MMF Events Calendar
Opportunity for musicians of all levels and abilities to come together in harmony and fellowship. Band and Choir. You will learn some new music and enjoy some old favorites. Workshops, talks, and local tours will be offered.
A concert with the Lititz Moravian Collegium Musicum rounds out this enriching and fulfilling weekend.
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2024 Concerts in Winston-Salem
May 10, June 29, Oct. 25, Oct. 26
2024 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
Please help us stay up-to-date by sending your Moravian music events to erik@moravianmusic.org
Date | Event or Concert | Description |
Feb 3 9:30 / 4:00pm | Band Festival | Reading and learning music, in fellowship. Advent Moravian Church, Fellowship Center, 1514 W. Clemmonsville Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. Starting at 9:30am – morning session, lunch, afternoon session. Moravian Band Festival Concert will be offered at 4:00pm. Free. |
March 3, 7:00pm | Lititz Collegium Musicum | Concert This program includes the “greatest hits” selected from our previous six concerts and works performed on the 1787 Tannenberg pipe organ. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 per student (cash only) and will only be sold at the door beginning at 6 p.m. |
March 12, 5:30pm | MMF Open House | Rescheduled Open House and Reception in Bethlehem! Please come and enjoy light refreshments and meet the new Associate Director of MMF, Kyle Johnston. The MMF leadership invites and welcomes your questions, ideas, and concerns. Come as you are. No RSVP necessary. Tuesday, 5:30-7:00 pm, floating. Moravian Archives, 41 W. Locust St., Bethlehem, PA |
April 6, 11a – 4p | Spring at Bethabara w Moravian Music | Create, Cultivate, Celebrate spring, enjoying Moravian music in the 1788 Gemeinhaus by MMF (organist Susan Bates, Trinity Choir, Brass Band) with Colonial games; petting sheep; 18th cent. craft, and more! Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem, NC. Saturday, April 6, 11am – 4pm. FREE admission! |
April 12, 6:00pm | Talks@AKD | Talk at the Archive K. Davis Center with speaker, Sung Lee. Lecture/Recital: Historic Woodwind Instruments and demonstrations of double reed instruments and styles. |
April 28, 4:00pm | MMF Concert | In All Things, Love. Please join us for a concert featuring the Unitas Chorale. Gwyneth Michel, Director Luke DiGiacinto, Accompanist No ticket required for April 28. A free-will offering will be received. |
May 2 – 30, 1:00pm | Classes | History of Western Music; Baroque. Class taught by Christopher Ogburn, PhD, the Director of Programming and Resident Musicologist When: Thursdays (1:00pm) 5-week class May 2 – 30. Free and open to all ages. Please sign up. |
May 10, 7:00pm | MMF Concert | In All Things, Love. A concert featuring the Moramus Chorale in the home of the 1800 Tannenberg organ, James A. Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 7:00pm Tickets |
June 16, 2:00pm | Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing | West Side Moravian Church, 402 3rd Ave. Bethlehem; 2 – 3:30pm Come join in song, singing old favorites, and learning new hymns! We’ll be singing from the Moravian Book of Worship. Free. |
June 22, 10:30am | Community Chorale Play-Along | College Hill Moravian Church, 72 W. Laurel St. Bethlehem; 10:30a – 12:00pm. Informal. Bring an instrument and a green and/or blue Moravian chorale book and we’ll play our favorite hymns, both old and new. Chorale books will be available for loan or purchase. Free. |
June 24, 5:30pm | Lehigh Valley Shape-Note Sing | Godfrey Daniels (Theater), 7 E 4th St, Bethlehem. Monday, June 24, 5:30 – 8:00p MMF’s Kyle Johnston invites everyone to experience shape-note singing. Come join in a vibrant “Regular” singing with the Lehigh Valley Shape Note Singers! We’ll initially be singing from The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition. Free. |
June 29, 2:15pm | Pre-Concert Talk – Psalm Of Joy | Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D. – speaker; Old Salem Visitor Center. The story of how this ode was created in 1783 in Salem, NC, by Moravian composer, Johann Friedrich Peter. Free. |
June 29, 3:00pm | MMF Concert | Psalm of Joy (Freudenpsalm) The Original 1783 ode, created to celebrate and give thanks to God for peace in the land. Led by the Moramus Chorale Saturday afternoon in the Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC Tickets |
June 30, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Sounds of the Summer Pipe Organ Series 2024 A Sunnyside Star The Zimmer-Lewtak Organ, 1972/2014 Trinity Moravian Church The clear, singing tones of the organ built by Zimmer in 1972 and revoiced and refurbished by Lewtak in 2014. Program presented by Sara Mecum Wood, Jonathan Williams, Nolan Anthony, and Erik Salzwedel, trombone. Free Admittance |
July 9, 7:00pm | Advent-Hopewell Moravian Band | Advent-Hopewell Band Summer Concert; Heritage Woods |
July 11, 7:00pm | Triad Comm. Band | Concert at Rural Hall Moravian. Free. |
