Central Presbyterian Church Denver

Wild Beautiful Orchestra presents Into the Spotlight: Composers of Color
2023-03-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Wild Beautiful Orchestra presents Into the Spotlight: Composers of Color
Saturday, March 11 from 7:30-9:00pm
Tickets $25 general admission, $10 students (under 25) on Eventbrite
Join us for a deep dive into the music of three exceptional composers! Silvestre Revueltas was arguably Mexico’s greatest composer, known for his musical humor and extraordinarily vivid sound-painting (bringing the sounds of the jungle to the concert stage!) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was a reclusive genius of Parsi/English heritage who developed a unique blend of Impressionist and exotic influences through the virtuosic language of Late Romanticism. Tania Léon is a composer from Cuba who recently received the Kennedy Center Honors; always writing music which bristles with energy, she collaborates with dance troupes and conducts orchestras across the globe from Harlem to Bangkok.
Each composer is represented by vocal works (accompanied by piano or chamber orchestra) and instrumental quintets. The vocal works set poetry about race relations in Mexico, forbidden love between men in the Renaissance, an invocation to a swamp goddess, the secret life of cats, and…the love songs of frogs?? The instrumental pieces express the wildly different personalities of their creators: Revueltas makes fun of modern music, Sorabji evokes the ornate complexity of Persian tapestries, and Léon takes us on an exuberant ride.
The Wild Beautiful Orchestra is a musical collective established in 2019 to perform the most exciting music from diverse traditions. This concert features an 18-person chamber orchestra of freelance professionals conducted by Taylor Gonzales with four guest vocalists: Andrew Garland (CU-Boulder), Daniela Guzmán-Égüez (Regis Unviersity), Zoë Spangler and Natacha Cóndor Guevara. For more information, please visit wildbeautifulorchestra.org.

Choir Rehearsal
2023-03-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-05 17:00 - 18:30, 2023-04-05 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-26 19:00 - 20:30 and 1 more date | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Please join us at 7pm upstairs in the choir room to meet new friends, learn to use your voice and worship together. All are welcome and nursery is available upon request.
Email Charis Smith, Music Director, with any questions, charis@centraldenver.com.
See you there!

Men's Retreat with Tim Mooney
2023-03-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Coming Home to Ourselves: Traversing the Pathways of Surrender and Rebellion
Our development as human beings is not like climbing a staircase, each step, a step up into a fuller sense of being. It’s more like building a little one bedroom home, tearing most of it down and building a two bedroom two bath, and tearing most of that down to build a three bedroom with two baths and a hot tub, and so on. The building up and the tearing down are necessary. We transcend who we once were, and if we do it well, we include the good parts of the previous “home” we call our self. The tools of our tearing down and building up are surrender and rebellion. But what kind of surrender and rebellion, and to what we surrender and rebel against, determines who we become. Together we will explore how we all fall apart, and how we fall together, so we might truly be at home.
The cost for participants is $30. Lunch is included. Please mail checks to church with “Men’s Retreat” in memo line, or drop off payment at church.
To register, they email Molly Brown:molly@centraldenver.com. Scholarships are available upon request.

Tim Mooney, former Parish Associate at Central, now living the dream of being an artist, a musician, and a vagabond when he’s not worrying about his mother still driving at 93 years of age, living alone, and deciphering her swings between joyful independent living, and anxious longing for more community and fewer responsibilities for house and yard.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-03-19 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Pastor Louise’s message: Seeking IV: What Do You Know?
Organ solo: What Wondrous Love Is This, arr. J. Dixon; Cynthia Choi, organ

FFC: On the Wisdom Path Lent Series: "Rediscovering Mary Magdalene and the Heart of Christianity"
2023-03-19 11:45 - 13:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
“The Path of Conscious Love”
Series by Pastor Louise Westfall and Alfredo Kemm. Five Sunday classes, 11:45am in Collier Chapel; film screen on Palm Sunday.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-03-26 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Guest Preacher Bethany Peerbolte
Seeking (5): Our Tapestry of Life
Choral anthem: Agnus Dei by Greg Gilpin; Paul Falk, piano

FFC: On the Wisdom Path Lent Series: "Rediscovering Mary Magdalene and the Heart of Christianity"
2023-03-26 11:45 - 13:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
“In Memory of Her”
Series by Pastor Louise Westfall and Alfredo Kemm. Five Sunday classes, 11:45am in Collier Chapel; film screen on Palm Sunday.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-04-02 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Pastor Louise’s message: Seeking (6): In Remembrance of Her
Choir Anthem: Festival Sanctus, Paul Falk, piano

FFC: On the Wisdom Path Lent Series: "Rediscovering Mary Magdalene and the Heart of Christianity"
2023-04-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Palm Sunday Movie: “Mary Magdalene” (2018, starring Rooney Mara)
Series by Pastor Louise Westfall and Alfredo Kemm.

Ensemble Charité presents "Das Lied von der Erde"
2023-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Ensemble Charité will be offering Arnold Schoenberg’s chamber version of Gustav Mahler’s late masterpiece Das Lied von der Erde, conducted by Michelle DeYoung, and featuring Colorado’s own star tenor, Matthew Plenk and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung.
Ticket proceeds will benefit NEW GENESIS

Michelle DeYoung, Artistic and Executive Director

“Ensemble Charité is a not-for-profit organization with both charitable and musical ambitions. The concept is to perform concerts, most of which I will conduct, of different size ensembles depending on the repertoire, including full chamber orchestra, string quartets, or string chamber orchestras. There will be a mix of professional leadership, and pre-professionals gaining experience. The orchestra and overhead of the performances will be funded by donations. The concerts will take place in the cities of the chosen charity, and will optimize for using local musicians. 100% of the ticket proceeds will go to the charity. Eventually, we would like to have concerts all over the world, raising money for a variety of charitable organizations.”

