Advent piano concert set Dec. 6 at Lutheran church in Rehoboth

The Lutheran Church of Our Savior will host an Advent piano concert at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, at the church, 20276 Bay Vista Road, Rehoboth Beach. Admission is free, and a freewill offering will be accepted. A reception will follow the concert.

Thomas Keesecker will share music from his bestselling piano collections in a 75-minute concert of Advent and Christmas music. Keesecker, a composer as well as performer, is known around the country for his sensitive, delightful and meditative piano arrangements of hymns. During this concert, attendees will be able to sing some of them together as well as listen to his interpretations. The hymns will be interspersed with poetry by Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry, two of the most beloved and profound poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. 

Keesecker retired in 2019 after serving as a church musician for more than 40 years at Lutheran and Roman Catholic parishes in Virginia, Montana and Maryland. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Catholic University School of Music in Washington, D.C. He mixes classical technique, jazz improvisation, Celtic and folk music influences in his arrangements.