Annual Concerts underwritten by First United Methodist Church featuring the Chancel Choir, Full Orchestra and Soloists benefiting non-profit organizations in the Baton Rouge area. Current concerts include:

Lamar A. Drummonds, Conductor

2002 Benefiting Habitat for Humanity
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in g minor, Opus 117     Joseph Rheinberger
Dr. Richard Webb, Organ

“Hear My Prayer”     Felix Mendelssohn
Patricia O’Neill, Soprano

Choral Fantasy in c minor, Opus 80     Ludwig van Beethoven
Kevin Chance, Piano

2003 Benefiting Hospice of Baton Rouge
Concerto in b minor for Four Violins and Orchestra, Opus 3, No. 10     Antonio Vivaldi
Emil Ivanov, William Kang, Thomas Oswald, Natalie VanBurkleo, Violins

Aria in Classic Style for Harp and Orchestra     Marcel Grandjany
Rebecca Todaro, Harp

Requiem, Opus 48     Gabriel Fauré
Dr. Andrew Whitfield, Baritone ~ Dr. Rachel Harris, Soprano

2004 Benefiting the McMains Children’s Developmental Center
Symphonie Concertante, Opus 81     Joseph Jongen
Dr. Richard Webb, Organ

Laudate Coeli Dominum     Johann Adolf Hasse

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in a minor, Opus 16     Edvard Grieg
Dr. Willis Delony, Piano

2005 Benefiting the Bob Lay Memorial One Thousand Club
“This Is the Day”     Jacob Gallus
“I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me”     Charles Hubert Parry
“How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling-Place”     Johannes Brahms
“Representation of Chaos”     Franz Joseph Haydn  
“The Heavens Are Telling”      Franz Joseph Haydn
“He Watching Over Israel”     Felix Mendelssohn
“Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord”     Felix Mendelssohn
“The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune”     R. Vaughan Williams

2005 Baroque Masterworks
Concerto for Piccolo in C Major, RV 443     Antonio Vivaldi
Rachel Cohen, Piccolo

Cantata “Ich habe genug” BWV 82     Johann Sebastian Bach
Noel Bouley, Baritone
James Ryon, Oboe

Concerto in d minor for Two Violins, BWV 1041     Johann Sebastian Bach
Natalie VanBurlkeo, Batya McAdam-Somer, Violin

2006 Benefiting Parker House
Fantaisie Dialoguée, Opus 35     Léon Boëllmann
Dr. Richard Webb, Organ

Domine, adadjuvandum me festina     Giovanni Battista Martini

“Laudamus te” from Messa di Gloria     Gioacchino Rossini
Tiffany Bostic, Soprano

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43     Sergi Rachmaninoff
Dr. Willis Delony, Piano     

2008 Benefiting Connections for Life
“Versicle” and “Response” from Vespers of 1610     Claudio Monteverdi

Violin Concerto in B flat Major, Opus 4, No. 1     Antonio Vivaldi
Borislava Iltcheva, Violin

Coronation Anthem “Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened”     George Frederic Handel

Concerto for Trumpet in D Major     Franz Xaver Richter
Dr. Brian Shaw, Baroque Trumpet   

Cantata “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir” BWV 29     Johann Sebastian Bach  

2009 Benefiting the Bishop William Hutchinson Scholarship at Centenary College
Symphony No. 5 in D Major, “Reformation”     Felix Mendelssohn

“The Majesty and Glory of Your Name”     Tom Fettke

Grande Polonaise Brillante for Piano and Orchestra     Federic Chopin
Dr. Willis Delony, Piano

“Festive Piece on ‘St. Anne’”     Eugene Butler

Sinfonia and “How Excellent Thy Name” from SAUL     George Fredrick Handel

“Shaker Melody” from Appalachian Spring     Aaron Copland

“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”     Mack Wilberg