LANCASTER, Pa. (March 25, 2026) – Lancaster Bible College’s String Orchestra will present an eclectic program at its spring concert at 3 p.m. April 19 at The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St. in downtown Lancaster.

The April concert will feature several students from the college’s Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department, including the following:

• Seth Lanford, a sophomore Composition major, will debut a new work, and his sister, Serena Lanford, a flutist and mentor/community member in the LBC Wind Ensemble, will be a featured soloist.
• Sophomore Musical Education majors Emily Grubbs and Alliyah Beachy will be featured viola soloists.
• Ben Burkholder, a junior Composition major, will serve as the guest student conductor.

As competition prize winners from the Rose City String Festival, Joelyn Blessing and Chloe Chen will also be featured as guest soloists.

Under the guidance of Director of Instrumental Studies Doris Hall-Gulati, the orchestra will perform works from the Baroque era to modern Broadway tunes.

Reserve seats for the free/pay-what-you-will performance at lbc.edu/events.

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In 1912, the Lancaster Trust Company finished its new headquarters—a Beaux Arts masterpiece from the imagination of Lancaster’s leading architect, C. Emlen Urban. A century later, Lancaster Bible College reimagined it into The Trust Performing Arts Center—a stunning venue for arts and culture in the heart of Lancaster. The Trust has a mission to honor God by encouraging excellence in the work of student and professional artists and by enriching the community through inspiring, challenging and redemptive experiences.

Founded in 1933, Lancaster Bible College provides an accredited university-level education for multiple careers with a focus on the Bible and a biblical worldview, Christ and Christian character. LBC’s mission is to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving Him in the Church and society. In 2025, LBC introduced its new tagline, “Experience Different,” which highlights the college’s four key differentiators – biblical integration, authentic community, relational education and exceptional location.

Accredited through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, LBC is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Association of Christian Schools International. Specialized accreditations are also in the areas of: Social Work (Council on Social Work Education), Music, Worship & Performing Arts (National Association of Schools of Music) and Sport Management (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation).

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