A Day of Healing & Renewal: Concerts of Remembrance, Healing and Renewal
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
St Matthew's Episcopal Church | Pacific Palisades
GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, together with conductor Grant Gershon and members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and conductor Lucinda Carver with The Pacific Strings, joins St. Matthew’s Music Guild to offer two special concerts of comfort, hope, and community. The events raise funds for four local arts organizations: Chamber Music Palisades, Palisades Symphony and Chorale (PSC), St. Matthew’s Music Guild, and Theatre Palisades.
Schedule
12:00 PM – Gathering in Prayer (refreshments follow)
1:00 PM – Afternoon Concert
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin • Grant Gershon, conductor • Members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
Music by Bach, Lauridsen, Whitacre
6:00 PM – Evening Prayer (refreshments follow)
7:00 PM – Evening Concert
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin • Lucinda Carver, conductor/harpsichord • The Pacific Strings
Music by Bach, Whitacre
Admission is free; all are welcome. A suggested donation of $45 per person is invited. Larger donations are gratefully accepted. All gifts are fully tax-deductible and support the four participating organizations.
Why this matters to PSC
The Palisades Symphony & Chorale has been hit hard by the recent fires: 16 of our members lost their homes, and we lost our long-time rehearsal and concert venues. With the help of our community, we raised over $8,000 at our own Fire Recovery Benefit Concert and distributed those funds among affected members. We are now honored to be a grantee of the California Community Foundation’s “Wildfire Recovery Fund: Community Healing & Restoration” program, and deeply grateful to Anne Akiko Meyers and St. Matthew’s Music Guild for including PSC among the four Pacific Palisades arts organizations that will benefit from this January 7 fundraiser.