July 13, 1:00pm | Moravian Band for the Blueberry Festival | Band instrumentalists wanted! Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem. Community Stage; Saturday, July 13, 1:00-2:00pm Calling all musicians! The Moravian Music Foundation has a spot on the Community Stage at this year’s Blueberry Festival, and we’d like you to be a part of it! Come join us in playing some Moravian Chorales as we share a little about Bethlehem’s Moravian heritage, and the work of the Music Foundation! |
July 14, 7:00pm | Bethlehem Municipal Band | Band Concert, Rose Garden, Bethlehem, PA. Free. |
July 15, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Sounds of the Summer Pipe Organ Series 2024 Something Old and Something New The Noack Organ, Op. 87, 1978 Ardmore United Methodist Church, 680 S. Hawthorne Rd. ardmoreumc.org Hear the richly hued tones of the Noack Organ. Along with beloved solo repertoire for the instrument by Bach and friends, we will hear much newer music influenced by the Baroque and Classical periods. Program presented by Timothy Olsen, Dreama Lovitt, and Russell Stinson. Free Admittance https://www.facebook.com/events/474608221686819/ |
July 16, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Harpsichord Extravagance Susan Bates and Susan Keck Foster. Watson Hall, UNCSA, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC. Free, bring canned goods. |
July 17, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Organ Improvisation & Hymn Festival featuring POE/POI improv teacher Jacqueline Yost. Centenary United Methodist Church, 646 W Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC. Free, bring canned goods. |
July 16, 7:00pm | Advent-Hopewell Moravian Band | Advent-Hopewell Band Summer Concert; Arbor Acres |
July 18, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Organ + Percussion Concert featuring Tim Olsen and Dreama Lovitt plus organist Sarah Kennedy; percussionists from UNCG & NCA&T and conducted by Michael Dodds. West Market St. United Methodist Church, 302 W. Market St., Greensboro, NC. Free, bring canned goods. |
July 18, 7:00pm | Triad Comm. Band | Concert at Grace Baptist Church. Free. |
July 21, 7:00pm | Advent-Hopewell Moravian Band | Advent-Hopewell Band Summer Concert; Hopewell Moravian Church, fellowship hall, Winston-Salem, NC |
July 23, 7:00pm | Advent-Hopewell Moravian Band | Advent-Hopewell Band Summer Concert; Salemtowne |
July 28, 7:00pm | Advent-Hopewell Moravian Band | Advent-Hopewell Band Summer Concert; Friedberg Moravian Church, fellowship hall, Winston-Salem, NC |
July 28, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Sounds of the Summer Pipe Organ Series 2024 A Sweet Surprise The Zimmer Organ, 1971, refurbished 2001 John Farmer Konnoak Hills Moravian Church, 3401 Konnoak Dr, http://www.khmoravian.org/ The charming, dulcet tones of the little Zimmer Organ at Konnoak Hills Moravian. A sweet instrument in a lovely sanctuary! Program presented by Susan Bates, Norma Nifong, and Bill Allred. Free Admittance https://www.facebook.com/events/424009170526022/ |
July 28, 7:00pm | Bethlehem Municipal Band | Band Concert, Rose Garden, Bethlehem, PA. Free. |
Aug. 6, 7:30pm | Salem Band | DISCO & DANCE! Concert, Salem Square in Old Salem With pre-concert music at 6:45 p.m. by the Community Ensemble. FREE |
Aug 11, 7:00pm | Bethlehem Municipal Band | Band Concert, Rose Garden, Bethlehem, PA. Free. |
Aug 12, 7:00pm | Pipe Organ Recital | Sounds of the Summer Pipe Organ Series 2024 Ending at the Beginning The Möller-Zimmer Organ, 1970/2024 First Baptist Church, 501 W. 5th St., www.firstonfifth.org Explore the large, recently reworked organ at First Baptist Church. With a new five-manual console, new stops, refurbished and revoiced pipes, and so much more, we will hear the exciting start of a new age for this instrument. Program presented by Jake Hill, Susan Keck Foster, and John Cummins. Free Admittance https://www.facebook.com/events/887727130063465/ |
Aug 15, 7:30pm | Music@Home | August 15 at 7:30pm in the Saal, Home Moravian Church, 527 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. Music@Home in partnership with Music Carolina, will present: “Of River and Field” Two chamber song cycles: “Little River Songs” by Jennifer Higdon and “Through the Window” by Kenneth Frazelle. Grace Anderson, cello; Andrea Moore, soprano; David Heid, piano Free Admission |
Aug 24, 1:00pm | MMF Talk and Open House | Janelle Davis, Baroque Violinist, Saturday, August 24, at 1:00 pm. Archie K Davis Center, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. Free. |
Aug 23, 7:00pm | Bethlehem Municipal Band | Band Concert, Rose Garden, Bethlehem, PA. Friday. Free. |
Sept 1, 7:00pm | Bethlehem Municipal Band | Band Concert, Rose Garden, Bethlehem, PA. Free. |
Sept 12, 7:00pm | Triad Comm. Band | Concert at Rural Hall Moravian. Free. |
Summer Play Around at New Philadelphia Moravian Church, Wednesdays:
All band instrument players (woodwinds and brass alike – even strings) are invited to come and play with the New Philadelphia Summer Play-Around Band! The band will meet each Wednesday from June 5th until August 28th (with the exception of July 3rd) from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm in the church Fellowship Hall. We will play chorales from the green and blue books that are selected by the players. A different local band leader will direct each night. This is a great opportunity to meet new players, learn a new instrument or part, and keep those lips in shape over the summer. Hope to see you there.
