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by Aimée Backus, Music Coordinator
This summer, the UPC music team enjoyed many creative performances, which included four services that were accompanied entirely on guitar. Our own Phil Westcott played for three of these services in a folk style…
while Nate Knipscher, a community member and graduate student at Binghamton University, lent a more classical style to his accompaniments.
Section leaders Robbie Manners, Victoria Barics, Riya Bolander, Andrea Gilebarto, and Starletta Noll-Long all sang solos throughout the summer, and we were also treated to David Berti’s lovely tenor. Becky Mebert, Austin Shadduck, and Aimée Backus all provided instrumental additions.
When Rev. Dr. Rose Niles visited in August, the UPC choir joined together to sing and make joyful noises to complement her sermon about Joseph and his dreams. We are lucky to have such a wide variety of musical styles and interests in our congregation, and we are excited to keep making music together this fall! Both the vocal choir and bell choir are always accepting new members, so please consider joining us. We would love to make music with you!
We’re delighted to welcome a new voice to our music team! Andrea Gilebarto joins our ranks in the role of soprano section leader, as Victoria Barics and Riya Bolander both graduated in May. Andrea says:
“Hello! I’m excited to be here at UPC and have been enjoying my time so far. I’m in my second year of grad school at Binghamton University and will graduate in 2025 with a Masters in opera. I grew up in First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, New York. I sang in the youth choir and I remember when I was younger going to church to specifically sing some of my favorite hymns.”
Please extend a warm welcome to Andrea when you see her at church on Sundays!
Upcoming Community Performances
Upcoming Community Performances
Tri-Cities Opera 75th Anniversary Birthday Bash
Saturday, October 19, 7pm at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
Tri-Cities Opera 75th Anniversary Birthday Bash
Saturday, October 19, 7pm at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
Set your victory rolls & dress in your best 1940s fashions — or come as you feel best — for an evening of celebrating like it’s 1949!
Jive all night to Hit N Run Mobile DJ!
Swing dance lesson courtesy of the Southern Tier Swing Dance Society with Instructors Rebecca Kahn and Glenn Lawrence!
A champagne toast to 75 years of music, magic, and memories!
Concessions available throughout the evening!
Facility tours of our 100,000 sq. ft. of production and performance space!
Tickets are on sale now. Get them before they’re gone!
$10 admission in advance | $15 at the door | $5 for students with ID
Southern Tier Singers’ Collective presents “Memories from the Mediterranean”
Sunday, October 20, 4pm at St. James Catholic Church, 147 Main St., Johnson City
Southern Tier Singers’ Collective presents “Memories from the Mediterranean”
Sunday, October 20, 4pm at St. James Catholic Church, 147 Main St., Johnson City
This concert features music of the Mediterranean region including Latin (Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony), Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and Arabic. The concert will culminate in the world-premiere commissioned performance of Rumor Mill, a work written by Palestinian-Jordanian composer Shireen Abu-Khader with text by Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye. STSC will be joined in performance by Vestal High School’s Vestal Voices and the Binghamton University Chamber Singers. Free and open to the public with donations gratefully accepted.
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Dancing Queen: The Music of ABBA”
Saturday, October 26, 7:30pm at the Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Dancing Queen: The Music of ABBA”
Saturday, October 26, 7:30pm at the Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Featuring Jeans ’n’ Classics with Guest Conductor Jeff Christmas
For half a century, one of pop music’s favorite quartets has made people dance, jive, and have the time of their lives! Featuring the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra and fronted by four amazing Jeans ’n’ Classics vocalists with rock band, we bring you the iconic songs of ABBA in all their pop, rock, dance, and evocative ballad glory. Mamma Mia!
Tickets range in price from $28 to $69 (depending on seat). Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of Visions Federal Credit Union, our Pops Series Sponsor! Call the box office for free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Anne Spink
2024 Young Artist Series Recital featuring Anne Spink
Saturday, November 2, 2–3pm at Binghamton United Presbyterian Church, 42 Chenango St., Binghamton
2024 Young Artist Series Recital featuring Anne Spink
Saturday, November 2, 2–3pm at Binghamton United Presbyterian Church, 42 Chenango St., Binghamton
Anne Spink is a native of the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and graduated in 2024 from Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Netherlands) with her B.Mus. in organ performance. She is currently pursuing her M.Mus. in organ performance at Syracuse University and is organ scholar for the Hendricks Chapel Choir, where she plays a diverse range of choral repertoire from Duke Ellington to Natalie Draper.
Her 1-hour program will include works of Buxtehude, Mozart, Bach, Laurin, and Vierne.
This recital is free and open to the public with donations gratefully accepted. Co-sponsored by the American Guild of Organists Binghamton Chapter (binghamtonago.org) and United Presbyterian Church of Binghamton.
The Dolphins String Quartet
The Dolphins String Quartet
Sunday, November 3, 3pm at the Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court Street Street, Binghamton
The Dolphins String Quartet
Sunday, November 3, 3pm at the Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court Street Street, Binghamton
Luke Henderson, violin
Isaac Park, violin
James Preucil, viola
Ian Maloney, cello
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1
Elise Winkler: Silhouette
The Dolphins: Angel Fire Quartet
$28 General Admission
Tri-Cities Opera presents “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914”
November 15 & 16 @ 7:30pm, November 17 @ 3pm
at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
Tri-Cities Opera presents “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914”
November 15 & 16 @ 7:30pm, November 17 @ 3pm
at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
The Western Front: Christmas 1914. Out of the violence of World War I, a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht.”
Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, and peace. All Is Calm is a remarkable true story in the words and songs of the men who lived it. With stunning a cappella arrangements of carols and folk songs from France, Germany, and England, the opera will be performed primarily in English with English supertitles.
Join us as we present this beautiful, holiday story with a performance on November 15th and 16th, and matinee performance on November 17th at the Tri-Cities Opera Center.
Free tickets are available for active service members and veterans for any performance. Call the Box Office to book your complimentary tickets: (607) 772-0400.
Hilary Purrington
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Thresholds”
Saturday, November 16, 7:30pm at the Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Thresholds”
Saturday, November 16, 7:30pm at the Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Conductor: Daniel Hege
Hilary Purrington: Threshold
Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Tickets range in price from $28 to $69 (depending on seat). Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of M&T Bank, our Symphonic Series Sponsor! Call the Box Office to request free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Pre-Concert Chat, 6:30pm, Recital Hall: Dr. Julia Grella O’Connell, Director of Education and Community Engagement
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