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Our ensembles for children, youth and adults share the common vision to be a loving community of God that passionately and creatively pursues excellence in music and worship. We are blessed to have so many people with diverse musical backgrounds, united to create inspiring music to God’s glory. Music on Sunday mornings and at special worship services, concerts, and other programs throughout the year are open to all. People of all abilities and ages are welcome to participate in our musical groups, or help the ministry behind the scenes and in other ways. Click the Ensembles link below for more information.

Connect with us on Facebook. For more information, contact Sue Bayne at 704-295-4831 or sbayne@mpumc.org.

Spring Choir Concert for website

Spring Choir Concert

Join us for a night of music featuring German composers. Chambers Singers, along with string orchestra, will perform the Bach Cantata, Christ lag in Todes Banden. Chancel Choir will sing Handel’s Coronation Anthem No. 1 (Zadok the Priest) and Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, featuring Amanda Williams, soprano. Myers Park Strings and friends will perform Georg Telemann’s Viola Concerto in G Major, featuring David Rankin on viola. Join us in the sanctuary, or watch online here.

Chillin' with Chimes

Rising Kindergarteners-2nd graders, join Brian Childers on June 12 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a morning of music! Learn how to ring and care for chimes, take a tour of our handbell room, and be introduced to all sorts of weird, wild, and wonderful bells! Email Sue Bayne at sbayne@mpumc.org with any questions. Registration opens February 15.

Register Here
Chillin’ with Chimes 2023 for website
Summer 2023 Handbell Camps for website

Handbell Boot Camps

These are great opportunities for children and youth to learn handbells or improve their handbell skills. Email Sue Bayne at sbayne@mpumc.org with any questions. Registration opens February 15.

Register for Rising 3rd-5th Grade Boot Camp
Register for Rising 6th-12th Grade Boot Camp

Handbell Programs for Adults

Register now for these summer handbell opportunities for adults. See below for details and links to register.

Adult Handbell Programs

Performing Arts Camp

Rising 3rd-8th graders, join Brian Childers and Natalie Secrest July 24-28 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) for a fun week of music, dancing, acting, and service. We will perform the musical The Tale of Three Trees. Email Sue Bayne at sbayne@mpumc.org with any questions. Registration opens February 15.

Register Here
Performing Arts Camp 2023 for website
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Midday Music

Gabe Slesinger and Alex Wilborn performed a program of trumpet duos and solos accompanied by organ and piano. View the May 3 concert and all other previous Midday Music concerts here.

Children's and Youth Ensembles

For more information about Children’s and Youth Choirs and Handbell Ensembles, email Brian Childers, Director of Music for Children, Youth and Handbells, at bchilders@mpumc.org

Children's Ensembles for Web

Tinkerbells – Handbells for K-2nd Graders
Rehearsal – Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

Junior Bells – Handbells for 3rd-5th Graders
Rehearsal – Sundays at 3 p.m.

Youth Bells – Handbells for 6th-12th Graders
Rehearsal – Sundays at 4 p.m.

Alleluia Choir – Choir for K-1st Graders
Rehearsal – Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m.

Junior Choir – Choir for 2nd-5th Graders
Rehearsal – Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m.

Youth Choir – Choir for 6th-12th Graders

Choir Easter Sunday 2022 (2)

Adult Ensembles

Our adult ensembles share the common vision to be a loving community of God that passionately and creatively pursues excellence in music and worship. We are blessed to have so many people with diverse musical backgrounds, united to create inspiring music to God’s glory. Read below for more information. Email Sue Bayne at sbayne@mpumc.org with any questions.

Christmas Concert

In case you missed the 2022 Christmas Concert, click here to watch the recording.

2022 Christmas Concert Website
Phantom of the Organ Re-Broadcast Website

Phantom of the Organ

This annual program of spooky organ music and popular songs is fun for the whole family. Children’s and youth ensembles perform along with a surprise cast of characters. Don’t miss this fun event!

2022 Phantom of the Organ
2021 Phantom of the Organ

Midsummer Night's Serenade

2022 Concerts:
Hymn Sing: August 3
An Evening of Patriotic Music: July 6
An Evening of Jazz: June 1

2021 Concerts:
Click here to watch 2021 concerts.

Midsummer Night's Serenade for website
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Music Endowment Fund

Established in memory of the first full-time music director at Myers Park United Methodist Church, the Walter Herbert Ball Endowment Fund for Music provides funding for music programs of the church for which he served so long and so faithfully. The Fund is used to underwrite concerts, including our Midday Music Series and the American Guild of Organists Summer Recital Series, which raises money for local organists’ scholarships.  The fund provides educational workshops with international clinicians and artists for our choirs and community. It provides funding for the commission of new sacred music and subsidizes the Chancel Choir’s tours, including trips to England, Austria and the Czech Republic, and Scotland. In 2021 the fund helped to refurbish the choir room for better seating and a more efficient rehearsal space. If you are interested in giving to this endowment, email Jamie Yearwood, Director of Giving, at jyearwood@mpumc.org.