Concert To Honor Black Composers

Black History Month will be celebrated on Friday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster, with a 30-minute organ concert celebrating Black American composers presented by organist Larry Hershey on the vintage 1958 analog Allen organ. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

Selections will include "Introduction: Maestoso" from "First Sonata for Organ" and "Adoration," both by Florence Price; William Grant Still's "Reverie"; and "Toccata on 'Great Day'" by Adolphus Hailstork. The program will conclude with Hershey's transcription of Tom Turpin's "The St. Louis Rag."

The concert is free and open to the community. For more information, contact the church office at 717-397-5149.

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