Christmas Carol-Sing/Organ Concert to Benefit Trinity Episcopal Church, Pottsville, PA

F. Allen Artz will present a Christmas Carol-Sing and Organ Concert on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 2 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pottsville. The concert will feature audience participation in singing familiar Christmas Carols interspersed with organ selections based on many of the carols. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $10.00 All proceeds will benefit the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Artz, a resident of Pottsville, retired from a career as the director of music in a private school in Short Hills, New Jersey, along with pursuing a dual-career as a church musician for large churches and most notably, Newark's Sacred Heart Cathedral. He holds a BS in Music Education from Elizabethtown College and a Master of Arts degree in Organ Performance from Montclair State University in NJ.

He conducted semi-professional and all-volunteer choirs, and choral societies and all a cappella chorales (which he founded), conducted orchestras and handbell ensembles, taught classroom music and played the pipe organ for weekly services for 42 years. In addition, he was the artistic director for concert series in 2 large parishes (South Orange and Plainfield, both in NJ).

This concert will take place in one of Schuylkill County’s most beautiful edifices on one of the area’s most lovely pipe organs. No stranger to this Pottsville parish, Mr. Artz has performed several organ concerts at Trinity Episcopal on their music series since 2014.

Parking is available for FREE at the brand-new parking garage at 2nd and Mahantongo Streets. The church can be accessed from the Howard Ave. entrance, which includes a ramp into the sanctuary (no steps!).

Convenient, free parking, a beautiful interior setting, and seasonal music to raise your spirits! What more can you ask for?