| If you are interested in participating in any of the musical groups at First Plymouth, contact Frank Perko III, Director of Music. First Plymouth Chancel Choir - For adults and high school juniors and seniors. Performs regularly on Sunday morning. Rehearses Thursday, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Directed by Frank Perko III.
First Plymouth Youth Choir - For grades 6 through 12. Rehearses Sunday, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. First Plymouth Children's Choristers - For grades 3 through 5. Rehearses Sunday, 11:15 a.m., in the Odeon. Directed by Frank Perko III. First Plymouth Handbell Choir - Rehearses on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the CE Center. Directed by Gwen Blumenschein. First Plymouth Flute Choir - Rehearsals are scheduled at the discretion of Director, Dot Datema.Instrumentalists - Occasionally instrumentalists are featured within worship as soloists. If you study an instrument and would like to offer your talent in worship, please contact Frank Perko III. Meet Our Music Staff

Frank E. Perko III, Director of Music Email Frank Colorado native Frank E. Perko III has been Director of Music at First Plymouth since 2006. Before returning to Colorado in 2002, Frank served as consultant for the new, $785,000 Noack tracker pipe organ, installed in Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Perko holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Organ Performance from Colorado State University, and a Master of Music Degree in Organ Performance, with cognates in both choral conducting and music theory, from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He has served as organist and music director in various churches and has taught classes and private organ instruction. He also owned and maintained his own large and active piano teaching studio while living in Ohio. Frank began his studies of the organ at age nine and was performing professionally by age eleven. He was a regular performer at the Mighty Wurlitzer organs in the Paramount Theater, and the Organ Grinder Pizza Restaurant in Denver. He continues to perform in concerts around the country in churches and concert halls, both at the classic organ, and at the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ. He has won numerous organ competitions throughout the United States, and placed first in the Strader International Organ Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1996.
Ben Ehrlich, Associate Director of Music Email Ben A native of Bainbridge, Georgia, Benjamin studied organ with Willis Bodine, Mark Coffey and Laura Ellis. He received the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from the University of Florida. While residing in the South, he served churches in Georgia, Alabama and Florida as pianist and organist, including eight years as organist at First United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Florida. He is active in the Denver area as an accompanist, and frequently works with the school partnership program in the Colorado Children's Chorale. He has presented solo organ concerts in Georgia, Florida and Colorado. |