St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Lenten Choral Evensong
2026-03-15 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 115 St. Peter's St., Salisbury, MD, 21801, United States
Please join us for Lenten Choral Evensong on Sunday, March 15 at 5:00 PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury.
The service will feature Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B-flat by Charles Villiers Stanford and Preces and Responses by Philip Radcliffe. The organ program will include Trivium by Arvo Pärt and the monumental Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The St. Peter’s Choir will be joined by beloved professional singers and students from Salisbury University. The choir is directed by Lauma Akmene, Music Director of St. Peter’s. Officiated by Fr. David.
This beautiful and reflective Lenten service is not to be missed—please come and share the word.

Pre-Service Music on Easter Sunday
2026-04-05 08:30 - 12:00
🎶 Join Us for Pre-Service Music on Easter Sunday! 🎶Celebrate Easter with beautiful live music before both services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.! Each pre-service program will be approximately 15 minutes long and feature talented musicians from our community. Bring your friends and loved ones for a joyful start to this special day.

Program:
8:30 Service

Deep River – Traditional; arr. Stephen Harvey (Stephen Harvey, saxophone)
Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1021 – Bach (Dr. Sachi Murasugi, violin; Dr. Jeffrey Schoyen, cello)
Suite in D, No. 1, Ouverture – Handel (Sarah Roth, trumpet)

10:30 Service

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (CORONATION) – Handbells Choir
Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1021 – Bach (Dr. Sachi Murasugi, violin; Dr. Jeffrey Schoyen, cello)
O Death, Where is Thy Sting – Handel, from Messiah (Dr. John Wesley Wright, tenor; Hunter Shaner, countertenor)
Suite in D, No. 1, Ouverture – Handel (Sarah Roth, trumpet)

Hunter Shaner

Sachi Murasugi

Stephen Harvey

John Wesley Wright

Sarah Roth

Lauma Akmene

Third Friday with King Boys Oyster Fritters
2026-04-17 17:00 - 20:00
Join us for Third Friday on April 17th, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, downstairs in St. Peter’s Parish Hall. We’ll have lots of good food, including burgers, hot dogs, and King Boys oyster fritters! We will also be hosting a bake sale where you can buy cakes, pies, cookies, muffins, and more!

St. Philip & St. James Evensong
2026-05-01 19:00
Please join us for St. Philip & St. James Evensong on Friday, May 1, at 7:00 PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury.
The service will feature Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B-flat by A. Herbert Brewer and Preces and Responses by Philip Radcliffe. The organ program will include Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541 by Johann Sebastian Bach and Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major by Clara Schumann.
The St. Peter’s Choir will be joined by beloved professional singers and students from Salisbury University. The choir is directed by Lauma Akmene, Music Director of St. Peter’s.
This beautiful and reflective Lenten service is not to be missed—please come and share in the worship.

Spring Music Ministry Concert
2026-05-17 16:00
Join us for an engaging afternoon of music featuring the St. Peter’s Adult Choir, Handbell Choir, guest soloists, and student musicians from Salisbury University. The program includes a mix of sacred and secular works spanning centuries, with music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Ibert, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ola Gjeilo, and others.
Featured soloists include tenor Lance Fisher, a Peabody Conservatory graduate and member of the Washington National Opera Chorus; soprano Tara Malabug Kitchelt, recently seen as Zerlina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Chicago Summer Opera; saxophonist Stephen Philip Harvey, leader of the Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra (SPHJO); and organist Lauma Akmene, international concert organist and Music Director at St. Peter’s.
The choir will be joined by additional guest singers, including soprano Statz Dolan, an experienced international performer and former U.S. Air Force “Singing Sergeant”; mezzo-soprano Alyssa Stanton, cantor at St. Mary of God Parish in Washington, DC; and tenor Dashiell Waterbury, who has performed with San Francisco Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Orlando, Cincinnati Opera, Opera in the Heights, and West Edge Opera.
The concert will also showcase student section leaders from Salisbury University, who will join the ensemble, highlighting emerging musical talent alongside the parish’s adult choirs and handbell ensemble. Together, they present a varied and uplifting program celebrating artistry, collaboration, and community.
Admission is free and all are welcome. This promises to be a wonderful concert not to be missed.
