Abendmusik
2024-2025 Concert Season
Community Sing: G. F. Handel's Messiah
Sunday, December 1 at 4:00 p.m.
“Hallelujah!” First-Plymouth’s new Associate Minister of Music, Jeremy Roberts, makes his Abendmusik debut as conductor of Lincoln’s annual community sing. Lift your voice to celebrate the season!
A fundraiser for Lincoln Literacy
Co-sponsored by Frederick & Margaret Rickers with the support of Joe & Jeanette Adams and Lowell & Jane Nickolaus
Fear Not . . . For Behold!
Christmas with Abendmusik
Sunday, December 15 at 6:00 p.m. (livestreamed and in-person) and
Monday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. (in-person only)
Experience the wonder of the Christmas story and hear the comforting message of the angels, sung by the Plymouth Choir, accompanied by the Plymouth Ringers and Abendmusik Orchestra.
A fundraiser for Lincoln Littles
Co-sponsored by Mike Fultz & Linda Schwartzkopf Fultz, Cary & Debbie Wheeland in honor of Lorraine (Lou) Lau, and Dr. Andrew F. & Elizabeth U. Thompson in honor of their daughter Anne Thompson, MD, MPH, with the support of Denny & Arlene Van Horn and Cindy & Chad Mohr.
New Year's Eve Last Blast
Tuesday, December 31 at 7:00 p.m.
Ring in the New Year with the Plymouth Brass and Plymouth Ringers who welcome you to a festive celebration of toe-tapping marches and holiday classics to greet 2025!
A fundraiser for Cause Collective
Sponsored by the Ruth Marie Amen Performing Arts Fund
Co-sponsored by Chuck & Mary Ann Erickson and the Levick Legacy Society with the support of Rosalind Carr
My Funny Valentine
an Abendmusik fundraiser
Friday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Online only - tickets required
Enjoy Valentine’s Day in the comfort of your own home with entertainment from Tom Trenney and the Great American Songbook and with a gourmet meal from Chef au Chef delivered right to your door. Won’t you be Abendmusik’s valentine?
The Crossing: Three-time Grammy Award-winning chamber choir, conducted by Donald Nally
Sunday, February 16 at 4:00 p.m.
The Crossing is a three-time Grammy Award-winning professional chamber choir. Conducted by Donald Nally, the ensemble is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing in choir, and listening to music for choir.
featuring the Union Adventist University’s Unionaires
A fundraiser for Tabitha Meals on Wheels
Sponsored by Dr. Jim & Betsy Bobenhouse and Robert McMaster & Maureen Ose with livestream support from Dr. Pamela F. Starr
The Crossing is represented exclusively by Alliance Artist Management, 579 West 215th Street, #2B. New York, NY 10034.
I Believe: Choral Music by Black composers
Sunday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Honoring Black History Month, The Plymouth Choir, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Choir join together with guest conductor Anton Armstrong in Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass, Margaret Bonds’ Credo, and a collection of spirituals. Featured soloists include Nicole Greenidge Joseph and Justin Payne.
A fundraiser for Bridges to Hope
Sponsored by Ray & Carolyn Zeisset with the support of Fern Adams, Alan & Pat Riggins, and Lois Thomas
Youth Masterworks Festival: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré
Monday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m.
More than two hundred high school singers and instrumentalists from across Lincoln collaborate to perform one of the most cherished choral/orchestral masterpieces of all time. The young musicians will be led by Anton Armstrong, conductor of the renowned St. Olaf Choir.
A fundraiser for Lighthouse
Sponsored by Dr. John H. Casey, Dr. Pamela F. Starr, and Susan Sehnert Stuart
Mozart's Requiem
Sunday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was only 35 when he became ill while composing a funeral mass. Though left unfinished, the Requiem is a work of overwhelming power—at once intensely dramatic and deeply personal. Join the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir and the Abendmusik Chorus and Orchestra for a preview of a performance they will take to Prague in June 2025.
A fundraiser for Community CROPS
Co-sponsored by Phyllis Martin Owen with the support of Foster Collins, Jr., Mike & Diane Dinnel, and Nebraska Wesleyan University
Thanks to these generous sponsors, Abendmusik’s 2024-2025 concert season is offered free, as a gift to the community, both in-person at First-Plymouth Church and online.
Jon & Joan Michelsen
Matthew & Ann Finkner
Lorraine Beadell Love
Rhonda Seacrest
Estate of Norma Somerheiser
Conant Family Endowment
Dr. John H. Casey
All Abendmusik programs, services, and activities are operated in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need a special accommodation as a result of a disability, please call Lydia Fry at (402) 476-9933 at least 30 days prior to the event to assure that we can meet your needs.
Enjoy these 2023-2024 Abendmusik season concerts courtesy of our generous season sponsors
Youth Masterworks Festival
Thanks to these generous season sponsors, Abendmusik’s 2023-24 concert season was offered free — as a gift to the community — both in person at First-Plymouth Church and online at abendmusik.org:
Special Abendmusik presentation of the May 2022 50th Anniversary Gala Concert.
Available Wednesday, August 2 at 7 PM