BRATTLEBORO- First Baptist Church will present organist James Wallace in a benefit concert for the Emergency Overnight Shelter. The concert will take place on August 30, at 4:00 pm at the church at 190 Main Street.

James Wallace holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in organ performance from Pacific Lutheran University and Westminster Choir College. Wallace is music director at The Putney School. He will perform on the church’s Estey pipe organ, Opus 300, built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1958.

The program will include both organ works and transcriptions, including compositions by Chuckerbutty, Bach, Thalben-Ball, Widor, Hollins, and Wagner. A free-will offering will be taken with all proceeds going to support the Emergency Overnight Shelter run by the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center and First Baptist Church. A reception will follow the concert in the church parlor. All are invited. For more information contact James Wallace at jwallace@putneyschool.org or call (802)387-5857.