Music at United
United Church of Santa Fe - A Church of Music
The Sanctuary Choir sings each Sunday morning (from September to early June) in the 10:00 service. The choir sings everything from Gregorian chant to Gospel.
They rehearse on Wednesday evenings (7:00-9:00 PM).
If you have a love of singing and would like to learn more about this group, please call the church office at 505-988-3295 or email Music Director Michelle Schumann here!
Music This Month
Friends,
Truly, when it comes to music making, I can’t think of a more exciting time than the Advent and Christmas Seasons. It’s also when we have the most commonly shared musical experiences. These shared experiences create a feeling of community and nostalgia, that bind us together in this time.
For Advent, the Sanctuary Choir’s offerings sing of hope and anticipation. Our Lessons and Carols service for Advent’s Joyous Sunday (Dec.14) features one of my all-time favorites, “The Huron Carol.” The following Sunday, they and the Childrens and Youth Choir, sing “Lo, How a Rose/The Rose” composed by my good friend, Craig Hella Johnson.
Both the 5:00 Christmas Eve Candles and Carols service and the 7:00 Candlelight Service include instrumentalists and our Choral Scholars as soloists. The Children’s/Youth Choir also helps lead the 5:00 service, and in the 7:00 service, the Sanctuary Choir offers a stirring rendition of “Still, Still, Still.”
On Monday, Dec. 22 at United (7:00 pm), I’m playing a fantastic Christmas Piano Recital of virtuosically arranged Christmas carols and works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov and others. It’s a free concert with a freewill offering for “Hearts in Harmony,:” Desert Chorale’s outreach program with La Luz Shelter
Finally, mark your calendars for Epiphany Sunday (Jan. 4) for the “Drop-In Choir” . . . an open invitation to come sing with the adult choir and enjoy the fellowship of music from the front of the sanctuary!
Looking forward to all of it, with you—
Michelle
As People of faith, we’re called to “make a joyful noise,” and we try our best to do just that at United. Reach out to our music staff, and join in!
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If you play an instrument, whatever your age, then please let Music Director Michelle Schumann know here. Music at United is played not only on the Steinway Piano in the Sanctuary, but also on drums, violins, guitars, trumpets, and lots of other instruments, too.
