Vince Peterson rehearsing Vivaldi's Gloria (for Sunday, April 27)
Spring Pops 4pm May 18:
The Mel-O-Chords Sing the Beatles and Others
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Are you looking for a positive spiritual practice?
Do you love music?
Come sing with the Choir! Only one rehearsal per week, 9:30am Sunday mornings.
Contact Vince Peterson 718.745.0438 or unionchurch@earthlink.net
Want to be on the email list for Union Church Concerts? email ucoffice@earthlink.net
 
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The Brooklyn Eagle recently hailed the music ministry of Union Church as a "stunning Bay Ridge symphony of the sacred and secular". The music program is progressive and innovative. It is inviting, dynamic and multicultural, reflecting the past, the present, and the future.
At the heart of the music program is the human voice: the Union Church Choir, which is open to anyone who wishes to sing. Our choir is an excellent group of singers from various backgrounds, some of whom have formal training, some of whom simply love to sing, and each of whom offers his or her unique gifts to the glory of God.
Choir Rehearsals are Sunday mornings at 9:30. There is no previous experience necessary, and no weeknight rehearsal. Our choir sings 1-2 anthems per week in Sunday worship, plus two major works per season. We have openings for all voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass/baritone. If you are interested in joining the Union Church Choir, please contact the church office at 718-745-0438 or email unionchurch@earthlink.net.
The Union Church Sanctuary is home to an excellent pre-aeolian Skinner organ. In the fall of 2007, the church session began a major renovation of the console, the inside of which was replaced with all new computerized parts. The organ supports the singing of the congregation and choir in hymns, anthems, and service music, and sounds alone in worship voluntaries and afternoon recitals.
Union Church of Bay Ridge is also home to The Academy of Union Church. This fine professional orchestra (most of whose members live in Brooklyn) gives annual outreach concerts for Bay Ridge schools with a Sunday promenade concert for families, and its members also lend their talents to worship on special occasions. Repertoire includes Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Schubert's Fifth Symphony, and the Brooklyn Premiere of Trilogy for the Endangered Species by San Francisco composer Candace Forest.
 
Vince Peterson, Minister of Music
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Vince Peterson studied composition under celebrated composer Conrad Susa, as well as with David Conte, Philip Lasser and David Loeb. His principal conducting teachers have been the critically acclaimed conductor Dr. Mark Shapiro and Ms. Sonja Neblett. He holds a double master's degree in composition and choral conducting from Mannes College, The New School for Music and a bachelor's degree in composition from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
He has traveled abroad as singer, choral accompanist, and conductor, including performances in France, Canada, the Philippines, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, throughout the United States, and in Italy, where he played the organ for high Mass in the Vatican at age 15 and sang at an audience for Pope John Paul II.
He has served as minister of music within several traditions including Presbyterian, Catholic, Unitarian, African-American Baptist, MCC and UCC. He has worked with many notable choral conductors, including two consecutive seasons as assistant conductor and principal accompanist of The Golden Gate Men's Chorus under double Grammy award-winning conductor Joseph Jennings, a position Jennings appointed him to in 2004.
In the spring of 2008, Vince will conduct at the NEA funded festival "The Gregg Smith Legacy". He is the founding artistic director of Choral Chameleon, a new professional choral ensemble based in New York City, and also serves as Music Director for Loyola School on Park Avenue.
BRUCA
BRUCA has its own website. Click here for a link to www.BRUCA.org
BRUCA is the Bay Ridge-Union Center for the Arts. BRUCA is a fully-equipped pottery studio where you or your child can learn to make pottery, tiles, fired sculptures, and just about anything that can be made from clay. Our studio is offering classes in clay for adults and children.
Playgroup: The Union Church Playgroup is for children up to 4 years old accompanied by a caregiver. The group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30am and Wednesdays from 10:00-12:00pm downstairs in the Union Church Sanctuary (corner of 80th Street and Ridge Boulevard). The space is open, colorful, and child-focused, with lots of interesting things for a child to do: painting, blocks, trains, housekeeping, pirate ship, doll house, books, puzzles, puppets, crafts, dressups, and more. A snack is provided along with Story Time and Music Time, which includes songs with musical instruments. Classes are provided on a 12-week session with 3 sessions per calendar year; classes do not meet in July and August. Please visit our calendar page, and contact Jody at 718-745-0438 for questions concerning our current schedule, fees and availability.
Gymnasium/Basketball: The Parish House of Union Church has a gymnasium available for night and evening rentals, in 2 hour time blocks. 120 people from Bay Ridge use this space, usually for basketball. The fee (2008) for new users is $45 per hour and must be scheduled in advance. To reserve space, please contact Jody at 718-745-0438 or email her at ucoffice@earthlink.net.
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