Burks United Methodist Church will help the community find harmony during the holidays with two seasonal concerts this month conducted by director of music ministries Dagan Beckett.
“We feel like as our church and community, we would like Christmastime to be a time to get together under one roof,” Beckett said. “I get every music ensemble in the church to play together. We built a stage extension to accommodate everyone.”
He said Burks music department strives to offer contemporary, traditional and secular music to appeal to everyone.
The first event will be Burks Big Band Christmas Concert Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
“It has become a tradition now. We have a great turnout and a lot of fun,” said Beckett. “We will bring in two well-known jazz musicians, Jay Craven playing clarinet and pianist UTC professor David Walters.”