Music Notes
Organ recital, “A Christmas Fantasy”
Sunday, December 5 at 2pm, at UPC and on YouTube
Jean Herman Henssler, organist “extraordinaire”, will take us on an adventure of musical wonder here on the sanctuary organ.
Imagine an entire orchestra including percussion contained in the chamber behind the (ornamental, by the way) pipes you see above the console. Then see one person playing the 4 keyboards with all the instruments programmed to play at the touch of a finger to enhance the music created for this instrument!
For some, it is a new experience; for some, a wonderful tradition and discipline of mastery of the “king of instruments”. This concert will be a joyous romp through a Christmas carol book with lovely and entertaining arrangements of everyone’s favorites.
Be sure and include children and youth in this musical adventure that they may never experience any other place! Big screen will show the action of both feet and hands no matter where you sit. It will be a “not to be missed” experience.
Masks are required to attend the concert in person, and it will also be streamed on UPC’s YouTube Channel upcbgm.org/youtube. The concert is co-sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and UPC Binghamton.
In-person Choir Rehearsals
Our choirs have resumed with in-person rehearsals. All participants must be masked and must present their COVID vaccination cards, which will be scanned and kept on file. Newcomers (fully vaccinated) are welcome as always!
UPC vocal choir, Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30pm in the Library Lounge
Our vocal choir uses 12-foot spacing between singers during rehearsal, and 6-foot spacing when we sing in worship. N95 masks are provided if needed.
United Ringers handbell choir, Sundays, 11:30am–12:30pm in the Sanctuary
Our handbell choir uses 6-foot spacing between ringers. If you’re interested in learning how to play handbells, please inquire. If you can count to 4, you can learn to play!