The Arts at St. John's

Bringing world class musicians to Blue Bell for over 20 years, the Arts at St. John's is pleased to offer the community free concerts four times during the year. The events of the series are free and open to the public. An offering will be received at each concert to support the work of the series.

To request a season brochure and to be added to our mailing list, please call or email the church office at 610-277-1086 or [email protected].

2024 - 2025 Concert Series

Upcoming Concerts

Timberdale Brass
October 13, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Timberdale Brass presents a program filled with tunes that were once familiar and never grow old. Their concerts offer fresh, original covers of the best songs pulled from the earliest days of American jazz, mid-20th century popular music, and favorites from the screens (big and small) of our youth, with a dash of newer gems. The fun they have playing is infectious, and audiences always leave having experienced a musical nostalgia bomb that doesn’t go away.

Eric Schweingruber and Darin Kelly, Trumpets
Karen Schubert, Horn
Paul Arbogast, Trombone
Brian Brown, Tuba
Christopher Hanning, Percussion

French Delights
November 10, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Barbara Jaffe, Violin
Andreia Torain, Violin
Louise Jaffe, Viola
Linda Metzler, Cello
Michael Scheadel, Piano
Maja Lisa Fritzhuspen, Mezzo Soprano

César Franck - Sonata in A Major for Violin & Piano
Claude Debussy - Chansons de Bilitis
Ernest Chausson - Chanson Perpetuelle
Joseph Bologne - Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Lenten Vespers
March 30, 2025 at 7:30 pm

We gather in the evening to sing as part of our Lenten pilgrimage. Join us for an expanded setting of Evening Prayer with additional choral works by Alice Parker, Zebulon Highben, Johannes Brahms and Max Reger’s chorale cantata O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (O Sacred Head Now Wounded) for Soloists, Choir, Organ, Violin and Oboe.

Stephen Rapp, Organ
Barbara Jaffe, Violin
Erin Banholzer, Oboe

The Springtime of the Year
May 4, 2025 at 4:00 pm

Barbara Jaffe, Violin
Andreia Torain, Violin
Louise Jaffe, Viola
Linda Metzler, Cello
Elise Auerbach, Piano
Erin Banholzer, Oboe
Robert Laird, Tenor

Herbert Howells - Fantasy String Quartet
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Merciless Beauty, On Wenlock Edge, and Six Studies in English Folksong
Arnold Bax - Quintet for Oboe and Strings