2025-2026 Season Schedule
Sunday, October 12, 4:00pm
Mainstreet Brass
Mainstreet Brass formed in 1986, inspired by a musical camaraderie, a passion for brass quintet literature and performance, and a goal to present interesting and entertaining music to its audiences. A “unique and talented quintet that is willing to take risks,” the ensemble has performed for enthusiastic crowds at concert series throughout the Midwest, East Coast and the U.K. An MSR Classics recording artist, Mainstreet Brass actively commissions and publishes arrangements and new literature from established and emerging composers.
Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm
Abington Symphony Orchestra with Timothy Schwarz, violin
Mendelssohn’s poetic melodies capture the ear and imagination in this brilliant program featuring long-time collaborator Timothy Schwarz with the Abington Symphony Orchestra and John Sall in the Violin Concerto in D Minor.
Sunday, December 14, 4:30pm & 7:00pm
Christmas by Candlelight
Gather in candlelight to hear and sing carols and anthems that point our hearts toward the light and love reflected in the music of Christmas. Children and Youth Choirs join the Oratorio Choir together with organ and the Abington Symphony Orchestra in a beloved annual program.
Sunday, January 25, 12:30 pm
Children’s Concert
Abington Symphony Orchestra
Bring a picnic lunch at 11:30 for a community “winter picnic” inside the church’s Parish Hall with a blanket on the floor (or at a table). Then enjoy this joyful and nostalgic program perfect for introducing young listeners to the orchestra, evocative music, and the story of Tubby the Tuba with the Abington Symphony Orchestra from the stage. Time for personal visits with players and an “instrument petting zoo” with close-up views will follow.
February, Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon
AGO Organ Recitals
Area organists offer noon recitals through the month of February. Take a musical lunch break and find old favorites and new inspirations. February 3, 10, 17 and 24.
Sunday, February 22, 3:00pm
Zen Shakuhachi – the Living Tradition
with Grandmaster Cornelius Boots
Shakuhachi is an ancient form of vertical bamboo flute closely associated with Japanese Zen Buddhism. Concert/Meditation programs crafted and presented by internationally renowned composer-performer Cornelius Boots feature traditional Buddhist devotional repertoire (or “honkyoku”) sharing the program with original blues compositions in and arrangements of John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee theme music and more. This music is a transmission of the power and vitality of the breath as it both emerges from and connects us to Nature.
Sunday, March 22, 4:00pm
Annual Memorial Concert: The Creation by Haydn
Awe is a powerful starting point for personal connections and shared memory. The Memorial Concert delights in the beauty of Haydn’s Creation, evoking a wonder-filled view of our humanity within the beauty of the world in this classic oratorio for chorus, orchestra, and soloists.
Friday, May 1, 7:30pm
Dalí Quartet
The Dalí Quartet, acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon, makes a celebrated return to MAA. The Dalí Quartet was Chamber Music America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year adding to a growing list of awards and residencies. Trained by world-renowned artists, members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the US, with degrees from esteemed institutions including the New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Juilliard, Indiana University, and the Simón Bolivar Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela. The quartet is based in Philadelphia, PA.
Friday, May 15, 7:30pm
Abington Symphony Orchestra
with the Oratorio Choir
“Unaccompanied” is an immigration themed solo performance project featuring newly commissioned works by immigrant and first-generation American composers. Although it can be difficult to have meaningful conversation about immigration, the issues touch all of our families. Eguchi has invited composers to put some of their personal story into sound asking, “What does YOUR American-ness sound like?” The cello gives metaphorical voice to each story, and insight into ourselves and our shared humanity. The performance will include opportunity for community conversations with the audience, performer, and visiting composers.
Sunday, June 7, 7:00pm
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project
Ben Rosenblum brings award-winning, genre-bending compositional style to the Nebula Project, a six-piece jazz ensemble. With the Nebula Project, the pianist/accordionist creates truly global music, drawing from influences as diverse as Brazilian forró, Irish reels and jigs, Bulgarian folkloric songs, Dominican merengue and Middle Eastern rhythms, combining them with an extensive rooting in American jazz and traditional music. Rosenblum leans on personal experiences working with master musicians from around the world to write explorative, emotional, narrative-driven compositions.
Music at Abington was founded in 1972 by G. Stanley Powell. As a concert series, Music at Abington brings outstanding professional musical programming to the Abington community for free. The series has grown to include annual features of solo and chamber music, choral and instrumental programs, children’s concerts and other unique programs all supported through free-will donations and patrons of the concert series. Music at Abington builds community relationships by offering childcare and public receptions at its programs, and it celebrates and features the community-based ensembles of Abington Presbyterian Church: the Abington Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir in orchestral programs and combined choral works. The purpose of Music at Abington is to bring quality musical opportunities to the APC and Abington communities and through collaboration and musical excellence to “glorify God and refresh the soul” (-J. S. Bach).
All events are in-person and available at Music at Abington’s YouTube channel HERE for those unable to join us in person.
Join us in-person or online for our 54th Season of programs! All programs are presented for free to the public (donations are gratefully received). If you are interested to continue and further our mission you can support MAA as a patron by linking to the donations page and indicating a gift in the box for Music at Abington. If you would like to include an honorary or memorial note in our annual memorial concert program indicate this in the “notes” box for online giving.
“Unaccompanied” June 1, 7:00pm: a concert exploration of immigration and AmericannessMay 15, 2025 - 12:17 pm
Noah’s Arts Camp for Kids (NACK) 2025March 30, 2025 - 12:40 pm