Music at FUMC, Baton Rouge

04/24/2026

This Sunday!

Join us this Sunday for a free LSU Faculty Recital featuring Boyd Professor and celebrated pianist Willis Delony.

A celebrated classical and jazz crossover artist, Delony will present a wide-ranging program featuring Rachmaninov, Stephen Beck, Ginastera, Copland, Dello Joio, Barber, Joe Makholm, Delony’s own *Butterfly Room*, and Bernstein’s “Some Other Time.”

Sunday, April 26
4:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge
Free admission

Spend your Sunday afternoon with beautiful piano music performed by one of LSU’s distinguished faculty artists.

Music at FUMC, Baton Rouge

04/21/2026

ANNOUNCING a brand new, high energy week immersed in music, drumming, art, and recreation at First United Methodist Church Music Camp!

June 8-11 from 9am-3pm for Rising 1st-6th Graders.

Registration is filling up fast at fumcbr.org/MusicCamp

04/16/2026

Join us in the Sanctuary on Sunday, April 26 at 4:00 p.m. as Pianist and LSU Boyd Professor Willis Delony presents selections from his latest album "Standards and Improvisations - Music by Joe Makholm," along with a special performance of "Impromptu Variations (After Chopin)" by LSU colleague Stephen Beck. Also featured will be music by Rachmaninov, Samuel Barber, Joni Mitchell and more. Invite a friend for this free concert!

04/14/2026

Celebrate and share the exuberant joy of the Easter season with "Love's Redeeming Work Is Done" by Tom Trenney. Alleluia!

02/23/2026

Join us Monday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m. as we welcome the LSU School of Music Horn Studio and their professor, Johanna Yarborough, performing in a recital.

This recital features Hope Ayers, Payton Jackson, and Luke Hebert as they prepare to compete in the solo competition at the Southeast Horn Workshop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Professor Johanna Yarbrough, Assistant Professor of Horn, will perform repertoire she is presenting at the workshop. Free and open to the public.

02/04/2026

We are proud to host LSU School of Music Assistant Professor of Trombone, Arie VandeWaa, in recital on Tuesday, February 10 at 7 p.m.
The program, accompanied by Jeong-Eun Lee, Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano, will include works for tenor and bass trombone by Saint-Saens, Brian Nabors, Megumi Kanda, Elizabeth Raum, and more.

12/22/2025

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Share with a friend as we proclaim Christ's birth!
You are invited to Christmas Eve Worship on Wednesday, 12/24 at 11:00 a.m., 2:00, 4:00, or 6:00 p.m.

Sussex Carol - arr. Barlow Bradford

12/19/2025

You are invited to The Longest Night Service on Sunday, December 21 at 7:00 p.m. as we honor the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This contemplative, candlelit service offers healing, hope, and encourgament to persons who have had a difficult year and to all of us who have unspoken concerns and needs.

"I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light" arr. Dan Forrest

12/13/2025

Tomorrow is the big day!

12/12/2025

We are excited to share beautiful music of the season this Sunday. Be sure to invite a friend!

12/03/2025

As we enter the four week season of Advent (derived from the Latin "adventus" or "coming"), we eagerly await the birth of Christ who's love frees us from sin and earthly strife.

11/24/2025

Enjoy this musical meditation on the beloved hymn, "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by Tom Trenney, sung by Chelsey Geeting.
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