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.
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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.
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.
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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
Register now for these summer handbell opportunities for adults. See below for details and links to register.
Adult Handbells 101, June 11, 2-3:30 p.m.: A fast and furious hands-on intro to the world of making music with handbells. Previous ringing experience is helpful but not required. Invite your friends who love hearing bells ring and encourage them to attend this event. Click here to register.
Adult Handbells – Weaving, July 9, 2-3:30 p.m.: Table damping and weaving are two ringing skills vital for any ringer who wants to “level up.” We will walk through the process of learning both techniques and incorporate them into everyday ringing. Previous ringing experience is helpful. Click here to register.
Adult Handbells – Bell Trees, August 20, 2-3:30 p.m.: A brief and informative experiential introduction to the wonders of making music with bell trees. No previous experience required. Click here to register.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
Chancel Choir is the keystone of our church’s music ministry. The 70+ voice adult choir sings weekly for the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship services and participates in special concerts throughout the year. The requirements for membership are enthusiasm, energy, and effort; no audition is required. Rehearsals: Wednesdays at 7:15 p.m. For details, email Hugh Ferguson Floyd, director, at hfloyd@mpumc.org.
Chamber Singers: For details, email Hugh Ferguson Floyd, director, at hfloyd@mpumc.org.
Women’s Choir members experience sacred music of varying styles and enjoy fellowship. Open to women of all ages, this choir provides leadership in worship services and performs concerts at venues in Charlotte and throughout North Carolina and at our annual Christmas Concert. Rehearsals: Mondays at 11:00 a.m. For details, email Evan Wesley Currie, director, at ecurrie@mpumc.org.
Myers Park Bells, the premier handbell ensemble at our church, rings regularly in worship and is challenged to make music at the highest level. Prior handbell and music reading experience are required. The group participates in weekend retreats, mission trips and festivals. Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Bellissimo: This mid-level intermediate handbell group focuses on building skills and rings once each semester in worship. Participation in local retreats, mission trips, and festivals is optional. Rehearsals: Sundays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Southern Bells: This non-performing handbell group for women exercises the heart and mind and focuses on skill-building and fellowship. Ringers are introduced to healthy ringing exercises, a variety of handbell techniques and basic music reading skills. Rehearsals: Mondays at 10:00 a.m.
For details, email Brian Childers, director, at bchilders@mpumc.org.
Church in the Round song leaders and band are an auditioned group who perform at our 8:45 a.m. contemporary service. Selection for these groups is at the discretion of the Church in the Round Music Director. Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Sundays at 7:30 a.m. For details, email Jennifer Hough, director, at jhough@mpumc.org.
Myers Park Strings are composed of string instrumentalists from the congregation and the community. Moderate proficiency is expected. This group performs during sanctuary worship services numerous times during the year and with symphony members at our annual Christmas Concert. Rehearsals: Every other Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. For details, email Evan Wesley Currie, director, ecurrie@mpumc.org.
In case you missed the 2022 Christmas Concert, click here to watch the recording.
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 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.
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.