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Free @ 3 Concert Series
The Free @ 3 Concert Series is held on various Sunday afternoons at 3:00 in the sanctuary of the First Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan. These concerts are open to the public and are free of charge.
First Reformed Church was founded in 1847 when immigrants from the Netherlands built a log church in what is now Pilgrim Home Cemetery. The present building on the corner of 26th and State streets was built in 1962 and houses a thriving musical congregation. The sanctuary boasts a beautiful Mason & Hamlin grand piano which is used in many of the Free @ 3 concerts. It is also the home to a four manual, 39 rank, 1962 Casavant/Rodgers pipe organ. The chancel was remodeled in 2013 in part to accommodate the various musical groups which perform on the Free@3 series.
Please check out our schedule of concerts and plan to attend as many as you can.
Click here to find out how you can make a donation to help us to continue providing these high quality concerts.
First Reformed Church was founded in 1847 when immigrants from the Netherlands built a log church in what is now Pilgrim Home Cemetery. The present building on the corner of 26th and State streets was built in 1962 and houses a thriving musical congregation. The sanctuary boasts a beautiful Mason & Hamlin grand piano which is used in many of the Free @ 3 concerts. It is also the home to a four manual, 39 rank, 1962 Casavant/Rodgers pipe organ. The chancel was remodeled in 2013 in part to accommodate the various musical groups which perform on the Free@3 series.
Please check out our schedule of concerts and plan to attend as many as you can.
Click here to find out how you can make a donation to help us to continue providing these high quality concerts.
Our 2018-2019 Concert Series
continues on December 2!
continues on December 2!
An Advent Organ Recital
3 o'clock - sunday, December 2, 2018
Richard Van Oss
organist
organist
Organist, Richard Van Oss, will present his 33rd annual Advent Organ Recital on
December 2 as part of the Free@3 concert series at 3:00 P.M. The concert will last about an hour. The program this year will feature Rick playing arrangements of several carols including Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and We Three Kings. The audience will have a chance to sing a few carols as well. The program will include a few pieces written in a jazz organ style and will conclude with Louis Vierne’s famous Carillon de Westminster. Invite your family, neighbors, and friends to come and enjoy this special afternoon of music celebrating the beginning of the Advent/Christmas season.
December 2 as part of the Free@3 concert series at 3:00 P.M. The concert will last about an hour. The program this year will feature Rick playing arrangements of several carols including Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and We Three Kings. The audience will have a chance to sing a few carols as well. The program will include a few pieces written in a jazz organ style and will conclude with Louis Vierne’s famous Carillon de Westminster. Invite your family, neighbors, and friends to come and enjoy this special afternoon of music celebrating the beginning of the Advent/Christmas season.
~ PROGRAM ~
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem - Michael Burkhardt (b. 1957)
We Three Kings - Marianne Kim (b. 1972)
Joseph est bien Marié - Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727-1799)
Prelude on Arfon - Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938)
Pastorale on The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came - Grimoaldo Macchia (b. 1972)
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice - Marianne Kim
In Dulci Jubilo - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude on the Tune Garten - Raymond H. Haan
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow - Joe Utterbuck (b. 1944)
Jesus, What a Wonderful Child - Joe Utterbuck
Carillon de Westminster - Louis Vierne (1888-1989)
Refreshments will be served in the narthex following the program.
We Three Kings - Marianne Kim (b. 1972)
Joseph est bien Marié - Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727-1799)
Prelude on Arfon - Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938)
Pastorale on The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came - Grimoaldo Macchia (b. 1972)
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice - Marianne Kim
In Dulci Jubilo - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude on the Tune Garten - Raymond H. Haan
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow - Joe Utterbuck (b. 1944)
Jesus, What a Wonderful Child - Joe Utterbuck
Carillon de Westminster - Louis Vierne (1888-1989)
Refreshments will be served in the narthex following the program.
BIO
Richard Van Oss is the organist at First Reformed Church, a position he has held since 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Hope College (1975), where he studied organ with Roger Rietberg, and a Master of Education degree from Grand Valley State University (2002). He taught in the Ravenna Public Schools for 35 years and the Zeeland Public Schools for four years. Rick was one of the founding members of the Holland Area Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). He has performed at organ recitals in various area churches as well as at Hope College. This is the 34th recital of Advent and Christmas music he has presented at First Reformed Church marking the beginning of the Advent season. Rick lives in Holland with his wife Cheryl, and together they are the parents of two grown children, Jon (Bethany) and Kate (Brad).
The Free@3 Concert Series
is funded by gifts and grants from Lorence & Vander Zwart / (LVZ Advisors)
Holland/Zeeland Community Foundation (David P. Roossien Classical Music Fund)
the Engels Family Endowment Fund, Anonymous Donors, and the Joan Conway Charitable Giving Fund.
Free@3 is, and will remain, a FREE series! However, many audience members
have made contributions in the past, and there have been inquiries
as to the procedure. Checks may be made out and sent to First Reformed Church,
630 State St., Holland, MI 49423, with a designation to Free@3.
Joan Conway is founder/Artistic Director of the Free@3 concerts, which began at the Herrick Library.
is funded by gifts and grants from Lorence & Vander Zwart / (LVZ Advisors)
Holland/Zeeland Community Foundation (David P. Roossien Classical Music Fund)
the Engels Family Endowment Fund, Anonymous Donors, and the Joan Conway Charitable Giving Fund.
Free@3 is, and will remain, a FREE series! However, many audience members
have made contributions in the past, and there have been inquiries
as to the procedure. Checks may be made out and sent to First Reformed Church,
630 State St., Holland, MI 49423, with a designation to Free@3.
Joan Conway is founder/Artistic Director of the Free@3 concerts, which began at the Herrick Library.
