Music & The Arts
Celebrating the Creative Spirit
The Music Ministry at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church is a place to deepen your connection with God, explore and strengthen your individual creativity, and celebrate the Creator through the glorious gift of music. Singers, ringers, instrumentalists, and listeners — young, old, and in between — all have a place in the music ministry at Pinnacle. So whether you’re interested in joining one of our ensembles or experiencing the incredible music of the Pinnacle Concert Series, we are sure there is something for you.
Music & the Arts Staff
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Dr. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler
Dir. of Min. in Music & Arts/Organist
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Samantha Jorgensen
Dir. Kids/Youth Music, & Handbells
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Jonathan Lang
Accompanist and Choir Assistant
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Schae Chapman
Staff Singer
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Brady Larson
Staff Singer
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Luke Poupore
Staff Singer
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Patrick Rice
2024-25 Organ Scholar
Making Music Together
Pinnacle Concert Series
Each year the Pinnacle Concert Series presents a new season of outstanding performances. Concerts like Celebration of Christmas, Phantom of the Organ, and Veterans Day Tribute are well-known and popular annual traditions in the community. In addition, the highest quality local and national professional groups like Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Chorale, Arizona Musicfest, Phoenix Children’s Chorus, Luther College Nordic Choir, The Concordia Choir, and others, present their concerts in the gorgeous Pinnacle Sanctuary. For complete information visit the Pinnacle Concert Series website.
Pinnacle Concerts are FREE of charge and are held in the Sanctuary unless otherwise noted.
Sing for Life Chorus
Sing for Life Chorus is a community choir designed for those suffering from the memory loss with early to mid-stage dementia and their care partners, who are living in their homes or chosen communities. Singers are accompanied by a consistent care partner. The chorus is led by specially trained music professionals and rehearses weekly and performs public concerts several times a year. Click here to learn more.
Organ Scholar Program
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church has established the Organ Scholar Program in order to fulfill our responsibility to grow, nurture, and teach faithful young people who will be musical leaders in the church. Our unique setting and staff have gifts to offer young musicians: a high quality music program, numerous ensembles and performance opportunities, a breadth of musical and worship styles, a strong history of excellence in worship and service to the community, and respected pastors and musicians who love to teach.
The Pinnacle Organ Scholar will receive training in organ, piano, and conducting, will gain practical experience by performing a selected schedule of worship services, accompanying ensembles, participating in the Pinnacle Concert Series concerts, and will learn the rudiments of worship planning and administrative duties of a church musician.
The program is audition-based and open to exceptional high schoolers, college students, and recent graduates of undergraduate and graduate organ/church music programs. For more information, please contact Dr. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler.
Pinnacle Organ Scholar 2023/2024 - Benjamin Sidoti
Pinnacle Organ Scholar 2024/2025 - Patrick Rice
Richards, Fowkes & Co. Organ
The music ministry of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church is greatly enhanced by the presence of the Richards, Fowkes, & Co. tracker organ. This magnificent instrument adds to our worship services by encouraging beautiful congregational and choral singing as well as enabling the performance of a wide variety of organ literature. In addition, the organ is used in concert, both as a solo instrument and in a number of collaborative ways with other instruments. The organ is well known in music circles and attracts guest organists from all over the world who want to experience its unique sound and beauty. Learn more
