Friends of Music 2025–2026 Season
Friends of Music at Pasadena Presbyterian Church offers an extensive annual series of concerts featuring nationally and internationally known artists, local performers, and PPC's resident ensembles. All programs are open to the public free of charge (a voluntary offering is taken).
Suite and Savory: Suites and Other Delightful Morsels for String Orchestra
A program of pieces for string orchestra, ranging from the serious to the delightful
Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Silent Movie: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) with live organ accompaniment
Timothy Howard plays a new pipe organ accompaniment to this classic film.
Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
81st Annual Candlelight & Carols
“A Pasadena Holiday Tradition for the Whole Family™,” featuring resident and guest musicians of Pasadena Presbyterian Church accompanied by the Friends of Music Orchestra.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Brandon Zhou, organist, and Sean Tang-Wang, pianist
Pianist Sean Tang-Wang and organist Brandon Zhou offer an enticing selection of pieces for piano and organ.
Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Keiju Kollektiv
This recent addition to the Southern California musical scene presents “Tales of the North,” a program of choral music from the Nordic region.
Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
28th Good Friday Devotional Concert: two Requiems
Enjoy Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem and Dan Locklair’s Requiem sung by PPC resident and guest singers with The Friends of Music Orchestra.
Friday, April 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Ensemble VIII: Concerto Rarities
Rarely heard organ concertos by Samuel Barber, Francis Poulenc, William Herschel & Josef Rheinberger.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering
Jazz for the City: Tina Raymond and Friends
Noted jazz drummer Tina Raymond brings some of her best musical friends to cap the Friends of Music season with an evening of jazz.
Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission ~ Voluntary offering