The breath of God has infused the human mind and inspired artists through the ages. We experience God though all our senses.
Independent Presbyterian Church has played a significant role in music and the arts in Birmingham. The November Organ Recital Series began in 1965 and is one of the longest running organ series in the nation. Both the organ recital and annual Religious Arts Festivals bring world-class artists to the area. Since the first Christmas Concert in 1964, the IPC Choir has presented more than 175 concerts and special services locally and around the world.
All of these free, public events are funded through endowments and the yearly operating budget of the church. Please join us and experience God in new ways through the arts.
IPC Choirs
- IPC Choir
- Westminster Choir (Youth grades 7-12)
- Children's Choir Musical Events (K-6)
- Nativity Choir (K- 6)
Experience Music & Fine Arts
Upcoming Music Events
Join IPC for its first concert of the November Organ Recital series. Organist Renée Anne Louprette maintains an international career as recitalist, collaborative artist, conductor, and teacher. She is a 2022 U.S.-Romanian Fulbright Scholar and Assistant Professor of Music and College Organist at Bard College in upstate New York where she directs the Bard Baroque Ensemble.
Join IPC for the November Organ Recital series. Bálint Karosi earned a reputation for his expressive command of a wide range of repertoire that is guided by historical performance practice and a remarkably multi-faceted musicianship enriched by his experiences as a composer, conductor, church musician, and clarinetist.
Join IPC for the November Organ Recital series. Internationally acclaimed organist Douglas Cleveland launched his career after winning first prize in the American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Dallas. Since winning this prize, Douglas Cleveland has performed organ recitals in all fifty of the United States and has been invited to perform in such venues as Westminster Abbey, The Berlin Cathedral, Moscow Conservatory, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne and the Cathedral of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Join IPC for the November Organ Recital series. Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2022 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ performance (NYACOP), James Kealey is a young artist of great distinction who has appeared in recital in England, the U.S.A., and in Europe.
Join IPC for the November Organ Recital series. The final concert of this year's series will feature IPC’s own Dr. Jeff McLelland with a brass quintet and percussion from Birmingham, AL.
