First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto CA 94301- Phone:
- 415-392-4400 City Box Office
- Website:
- http://www.firstpaloalto.com
- Capacity:
- 650
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Current Events on Goldstar
Note: Some events offered through Goldstar at this venue are only available via email. Please refer to your past emails to view these events.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Plays Schumann's Cello Concerto
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $67.00 - $83.00
- Our Price:
- $33.50 - $41.50
British violoncello soloist Steven Isserlis and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Nicholas McGegan, visit Palo Alto to perform a trio of 19th-century works by that era's... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
New Century Chamber Orchestra's Sounds from the Bay Area
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $43.00
- Our Price:
- $21.50
The New Century Chamber Orchestra is joined by not one but two world-class mandolinists for Sounds from the Bay Area, a concert focusing on local composers. Mike Marshall is the soloist in a performance of... Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra Performs Carmen Revisited
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $32.00 - $52.00
- Our Price:
- $16.00 - $26.00
The New Century Chamber Orchestra opens their 20th Anniversary Season with a concert at First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. The program for the evening will include Rodio Shchedrin's irresistible... Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra: World Premiere of Mark O'Connor's Elevations in Palo Alto
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $32.00 - $52.00
- Our Price:
- $16.00 - $26.00
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents Elevations, a newly commissioned work by featured composer Mark O'Connor. The first movement in the two-movement pastoral piece deals with elements of nature; the... Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra Presents Mastery of Schubert
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $32.00 - $52.00
- Our Price:
- $16.00 - $26.00
New Century Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, presents an evening of Schubert, Bach and Mendelssohn. Bay Area soprano Melody Moore, acclaimed for her "remarkably controlled... Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra with Fiddler Mark O'Connor
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $50.25
- Our Price:
- $15.50 - $25.75
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents a concert featuring fiddler Mark O'Connor, their 2010-2011 Featured Composer. An accomplished American bluegrass, country and classical fiddler, O'Connor joins the... Learn More.
Edgar Meyer: Double Bass Virtuoso with the New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $50.25
- Our Price:
- $15.50 - $25.75
Edgar Meyer, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, has been called the greatest double bassist in classical music history by the New Yorker. He'll play Bottesini's Concerto for String Bass No. 2 with the New... Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra Plays Britten, Dvorak, Bartok in Serenades and Dances
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $33.25 - $55.50
- Our Price:
- $17.25 - $28.50
The New Century Chamber Orchestra, led by renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, presents Serenades and Dances at the First United Methodist Church. They'll be playing Britten's darkly poetic Serenade... Learn More.
The New Century Chamber Orchestra Plays Bolcom and Strauss in Palo Alto
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $33.25 - $55.50
- Our Price:
- $0.25 - $28.50
The New Century Chamber Orchestra plays works spanning the 20th century. American composer William Bolcom's dynamic works are influenced by the ragtime tradition. The NCCO will also play Richard Strauss'... Learn More.
The New Century Chamber Orchestra: Shadows and Light
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $33.25 - $56.50
- Our Price:
- FREE - $28.50
The The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents their season-ending program, Shadows and Light. Led by renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the ensemble will play works ranging from the world premiere... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Athalia, Handel's Wicked Queen
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $37.50
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performs Handel's three-act oratorio Athalia at First United Methodist Church. Based on the story of the Biblical queen Athaliah, the work features a highly dramatic story and... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Winds and Waves
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $37.50
Violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Winds and Waves, a concert celebrating the woodwinds of the high Baroque era: recorders, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and trumpets. The... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Plays Mendelssohn in Midwinter Magic
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $37.50
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra presents an all-Mendelssohn concert, celebrating the great composer's 200th birthday. The program features such classic Mendelssohn works as A Midsummer Night's Dream and ... Learn More.
Celebrate the Music of the Holidays with the New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $33.25 - $55.50
- Our Price:
- $17.25 - $28.50
Under the baton of Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the New Century Chamber Orchestra celebrates the holidays with a themed concert program featuring traditional seasonal favorites, performed at the... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Concert at First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $62.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $31.00
Conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in a program of Italian classical works, including pieces by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Corelli, Handel and more. The orchestra will be joined... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Plays Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart: A Classic Triple
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $62.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $31.00
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra presents A Classic Triple, a concert featuring works by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart. The Bay Area's acclaimed period-instrument orchestra presents Beethoven's dazzling... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Performs Bach Reconstructed in Palo Alto
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $62.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $31.00
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra presents Bach Reconstructed, an all-Bach program at the First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. The orchestra will be performing selections ranging from the familiar (... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's "Myth and the Muse" at First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $62.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $31.00
This program from the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra includes Arne's work Comus, quintessential 18th-century English music with the timeless themes of chaos and order, based on a masque by English poet John... Learn More.
Nadja Plays Piazzolla: Violinist Salerno-Sonnenberg with New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $33.25 - $55.50
- Our Price:
- $17.25 - $28.50
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents Nadja Plays Piazzolla: The Sounds of Brazil & Argentina. The inaugural program in renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's tenure as Music Director of the... Learn More.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Play Handel, Purcell in Coronation and Victory
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $72.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $36.00
When Handel composed his setting of Zadok the Priest for the coronation of King George II in 1727, he had no idea that it would end up being performed at every English coronation since. PBO features the... Learn More.
The Queen of Egypt: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Explores Cleopatra in Operatic Arias
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $60.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $30.00
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, has fascinated artists and audiences for centuries, and 18th-century composers were no exception. From England to Austria, Cleopatra appeared as a leading character in a number of... Learn More.
NCCO Performs Music of Astor Piazzola (Argentinian Tango) at First United Methodist Church.
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $18.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- $9.00 - $19.50
New Century Chamber Orchestra performs the Argentine tango music of Astor Piazzola at Palo Alto's First United Methodist Church. Bright with atmosphere, this program exudes the heat of California and Argentina! Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra Season Finale
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $28.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- $14.00 - $19.50
Featuring the unforgettable music of Mendelssohn, Grieg and Shostakovich, the New Century Chamber Orchestra's 12th season finale will be a concert you won't soon forget -- at First United Methodist Church. Learn More.
New Century Chamber Orchestra at First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $28.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- $14.00 - $19.50
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents a program of classical music from the finest composers, including Mozart and Mendelssohn. Learn More.
A Musical Halloween from New Century Chamber Orchestra at the First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church (Palo Alto, CA)
- Full Price:
- $28.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
Join the New Century Chamber Orchestra for an evening of haunting, eerie Halloween music, including a concerto with musical saw! Learn More.
Map and Directions
Directions from Highway 101:
Take the University Avenue exit and head west on University Avenue toward Palo Alto.
Turn left onto Middlefield Road.
Take the first right on Hamilton Avenue.
The church is located on the right side, 625 Hamilton Avenue.
Parking is available on city streets or in the municipal Parking Garage on Webster. There is limited parking in the church parking lots on Byron and Webster streets as well as unofficial alternative parking on Webster for Sunday services.
Handicap Information
Handicap seating may be available.
Please contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements.