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Organ Vespers 2025

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The 29th Annual Organ Vespers Concert is almost here, and it's shaping up to be one of our best ones yet!

Join us for an evening of breathtaking Sounds of Christmas that officially kick off your holiday season.

  • When: Sunday, November 30th at 5:00 PM

    (Doors open at 4:30 PM - arrive early, it's first-come, first-served!)

  • Where: First Methodist Church, 946 Vermont, Lawrence, KS

  • Cost: FREE admission!

This isn't just a concert; it's a wonderful family-friendly benefit event supporting a vital cause. Donations collected will go directly to the Catch A Break Fund, helping cancer patients at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with essential needs during their treatment. Your presence makes a real difference!

Concert Organist Dr. Tandy Reussner will be joined by incredible local talent, including a city-wide Women's Chorale directed by Janeal Krehbiel, a talented string quartet, and more special guests!

Don't miss this beloved community tradition with all your favorite sounds of Christmas!

Invite your friends, neighbors and family members!

Tandyโ€™s โ€œSDG Productions, Inc.โ€ is a fully licensed not-for-profit organization that publishes, produces, and sponsors the concerts, recordings, and writings that Tandy offers. SDG Productions also supports other non-profits in the area with funds raised through her concerts. The funds contributed to any of Tandyโ€™s concert beneficiaries are considered tax-deductible. Please contact your tax preparer for specific information.

Join Tandy in her mission to build community through the versatility of the pipe organ by raising funds and awareness of local charitable organizations. We have two special concerts in the series each season as well as special performances. Keep checking back here for more details.

We look forward to sharing great music with you!

Listen to a recent Organ Vespers concert here!

ABOUT TANDY REUSSNER, DMA

Professional musician, author, and composer, Tandy Reussner enjoys creating at the keyboard, musically and through writing and the visual arts. The goals of her Organ Benefit Concert Series are to build community by promoting the pipe organ and its versatility, raising awareness of and funds for local charitable organizations, and bringing glory to God in the process.

Soli Deo Gloria

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Postlude on Finale from Vierneโ€™s Symphony #1

Performed by Organist, Tandy Reussner at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas

Gloria from Twelfth Mass by W.A. Mozart

Adapted by G. Blake, Performed by Organist, Tandy Reussner at First United Methodist church in Lawrence, Kansas

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