Arvada West High School Spring Choir Concert
2023-04-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
The Arvada West Choral Music program has established itself as having one the premiere programs in the United States with an invitation to perform at the 2017 National ACDA Conference in Minneapolis. Numerous choirs have also been selected to perform at CMEA conferences in the past several years (the top state honor for high school ensembles) – including 10 appearances since 2009. The choirs also consistently receive straight “Superior” ratings at festivals and competitions.
AWest choirs have performed in numerous cities and prestigious venues across the United States, including Los Angeles, New York City (Carnegie Hall), Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center), and Chicago (Orchestra Hall) – and have traveled internationally, performing High Mass at the Basilicas of St. Peter’s Rome and St. Mark’s Venice.

Denver Philharmonic Orchestra: Wild Wild West
2023-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
April 8, we welcome back Principal Guest Conductor Mark Mast to the Queen City of the Plains with a hearty howdy! Two nuggets kick off the evening — Variations on a Cowboy Tune by colorful Coloradan Cecil Effinger, trailed by Tom Taylor’s bluegrass lark, Big Basin Breakdown. We ride off into the sunset with Johannes Brahms’ first symphony — a work that took two decades to wrangle but left the composer ridin’ high in the saddle.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-04-09 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Pastor Louise’s message — Seeking (7): Found!
Prelude and Postlude: Denver Brass
Choir Anthem: Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise! arr. by Dan Forrest with Denver Brass and Paul Falk, piano

Firebird Fine Arts Tours
2023-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
A Benefit Concert for Central Visitation Program featuring the West Windsor Plainsboro High School North choir, band and orchestra and members of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra

Denver Pops Orchestra: On Music's Wings
2023-04-15 16:00 - 17:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Our final concert of the season will be an event you won’t soon forget. We are joining with the talented musicians of the Colorado Choir, directed by Kelly Parmenter, and talented young musicians from three area middle school choirs in a truly amazing musical extravaganza. The prolific American composer, Peter Boyer, created a magnificent piece to celebrate music that includes orchestra, adult choir, youth choir and soloists that demonstrates the power of music and it’s intrinsic value as it inspires us in spite of our challenges. Get your tickets early for this one and bring your friends; it will be a grand finale to a wonderful season of great music from the Denver Pops.
The Denver Pops Orchestra is a community-based nonprofit organization that has been serving up great music in metro Denver for over 40 years. The 65+ members who volunteer their time and talents represent a variety of ages and vocations. The ensemble aims to serve Denver area communities through performances of familiar music, including a wide range of music from light classical and symphonic to operatic movements, Broadway and movie tunes to dance band and pops compositions. The Denver Pops perform regularly from August through May, offering a variety of concerts, formal dances, benefits, and special events.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-04-16 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Guest Preacher Rev. Evan Amo
Faith Refined by Doubt: John 20:19-31
Special Music from our soprano and mezzo section leaders, Elizabeth Mirandi and Bella Mallo; Paul Falk, piano

Storytelling Workshop with Bethany Peerbolte
2023-04-16 11:45 - 13:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Please join us in the East Classroom after worship for this multi-generational storytelling worship, facilitated by Lauren Kenney Berv and featuring Bethany Peerbolte, the TikTok minister.

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-04-23 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Guest Preacher Rev. Jim Kirk from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Choir Anthem: Look at The World, John Rutter; Paul Falk piano, Roger Jensen organ

Colorado Repertory Singers
2023-04-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Evening Light: An Educational Collaboration

Friday, April 28, 7:30pm
Central Presbyterian Church
Starting in 2016, CRS has collaborated each spring with special guests from area high schools in the hopes of connecting generations by creating powerful music together.
We are thrilled to present two masterwork selections this April that each hold a special place in our hearts. Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was our first educational collaboration in 2016. Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, was canceled just one day before its ill-fated date in March 2020. We look forward to bringing both selections to the stage with singers young and old for a truly transformative experience.
Tickets on sale on April 3, 2023
www.coloradorepertorysingers.org

Worship at Central Presbyterian Church
2023-04-30 10:30 - 23:30 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Pastor Louise’s message: Generous Shepherd — John 10:1-10
Anthem: He Watching Over Israel — F. Mendelssohn; Cynthia Choir, organ

Journaling Workshop with Lauren Berv
2023-04-30 11:45 - 13:00 | Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO, United States
Please join us in the East Classroom for a multi-generational Journaling Workshop with Lauren Kenney Berv.

Denver Pops Orchestra with Mike Massé and the Rubber Souls
2023-05-05 19:30 - 21:00 | CO
Mike Massé and the Rubber Souls will join the Denver Pops Orchestra to light up the stage with some of the classic Beatles songs including “Got to Get You into My Life”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Hey Jude” and much more. Mike is an internationally acclaimed acoustic classic rock cover artist, with a widely viewed YouTube channel (over 55 million channel views). His epic performances of acoustic classic rock covers have been a sensation on his YouTube channel and this collaboration with Denver Pops Orchestra will excite young and old alike as we take a trip down memory lane.
