(BEAVER FALLS, Pa.) – Geneva College will premiere “Welcome the Morning Star” Alumni Benefit Concert featuring Michael Kearney at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 18, 2020, on YouTube. The pipe organ concert benefits the college’s COVID-19 Project Fund through online, free-will donations at Geneva.edu/concerts/morningstar.

Recorded in the historic First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls, the concert features organist, pianist, composer and 2017 Geneva alumnus Michael Kearney, a native of Long Island, NY. The benefit recital will include old and new compositions, highlighting psalms and hymns in a variety of styles, and will conclude with the monumental Allegro from Widor's Sixth Organ Symphony. Additional Geneva alumni are involved in the production and distribution of the concert.

The $1 Million COVID-19 Project Fund helps the college weather the significant financial costs of carrying out its mission under pandemic conditions.   

Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva’s programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva has one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God’s Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today’s world. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).