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2023 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
Please help us stay up-to-date by sending your Moravian music events to erik@moravianmusic.org
Date | Event or Concert | Description |
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May 7, 4:00pm | Unitas Chorale | 300 Years of Herrnhut, Christian Gregor, and Beyond, a Unitas concert celebrating the 300th Anniv. of Herrnhut, Germany and birth year of Br. Gregor. Advent Moravian Church, 3730 Jacksonville Rd. Bethlehem, PA. Reception to follow. No ticket required; free-will offering. |
May 11, 12:30pm | Thursday Talk | David Tannenberg and the American Organ; Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D., Director of Programming and Resident Musicologist. This is a precursor to the May 12 concert, with the Tannenberg organ. Archie K Davis Center, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. Free. |
May 12, 7:00pm | MMF Concert | A Celebration of the Tannenberg Organ, Moramus Chorale and soloists, James A. Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 7:00pm (TICKETS) read more> |
July 1, all-day | MMF Event | American Roots, all-day event with musical groups throughout Old Salem; special Shape Note Singing Talk at AKD Center at 10:00am. Free. read more> |
July 1, 10am | Shape Note Workshop | Workshop with Kyle Johnston; participatory with singing FREE. Archie K Davis Ctr, Spaugh Recital Hall, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC |
July 1, 3:00pm | MMF Concert | Psalm of Joy, Moramus Chorale sings the ode from 1783 in celebration of peace. (TICKETS) read more> |
Sept 14, 12:30pm | Thursday Talk | Listening to Lieder with Tyler Smith. MMF, Archie K Davis Center. Free |
Sept 15, 7:00pm | MMF Concert | An Evening of Songs from the Heart, Dr. Bruce Earnest, baritone, and Dr. Tyler Smith, tenor, will present an intimate evening of German Art-Song (Lieder) and Moravian Music celebrating life, love and the journey of faith. Calvary Moravian Church, 600 Holly Ave., Winston-Salem, NC. (TICKETS) read more> |
Sept 24, 8:30am (EDT) 2:30pm (SA) | 4th Unity Brass Festival Concert | Sing Hallelujah! Concert in Jeffrey’s Bay, near Gqeberha, South Africa. We have not heard about live-streaming options, but keep them in your prayers as they Sing Hallelujah! through their instruments. Follow the link for updates. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063536834518 |
Sept 24, 6:00pm | The Vivaldi Project | Viennese Clarinet Quartets and Quintets, presented by Moravian Music Foundation ~ Clarinet Quartet in C min. by C. A. Goepfert (a MMF Collection Holding) ~ Clarinet Quintet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Archie K Davis Center, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. Free. |
October | Moravian Historical Society | Exhibition: Heartstrings; John Antes, America’s First Luthier. Through Oct. 29. 214 East Center St., Nazareth, PA. |
Oct 27, 7:00pm | MMF Concert | The Long Eighteenth Century, Moramus Chorale and orchestra, James A. Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 7:00pm (TICKETS) read more> |
Nov 9, 12:30pm | Thursday Talk | Christopher Ogburn will be leading us in an examination of the origins and markers of the “Classical” style. Why do we call it Classical music? What made this style of music so popular among Moravian composers and musicians? Free. |
Dec 3, 3:00pm | Moravian Historical Society | Thomas Dressler, concert on the 1776 Tannenberg organ. in the Museum. Whitefield House, 214 East Center St., Nazareth, PA. www.moravianhistory.org $10/free for students under 18 |
Dec 5, 7:00pm | Singstunde | CANCELLED German-English Advent Singstunde, Tuesday, 7pm – 8pm; Old Chapel, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA. Free. For this Singstunde Advent and Christmas hymns were chosen, that can be sung in either German or English. |
Dec 10, 11am and 4pm | King Moravian Church | Lessons and Carols, Drake Flynt, Director of Music. 228 W. Dalton Rd., King, NC. Free; offering. |
Dec 14, 12:20pm | Thursday Talks | Christmas Over the Centuries in Salem, Sabrina Garity, Asst. Archivist, will talk about Moravian Christmas Traditions and share archival items such as photographs, ephemera, and documents showcasing how Christmas has been celebrated by Moravians since the settlement of Salem. As always, Talks are FREE and open to all. There will be light refreshments. |
Dec 16, 10am – 8pm | MMF EVENT | CHRISTMASFEST with Moravian Music Foundation. Music, Family Fun, Food & Festivities! read more> |
Dec 16, 7:00pm | MMF Concert | Night of Light Concert, Dec. 16, 2023 (special VIP event), an intimate concert setting at the Archie K Davis Ctr, Spaugh Recital Hall, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. (TICKETS) |