SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Every pew was full in Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon, as James Newsome made his way to the front and bowed.

He then kicked off his first Community Organ Recital at the church, with Johann GottFried Walther 's Concerto del Signor Telemann, appropriato all'Organo. That fast-paced piece was followed by two choral preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude's Toccata in F Major, Florence Price's "Little Melody" and "Festal March," two selections from Victor Togni's Five Liturgical Inventions for Organ, Philip Glass's "Mad Rush" and the Allegro Maestros with "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by Jeff Perks and George Friedrich Handel.

"Of course, you have to have Bach at an organ concert," Newsome said with a chuckle.

The purpose of the concert, News

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