Community Concert Series 

Russell McKinney, Managing Director

First Pres has been a community gathering place for over one hundred years. We have had a long tradition of presenting concerts for the community.  In our renovated sanctuary we have the flexibility to present music of various kinds in a beautiful building with a warm acoustic. Our goal is to provide a concert series of diverse music at a low cost for Salt Lake City in the heart of the Avenues, and we want you to join us!

 Sunday, September 28 at 2:30 pm

 Larry Blackburn

First Presbyterian Church's organist in Recital 

First Presbyterian’s virtuoso organist performs an All –Bach Recital including the monumental Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (BWV 582)  and the Prelude and Fugue in D minor  (BWV 565) as well as many other fugues and chorale  settings. A frequent guest organist at Temple Square and the Conference Center, Larry is well known throughout the Wasatch front as a first class organist and collaborative keyboard artist.

Saturday, October 25 at 8:00 pm

Clandestine

Featured concert of FPC's 2008 Ceilidh

This high energy Celtic Band from Texas is the culminating event of the Ceilidh at FPC. Well known in Texas for their full houses at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, the Cactus Cafe in Austin and Poor David's Pub in Dallas, they have toured extensively in the US and had successful stints in Canada and France as well. The four member band features percussionist and singer Emily Dugas, fiddler Gregory McQueen, piper EJ Jones and Al Cofrin on cittern, pipes and vocals.  Have a fine meal in the Pub and then see a wee bit of entertainment in the Kirk!

Sunday, December 7 at 7:00 pm

Utah's Ultimate Trombone Ensemble

Rusell McKinney, Founder and Director

UUTE and UTA continue the tradition of a Christmas concert of a sort that you won’t see anywhere else! Featured at the 2008 International Trombone Festival held this year in Salt Lake City, both groups performed for hundreds of trombonists from around the world to great acclaim. The UUTE Christmas concert has been listed several times in the Salt Lake Tribune’s “Holiday Concert Not to Miss.”  Join us for and hear why!

This project is supported by the Utah Arts Council, with funding from the State of Utah and the national Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art.