Community Concert Series 27th Season

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Emmanuel has welcomed the community to enjoy music in our beautiful sanctuary for decades. Our 27th season opens October 5 and will include five Sunday concerts featuring diverse programs from world-class musicians and regional performers. A dessert reception will be held after each event to meet the performing artists. Find details below and on our EVENTS page.

 

All events are free thanks to our generous sponsors. Thank you to those who have contributed to our past Concert Campaigns! If you would like to support the Concert Series, print the form found at the CONTRIBUTE button below and return by mail, or visit our GIVING page.

 

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2025-2026 Season

Ronn McFarlane

Lute

Sunday, October 5, 2025 • 3 pm

Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane strives to bring the lute -- the most popular

instrument of the Renaissance -- into today’s musical mainstream and make it accessible

to a wider audience. His most recent release, "And So Flows the River" (2023) with Carolyn

Surrick, viola da gamba, features an eclectic blend of Renaissance, Baroque, original music,

hymns, and folk tunes from Ireland, Scotland, England and Sweden. McFarlane will

present a program of Renaissance era music from England and Scotland as well as his

own original compositions. 

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115th Annual Carol Sing

A Hanover Tradition

Sunday, December 14, 2025 • 7 pm

​Join in this Christmas carol singalong, with stories of the carols narrated by

Steve McKonly and Landy Grimm, and accompanied by a live 30-piece community

orchestra. This event will be livestreamed on YouTube.

View the 2024 Carol Sing recording HERE.

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Beijing Guitar Duo

Classical Guitar

Sunday, March 15, 2026 • 3 pm

Guitarists Meng Su and Yameng Wang made their New York debut in Carnegie Hall in 2010 and launched their international concert career. The duo has performed around the world in halls such as the Concertgebouw, Palau de Musica, Tchaikovsky Hall and the National Theatre in Beijing. Their debut CD, "Maracaípe," received a Latin Grammy

nomination for the title piece.

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John Samuell

Piano

Sunday, April 19, 2026 • 3 pm

Aged 13, John Samuell is a pianist, organist, harpsichordist and composer, who began his musical

studies at age 9. In 2025 he won the 8th Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition (ages 28 and

under category). He currently studies composition, counterpoint, orchestration, improvisation and

music analysis with Dr. Bohdan Syroyid. He will present a program of Mozart, Chopin and Brahms. 

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Westminster Ringers

Handbell Choir

Sunday, May 3, 2026 • 3 pm

The gifted musicians of the Westminster Ringers play advanced handbell repertoire at the highest possible level of musical sensitivity and technical clarity. The ensemble performs throughout the East Coast and plays Malmark Handbells, Choirchimes and Cymbells along with assorted percussion instruments.

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