Music, Gettysburg

11/08/2025

The Carlisle Brass Band will round out our Summerfest at 6 PM on Sunday, Aug. 17. This great group, carrying on the 19th century tradition of town bands, will bring their exuberance and superb musicality back to the outdoor pavilion on the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary, near the corner of Springs Ave and Seminary Ridge. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic, and pets for a free evening of great tunes! If weather dictates, the event will move to the seminary chapel.

And mark your calendars for the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, coming at 6 PM (note that time) on Sun., Sept. 7.

04/08/2025

Summerfest continues at 6 PM, Sunday, August 10 with Dearest Home. This beloved group will bring authenticity and originality in perfect harmony to a free concert on the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary. Bring your lawn chair, blanket, picnic, and pets to the corner of Springs Avenue and Seminary Ridge for an evening of Traditional Appalachian, Old Time, American, and Celtic and English Folk Music. If weather forces us, we'll move the concert to the friendly confines of the seminary chapel (no need for chairs or blankets, then, and you'll have to leave your picnic at home with your pets!).

28/07/2025

Our Summerfest continues on Sunday, August 3 at 6 PM with the swingingest music this side of heaven, Generations Big Band. Bring your lawn chairs and a picnic for this free concert,, held outdoors on the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary, near the corner of Seminary Ridge and Springs Avenue. If bad weather threatens, we'll move indoors to the chapel, but it's still wonderful and still free!

27/07/2025

Breaking News!! Due to impending thunderstorms, the Buzz Jones Sextet concert at 6 PM today (July 27) has been moved to the chapel. Safe, cool, and just as wonderful!

21/07/2025

We're back!! Summerfest starts on Sunday, July 27 at 6 PM with the Buzz Jones Jazz Sextet. This great group will perform works by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael and many others (including Buzz himself). Because of impending thunderstorms, this free concert has been moved to the chapel on the Gettysburg campus of United Lutheran Seminary.

We'll present concerts each of the following Sundays as well (outdoors, we hope!):
August 3 -- Generations Big Band
August 10 -- Dearest Home
August 17 -- Carlisle Brass Band

04/05/2025

"Stylistically refined" "electrifying" and "brilliant." That's how the Washington Post describes violinist Peter Sirotin, who'll be joining the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra for a free concert at 4 PM on Sun, May 11 at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. Under the baton of Ryan Kozak, they'll present Sibelius' Violin Concerto, as well as Dvorak's 5th Symphony. An amazing way to celebrate Mothers Day and spring!

21/04/2025

The Gettysburg Children's Choir and Chorale will return to the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary at 4 PM on Sunday, April 27. Directed by Kyle Weary, this group has built a national reputation for skill and energy, performing lively and moving music from around the world. The concert, presented by Music, Gettysburg! is free and open to all, and will include a free will offering for the benefit of the Choir.

05/04/2025

Solemn Vespers for Passion Sunday, 7:30 PM on April 13 at the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. You'll get to pray and sing, but also to meditate as the Schola Cantorum, led by Stephen P. Folkemer, will provide pieces inspired by the Passion of Christ. The centerpiece is a masterful, rarely performed early Baroque setting of the Passion according to St. John. What a glorious way to kick off Holy Week!

15/03/2025

Elizabeth Asmus and Cathy Elkiss will be bringing music for harp and organ to the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary at 4 PM on Sunday, March 23. This free concert will include music by Bach, Handel, and Debussy. The two will also be joined by string players from the York Symphony for pieces by Respighi, Mahler, and William Grant Stills. A heavenly opportunity to hear magnificent musicians on magnificent instruments!!

02/02/2025

On Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4 PM, Music, Gettysburg! will present a free concert by the Bardin-Niskala Duo. This performance by the piano/cello duo will be one of the most unusual and riveting we've ever hosted. The talented pair will perform music they commissioned from composers around the world, based on the musical traditions of the composers' own lands (from Venezuela to Hawai'i, Japan to Haiti). Each piece will be preceded by a video of the composer talking about the piece. Join these talented young artists in this free concert, open to all. And, yes, it's taking place on a Saturday, in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary, so you can still watch the Big Game on Sunday!

Concerts are free and open to the public, thanks to support from United Lutheran Seminary, from businesses, and from many individuals.

20/01/2025

Celebrate the world's most beloved poet on Friday, January 24 at 7:30 in the Gettysburg chapel of United Lutheran Seminary. Robert Burns Night returns, with Jeffrey Greenawalt channeling the Bard of Ayrshire and Cormorant's Fancy providing Scottish dances and settings of his songs. The evening will conclude with a reception featuring haggis! Free and open to all, of course.

15/01/2025

We regret that the Essence of Joy concert scheduled for Saturday, January 18 has been cancelled. We regret even more that the reason for the cancellation is the death of the Anthony Leach, the director of Essence of Joy. That death is a musical and personal loss to many of us, and to his students and friends in particular. Rest eternal grant him, O Lord!