Music ministry

Under the direction of Dr. David K. Lamb, the Chancel Choir is open to all adult and high school age singers. The choir sings every Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. Traditional Service and at special programs from September through June. Rehearsals for the Chancel Choir are held on Thursday evenings from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. The repertoire includes a wide variety of styles and composers, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Rutter, and Britten. Also, the choir has sung anthems by Duke Ellington, spiritual arrangements, and folk tunes. The choir has performed with The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and The Columbus Symphony. Recent presentations of major choral music masterworks have included Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio, Rutter's Requiem and Gloria, Vivaldi's Gloria, Stainer's The Crucifixion, Cherubini's Requiem, and Dubois' Seven Last Words of Christ.

The FUMC Chancel Ringers

Rehearsals,Tuesdays at 7:00 PM

Under the direction of Karen Lion, the ensemble is open to adults who have the desire to rehearse weekly. The Chancel Ringers participates in the 9:00 Traditional Service on the second Sunday of each month. They also perform at various community events throughout the year and occasionally join other bell choirs at local and state bell festivals. Included in the ensemble are several members who have "rung" with the choir since it's founding by Tim Lewis, over twenty-five years ago.

Celebration Praise Team

Rehearsals, Wednesdays at 6:30 PM

The Celebration Praise Team is a volunteer group that leads worship music at the 11:00 A.M. service on Sunday mornings. John Stroh volunteers to plan music for the group. He also works with the pastors to plan the service each Sunday. The music includes a wide variety of styles ranging from quartets by the Gaither Band to Pop Rock by Third Day; ballads by Nicole Nordman to bluesy numbers written by Todd Agnew. Drums, guitars, keyboards and even a mandolin create the background for the vocals. The music matches the mood and meaning of the message.

Music CDs Available - A Gift to Treasure!

Music CDs Available - A Gift to Treasure! Recordings featuring the Golden Memorial Pipe Organ of FUMC are now available! A donation of $20.00 will get you a copy of the double CD set recorded by Dr. David K. Lamb of favorite organ selections played on pipe organs in Columbus, New Albany, Seymour and Louisville. Your donation will benefit the Organ Maintenance and Renovation Fund to keep the Golden Memorial Organ in concert-ready condition! Looking for that special gift? Then an organ recording is your answer - a historical memorial of our church's 1952 Moeller Pipe Organ. Visit the church office for your copy, today.

Also available - "A Joyous Yuletide Journey", a Christmas CD of music for the organ. Recorded by David Lamb on the organs of First Presbyterian Church of Jeffersonville and the First Baptist Church of Mitchell, IN. "Moments of Majesty - Seasons of Celebration" recorded by David Lamb on the Goulding & Wood Organ in St Meinrad Archabbey Church in St. Meinrad, IN. "Soaring Sounds of Majestic Antiquity" recorded by David Lamb on the Historic J.W. Steere Organ (1912) in the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin, IN. "Wildly Inclusive - A Golden Anniversary" recorded by David Lamb on the Historic E. M. Skinner Organ in Central Presbyterian Church of Louisville, KY. "Celebrate with Pipe and Voice" recorded by David Lamb with Linda DeRungs featuring Historic Pipe Organs in New Albany, IN.

Copies of any of these CD's are available for a donation to the Special Music Fund of FUMC. For more information please contact Dr. Lamb at 812-378- 2833 or Tammy Fields in the church office at 812-378-2851

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