Fourth Baptist Christian School Music Department

Musical Echoes - Secondary Spring Concert, Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 PM! We hope you can join us. The concert will be livestreamed at www.fourthbaptistchristianschool.org/live

Here is the concert program. We hope to see you in-person or online with us!

Congratulations to several FBCS 5th and 6th grade band students who were able to participate in the South Central Minnesota Band Directors Association Honor Bands on Saturday, April 27 in Chanhassen!
6th graders: Elias Brombacher, Isabella Kifyak, and Alex Tkach
5th graders: Garrett Coulson, Emmanuel Scherr, Vivi Skurat, and Grace Zhou
MN Band Directors

Congratulations to Jack Fure for his great performance in the Front Porch Musical Theatre production of Suessical! Jack was Horton the elephant.
Front Porch Musical Theatre

Our FBCS Gold and Platinum Handbell Choirs had the opportunity to work with Dr. Joshua Bauder today on our new song Mediant Echoes. Josh composed this piece for double handbell choir to celebrate 25 years of handbells at FBCS. The students enjoyed hearing from Josh and rehearsing with him today. We hope you can join us next Thursday to hear this song and all of our other concert repertoire!

Here is the program for our concert today.

If you are unable to join us in person at 1:30 today for our Elementary Spring Concert, please check out the livestream!

FBCS Livestream for School Auditorium Events Our Next Livestream Events: 4/26: Elementary Spelling Bee; Elementary Concert “Campfire Chorus” Live Stream Archives: View recorded events archived on our Vimeo site: 2023-24:  202…

Join us on Thursday, May 9, at 7:00 PM for our FBCS Secondary Spring Concert which will feature the world premiere of Mediant Echoes by Dr. Joshua Bauder in celebration of our 25th year of handbells at FBCS! The concert will include performances by our bands, choirs, and handbells.

We hosted our annual MACS Fine Arts Festival yesterday at FBCS. We are so proud of our students for their great performances! Thank you to many parents and friends that supported us too! Thank you to our great school staff for their work to make our day run smoothly!

FBCS SH Band had the amazing opportunity to Zoom with composer John Wasson this morning. He wrote one of our band songs, Gilded Morning, so we were able to learn more about his work as a composer and about the song we will be performing next week. Thank you, John Wasson, for meeting with us today! John Wasson

Our FBCS Junior High students participated in the JH MACS Fine Arts Festival on March 8. They did a tremendous job and earned Superior and Excellent ratings for their performances.

Congratulations to FBCS junior, Jack Fure, for his great performance in the MMEA All-State Tenor-Bass Choir performance at Orchestra Hall on Saturday, February 17! We are proud of you, Jack!

The FBCS music faculty attended the Minnesota Music Educator Association’s annual conference this past weekend. We enjoyed attending sessions by music educators from around the country and hearing concerts from local school ensembles. We are always learning and growing in our profession!

Congratulations to FBCS 8th graders, Isaiah Caasi (trumpet), Christian Kolwinska (tenor saxophone), and Luke Williams (tuba) for being selected to the South Central MN Band Director’s Association 7-8 Honor Band that was held on Saturday, February 3, 2024 in Mankato. The students participated in 5 rehearsals, a sectional, and a final concert during the day. They did a great job and we are very proud of them!

We are proud of our students, Jack Fure and Jon Kolacz for their hard work and amazing performance in the Front Porch Musical Theatre production of Mary Poppins. Both boys played George Banks or the Constable on different weekends of the play.

Ministry Day, Dec 13, 2023.
Senior High Choir and Handbells did 3 concerts at local retirement homes - Amira Choice of Minnetonka, WestRidge Senior Living - Minnetonka, and Covenant Living - Golden Valley. We had a great time ministering to and interacting with the residents.

We hope to see you are our concerts tonight! 6:30 - Elementary; 8:00 - Secondary. The concert will be livestreamed at www.fourthbaptistchristianschool.org/live

Here is the program for the concert.

We had a great Christmas Chapel today with our Fourth Baptist Church Golden Agers! We had 65 in attendance to watch our students perform portions of their concert selections.
We hope you are planning to join us on Friday night! 6:30 - FBCS Elementary Christmas Concert. 8:00 - FBCS Secondary Christmas Concert

We hope to see you at our FBCS Christmas concerts on Friday night!
Elementary concert at 6:30 PM. Secondary concert at 8:00 PM.
The concert will be live-streamed at
www.fourthbaptistchristianschool.org/live

MACS Band Festival is off to a great start! Please join us for our concert tonight at 6:30 in-person or on Livestream!
Www.fourthbaptistchristianschool.org/live

FBCS Musicians made music this summer at various camps and shows!

Jack Fure - Maranatha Baptist University Music Camp - The Wizard of Oz as the Lion

Katelyn Kolwinska - Maranatha Baptist University Music Camp - French Horn in Intermediate Band

Jon Kolacz - Bunce Backyard Productions - Tuck Everlasting as Hugo

Jack Fure - Off-Broadway Musical Theatre - The Sound of Music as Rolf

Maddy Jahnke - Off-Broadway Musical Theatre - The Sound of Music as Briggita

Jack Fure - Minnesota Music Educator’s All-State Tenor/Bass Choir

Congratulations to our secondary students on a great concert last night! Congratulations to the Class of 2023!
The livestream archive of our Secondary Spring Concert is available here:

2023 FBCS Commencement Concert This is "2023 FBCS Commencement Concert" by Fourth Baptist Church on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Please join us tonight for our Secondary Spring Concert at 7:00 PM. The concert will be livestreamed at www.fourthbaptistchristianschool.org/live

You can view the concert program here:

More pictures from our Tuesday adventures!

Tuesday Update:
The weather was beautiful for our day today and the rain held off until evening! We performed at Monterey Park Health Center this morning for about 25 residents and they loved the students! After lunch, we went to the National World War 1 Memorial in Kansas City. We had amazing guides that taught us so much about the war. The students didn't want to leave! We also got to sing in the museum. This evening, 43 of the kids went to the City Union Mission Family Shelter and sang for 50 ladies and children. The audience was so kind and appreciative. Their life stories and expressions of gratitude brought many students to tears. We had a sweet time sharing testimonies and stories at the hotel this evening. I think the students have definitely been impacted for Christ by this trip and we thankful for their tender hearts. I'm so thankful for their flexibility, good attitudes, and wonderful performances on our trip!

Monday update!
We had a great morning at Eagle Heights Christian School and loved meeting their students and eating lunch with them.
The students also enjoyed 2 hours of fun and games at Main Event in Independence, MO.
This evening we were able to minister to about 60 men at the City Union Mission in downtown Kansas City. The mission has been around for 99 years and does an amazing ministry for homeless and struggling men. I know all of us were impacted greatly by our experience there!

The FBCS Musicians have had a great Sunday ministering at Calvary Baptist Church, Ottawa, KS and Tri-City Baptist Church, Blue Springs, MO. The churches were so kind and welcoming and the students ministered well! It was hot outside - 90!! Students are doing well and enjoying their time.