2025 - 2026 Abendmusik Concert Season
New Year’s Eve Last Blast
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Before the sun sets for the final time in 2025, join the entertaining Plymouth Brass, the Lincoln Continentals, and guest organist Christopher Marks, Associate Dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at UNL, for a matinee performance of Lincoln’s beloved New Year’s Eve concert tradition.
Christopher Marks is consistently praised by reviewers for “style and assurance,” “confidence and skill,” and “musicality [that] seems to flow effortlessly.” He has gained a reputation as an expert in American organ music old and new, through his many performances on historic American instruments and his series of recordings of music by Seth Bingham, recorded on the Lied Organ at First-Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln, NE.
This year’s concert will also include solo trombonist Andy Strain. This Lincoln native will bring a ray of California sunshine with his trombone all the way from Oakland CA, where he teaches music and plays in the "East Bay Brass Band."
Freewill offering to benefit Fresh Start.
Spring 2026
St. Olaf Choir
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
The St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong, has set the gold standard for choral singing for more than a century, performing for millions around the world. Composed of 75 mixed voices, the St. Olaf Choir is hailed as one of the nation’s premier a cappella ensembles, renowned for its artistry and beauty of sound.
Freewill offering to benefit Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska.
My Funny Valentine
An Abendmusik Fundraiser
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Online only. Tickets required.
Won’t you be Abendmusik’s valentine? Join Tom Trenney for a nostalgic concert of favorites from the Great American Songbook and enjoy a gourmet meal-- all delivered to your home. Tickets available in January 2026.
Youth Masterworks Festival
at the Lied Center for Performing Arts
Monday, February 23, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
More than 300 high school students fill the Lied Center stage to perform Christopher Tin’s engaging and fun choral/orchestral masterpiece, The Drop That Contained the Sea. The massed choir, accompanied by the Lincoln Youth Symphony Orchestra will be directed by Cambodian-American conductor Darita Seth.
Freewill offering to benefit The Bay.
No livestream available.
J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
For the first time in its storied history, Abendmusik will offer a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in b minor -- arguably the most transcendent music yet composed. Tom Trenney leads sounding light, the Plymouth Choir, soloists, and the Abendmusik Orchestra in this profoundly moving work.
Freewill offering to benefit Food Fort.
Tonality: America Will Be
Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Led by Founding Artistic Director, Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake, Tonality features vocalists from the Greater Los Angeles Area who represent diverse cultures, ethnicities, and experiences. Their mission is to inspire, innovate, and spark social change through the power of diversity. In America Will Be, Tonality invites us to look toward a more perfect union for ourselves and future generations.
Freewill offering to benefit Lincoln’s Indian Center.
Thanks to these generous sponsors, Abendmusik’s 2025-2026 concert season is offered free, as a gift to the community, both in-person at First-Plymouth Church and online.
John Weddel
Dr. John H. Casey
Lorraine Beadell Love
Dr. Pamela F. Starr
Matthew & Ann Finkner
Estate of Norma Somerheiser
Conant Family Fund
All Abendmusik programs, services, and activities are operated in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need a special accommodation as a result of a disability, please call The Abendmusik office at (402) 476-9933 at least 30 days prior to the event to assure that we can meet your needs.
Enjoy these 2023-2024 Abendmusik season concerts courtesy of our generous season sponsors
Youth Masterworks Festival
Thanks to these generous season sponsors, Abendmusik’s 2023-24 concert season was offered free — as a gift to the community — both in person at First-Plymouth Church and online at abendmusik.org:
Special Abendmusik presentation of the May 2022 50th Anniversary Gala Concert.
Available Wednesday, August 2 at 7 PM