Published: January 23, 2019

First Friday at Noon Recital Series Resumes Feb. 1

With the start of the spring semester, The University of Tampa’s First Friday @ Noon recital series will resume on Friday, Feb. 1, in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values. February’s recital will feature organist Adam Ward, director of music at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC.

Ward is a past dean of the Charlotte Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has performed throughout the Eastern United States as well as multiple concerts in the United Kingdom and Italy.

Throughout the semester, the UT Department of Music faculty and guests will present 45-minute recitals in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values beginning at noon on the first Friday of every month. The recitals are free and open to the public.

Performers in upcoming recitals include:

• March 1: Organist Dwight Thomas, organist/choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. Peter, St. Petersburg, FL.\
• April 5: Pianist Grigorios Zamparas, UT associate professor of music and director of piano studies, and cellist Scott Kluksdahl performing works by Beethoven and Franck.
• May 3: Choir from St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tampa, directed by Simon Morely, director of choirs at St. John’s, and accompanied by Ryan Hebert, UT associate professor of music, director of choral studies and University organist. 

For more information about First Friday @ Noon Recital Series, contact music@ut.edu.