Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts

Michael Carroll

Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts will feature Michael Carroll, a classical pianist from Port Ludlow, on Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 609 Taylor Street across from the Community Center in Uptown Port Townsend. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

The performance will be livestreamed at trinityumcpt.org/concerts where you can also make an online donation  to Candlelight Concerts. The concert will be simulcast on KPTZ FM 91.9 Port Townsend. 

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $15 per person. Half of the proceeds will be donated to Mr. Carroll’s chosen charity, Bayside Housing, whose mission is to strengthen community through housing advocacy and human services supporting social and economic independence.

Carroll’s concert program begins with classical piano works by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, and Schubert and ends with American music by Aaron Copland and Scott Joplin.

Carroll began studying piano at eight and studied with Robert Van Meter at Clarion State College in Pennsylvania. Since moving to Seattle in 1990, Carroll has performed in numerous recitals and soloed in concertos by Haydn, Mozart, Poulenc, Bartók and Grieg. An experienced choral and vocal accompanist, he has performed with Seattle area ensembles and soloists and was the staff pianist and program annotator for Seattle’s Thalia Symphony Orchestra. He is currently co-director of the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series.