• Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. – Derry Presbyterian Church, 248 East Derry Road in Hershey presents internationally renowned organist Dariia Lytvishko playing toccatas and meditations, works by Boëllmann, Duruflé, Guilmant, Ravel, Vierne, and Widor.
                The concert is part of the church’s 2025-26 Arts Alive cultural series. A free will offering will be received. Handicapped parking and an elevator are available. 
                Ukrainian organist Dariia Lytvishko began piano lessons at age three, followed by studies in organ, singing, and choir conducting before completing her piano training at Volyn State College of Culture and Arts and earning her Master’s degree in church music from the University of Church Music Herford-Witten in Germany in 2022.
                   Lytvishko has performed internationally at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oratoire du Louvre in Paris, and the Pantheon in Rome, among many others across the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Monaco, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Spain, and Ukraine. She has served as artist-in-residence at “De Principaal” (Ghent), organist at Emmaus parish (Herford), choir director at Marienkirche (Herford, Bad Oyenhausen), and assistant to the church music director of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia. In September 2025 she joins the team of organists at the Jesuit Church in Vienna, Austria.
                Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lytvishko has given more than 40 benefit concerts across Europe and North America, raising over $77,000 to aid Ukraine and highlight the humanitarian and environmental impacts of the war.                   
               For more information, call the church office at 717-533-9667 or visit derrypres.org.

  • Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Derry Presbyterian Church 248 E Derry Rd, Hershey presents a concert by the New Holland Band. The concert is part of the church’s 2025-26 Arts Alive cultural series. A free will offering will be received. Handicapped parking and an elevator are available. 

  • Friday, December 5, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. AND
    Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of The United Lutheran Seminary, 61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, under the direction of John McKay, The Gettysburg Choral Society will present a pair of Christmas concerts entitled “In dulci jubilo” (“In sweet rejoicing”) performing timeless Christmas favorites such as “Carol of the Bells,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and more. Featuring soprano Amanda Peters, the program will also include several recitatives, as well as choruses from Handel’s “Messiah.”

    Joining the chorus’ regular accompanist Erin Petrella, guest organist Peggy Haas Howell will perform several organ classics based on “In dulci jubilo” and accompany several chorus numbers. Ms. Howell has performed throughout Europe and the United States and is well known in Gettysburg. She is the National Vice President and Councillor for Competitions and New Music with the American Guild of Organists. Additionally, she is the organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lynchburg, Virginia and director of Cantate, a community choir for children and youth. Her lengthy career as a recording artist, recitalist, teacher and church musician was best summed up by Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer when it aptly described her as a “play-anything virtuoso.” She is sure to inspire all with her technical wizardry on the chapel’s magnificent Andover pipe organ.

    As always, the performances will conclude with the audience joining in a joyous sing-along, accompanied by organ and chorus as the sounds of Christmas reverberate throughout the chapel.

    The Gettysburg Choral Society, Inc. is a nonprofit 501©(3) organization composed of auditioned singers who utilize their talents to pursue excellence in choral music performance. The concerts are free and no tickets are required. Tax-deductible contributions are appreciated to help defray concert-related expenses. An offering will be collected. Additional information is available at gettysburgchoralsociety.org

  • Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. First UMC, 64 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey presents The Hershey Handbell Ensemble in concert. Free with a free-will offering.

  • Friday, May 29, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. First UMC, 64 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey presents organist Jacob Gruss in recital. Free with a free-will offering.

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