and instrumental repertoire performed at the concerts included sacred, classical, folk, musical theatre and jazz selections of high standard and all concert proceeds benefited the Organ Maintenance Fund and/or the St. Luke's Choral Bursary/Scholar program.
Below you will find links to posters and programmes of recent music ministry fundraising concerts.