WESTMINSTER CHURCH OF PEORIA
presents

THE GRETCHEN R. IBEN ARTS SERIES

SPRING 2023 MAILER

2023 Spring Mailer

Dear Peoria Music Lover …

Here is the brochure for the spring season 2023 of the Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series at Westminster Church of Peoria.

We hope you will consider the offerings, and make a special effort to join us for some of the world’s greatest music here at the corner of Moss Avenue and Malvern Lane.  We mark Black Music Month with another Jazz meets Spirituals program so well received last season; another program by the distinguished pianist from Bradley University, Chee Hyeon Choi, and the spring program of Lumiere, the brilliant chamber choir. 

Also, we are pleased to announce Westminster Church as the new home of the Peoria Bach Festival. In the brochure is an outline of the various offerings of the Festival.  Plan to attend this superb festival led by Dr. John Jost and Dr. Martin Dicke.  If you would like to help support either the Iben Series or the Bach Festival, you may do so by sending a check to Westminster Church and marking the memo line with your preferred recipient.  We are pleased to become one of the area’s premier venues for great music in Central Illinois.  Come, enjoy with us! 

We look forward to seeing you all at the events of the Iben Series.  Put them on your calendar now and arrive early for a good seat! 

Thomas Clark-Jones, Director
Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series at Westminster Church

THE GRETCHEN R. IBEN ARTS SERIES

Spring 2023

CLICK HERE FOR THE BROCHURE

Sunday,  5 February at 4:00 p.m.

THE AMERICAN SPIRITUAL MEETS
JAZZ … ROUND TWO

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Sunday, 5 March at 6:00. p.m.

LUMIERE

Final Concert

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Saturday, 29 April at 3:00 p.m.

“BRILLIANTLY BRAHMS”
music for piano and strings

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Monday, 5 June through Friday, June 9

THE PEORIA BACH FESTIVAL
AT WESTMINSTER CHURCH

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ALL CONCERTS are free, with the exception of the Lumieré concert.  Westminster Church presents these concerts for the enrichment of our church and community and hopes that you will take the time to join us here on Moss Avenue at Malvern Lane to hear some of the best music presented in the Central Illinois area.

If you would like to help the Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series in a significant way, consider becoming a patron of the arts. All donations are tax-deductible. Donations are acknowledged in the programs remaining in the season.

Level of Support
Whole Note………………. $500 & above
Half Note …………………. $250 to $499
Quarter Note ……………. $100 to $249
Eighth Note ……………… $   50 to $  99
Sixteenth Note …………. $   25 to $  49

Mail your donation to
Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series
1420 W Moss Avenue
Peoria Illinois 61606

Please write on the memo line of your check IBEN

Click the button to give online.

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OTHER SPECIAL MUSICAL OFFERINGS

American Guild of Organists – Peoria Chapter 
     Dr. John C. Orfe – Organ Concert
     Friday, March 31, 2023, at 7:30 PM

This organ recital includes the PREMIERE performance of
original organ composition, plus works by
Bach, Brahms, Saint-Saens, and Sir James MacMillan.

The concert is free. Goodwill offerings accepted.
For more information click here or visit agopeoria.org

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“Throughout the week, there are many worldly things pulling me away from my commitment to God.  I come to church on Sunday at Westminster to reconnect and renew my relationship with Him.  Part of my worship is to ask him for forgiveness for my lack of faithfulness.  I leave, reminded that he loves me, forgives me, and walks beside me every day.  What a profound blessing that is!”