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Music is an important part of our coming together at United Presbyterian Church. We are excited to make music with every resource that we have, and to use a variety of styles, not all at once but intermingled. What emerges is a vibrant worship service with music that includes everyone who wishes to participate.
UPC’s vocal choir rehearses Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30pm in the Music Room. The vocal choir provides music for worship most every Sunday. We welcome new members at any time, and we would love to have your participation. It would be good to have you with us!
United Ringers handbell choir rehearses Sundays, 11:30am–12:30pm in the Sanctuary. Our handbell choir plays 2–4 octaves of Malmark handbells and handchimes, providing music for worship about once a month. If you’re interested in learning how to play handbells, please inquire. New members are always welcome! No previous experience needed. No auditions to start. If you can count to 4, you can learn to play!
From time to time, we offer an opportunity for children and the young at heart to join in playing handchimes with some of the hymns during worship — like we did on Christmas Eve during the singing of “Away in a Manger”. It’s easy to do, and lots of fun!
We also invite instrumentalists and vocalists who’d like to share their gifts to talk with any of our music leaders about providing special music for worship — you can call the church office, email music@upcbgm.org, or speak with them in person after worship.
Upcoming Community Performances
Upcoming Community Performances
The Binghamton Philharmonic, the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective, and the Binghamton University Chamber Singers present Mozart’s “Requiem”
Sunday, January 28, 3pm at the Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
The Binghamton Philharmonic, the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective, and the Binghamton University Chamber Singers present Mozart’s “Requiem”
Sunday, January 28, 3pm at the Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Daniel Hege, conductor
Soprano: Juliette Tacchino
Mezzo-soprano: Katie Trigg
Tenor: Jackson Allen
Bass: Evan Gray
Vocal soloists by special arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music
Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of M&T Bank, BPO’s Symphonic Series Sponsor. Call the Box Office to request free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Pre-Concert Chat, 2pm, Recital Hall: Julia Grella O’Connell, D.M.A. (Binghamton Philharmonic Director of Education and Community Engagement)
For more information, visit binghamtonphilharmonic.org or email info@binghamtonphilharmonic.org
Box office: 607-723-3931 ext. 1, Monday – Friday, 10am–4pm
The Tri-Cities Opera presents “The Fantasticks”
Friday & Saturday, February 9–10, 7:30pm; Sunday, February 11, 3pm; at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
The Tri-Cities Opera presents “The Fantasticks”
Friday & Saturday, February 9–10, 7:30pm; Sunday, February 11, 3pm; at the Tri-Cities Opera Center, 315 Clinton St., Binghamton
The Fantasticks was originally created in 1960 with music by Harvey Schmidt with book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play The Romancers (Les Romanesques), concerning two neighboring parents who trick their children into falling in love by pretending to feud. The original production closed in 2002. In 2022, the revival was an LGBTQIA+ focused rewrite featuring two young gay men, Matt and Lewis, at the center of the story, instead of a young man and woman (the original characters were Matt and Luisa). It remains the longest running musical production worldwide.
The message of the Fantasticks remains unchanged while the characters embody a broader representation. Matt and Lewis lead the audience through a story that remains focused on the complexity of life — and while it is full of obstacles, it is possible for people to persevere and find their way.
Tri-Cities Opera is thrilled to bring the beloved tale of The Fantasticks to Southern Tier audiences. The rewritten version brings purposeful representation to our stage while furthering our mission of telling meaningful stories and making opera for everyone! The production is performed in English.
For more information, visit tricitiesopera.com/fantasticks or email tickets@tricitiesopera.org
Box office: 607-772-0400, Monday – Friday, 12pm–5pm
Castalia String Quartet
Sunday, February 11, 3pm at Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton
Castalia String Quartet
Sunday, February 11, 3pm at Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton
Uli Speth, violin
Debrah Devine, violin
Amy Tompkins, viola
Ruth Berry, cello
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Two Sketches for String Quartet based on Indian Themes, A. 99
Amy Beach: String Quartet, Op. 89
Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
Presented as part of the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Garufi Law P.C. Phelps Mansion Museum Series.
For more information, visit binghamtonphilharmonic.org or email info@binghamtonphilharmonic.org
Box office: 607-723-3931 ext. 1, Monday – Friday, 10am–4pm
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Pops at the Forum”
Saturday, February 24, 3pm at the Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Pops at the Forum”
Saturday, February 24, 3pm at the Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St., Binghamton
Daniel Hege, conductor
Wagner: Overture to Act 3 of Lohengrin
Hailstork: Fanfare on “Amazing Grace”
Rosas: Over the Waves
Fauré: Pavane
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon featuring Philharmonic Principal Cellist Hakan Tayga
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday featuring the Philharmonic Trumpet Section
Sherman: music from Mary Poppins
Schwartz: music from Wicked
Led Zeppelin: Kashmir
Arnold: Colonel Bogey March
Williams: March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of Visions Federal Credit Union, BPO’s Pops Series Sponsor. Call the Box Office to request free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Pre-Concert Organ Recital, 2:30–2:50pm: Nancy Wildoner, Binghamton Theater Organ Society, plays the 1922 Robert-Morton IV/24 Theatre Pipe Organ.
For more information, visit binghamtonphilharmonic.org or email info@binghamtonphilharmonic.org
Box office: 607-723-3931 ext. 1, Monday – Friday, 10am–4pm
Southern Tier Singers’ Collective presents “Arches in Sound”
Saturday, February 24, 7:30pm at St. Patrick’s, 9 Leroy St., Binghamton
Southern Tier Singers’ Collective presents “Arches in Sound”
Saturday, February 24, 7:30pm at St. Patrick’s, 9 Leroy St., Binghamton
Ralph Vaughan Williams’s soaring Mass in G Minor for double choir forms the centerpiece of this concert, which also features Renaissance works by Sulpitia Cesis and Vincente Lusitano, in the marvelous acoustics of Saint Patrick’s Church.
For more information, visit southerntiersingers.org
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