Music has a long history and a strong tradition at Countryside. We try to select music that has meaning for our worship services and our values as UUs. Outside of our regular Sunday morning services and our monthly Spark alternative worship services, we also have sponsored hymn sings, music meditations, caroling parties, Music with a Mission, and musical outings.
We invite all who love making music to participate.
Ways to join in:
Countryside Choir: all volunteer, no auditions required. We rehearse on Thursday evenings from 7-9 pm in our choir room. The choir season is September through June with the choir singing most Sundays. If you are in town and healthy, come to choir. If you travel for work or pleasure, attend as you are able with no guilt. We sing all genres of music as long as it matches the themes of our services and UU values – Renaissance, Baroque, traditional, classical, popular, folk, musicals, contemporary etc. We aim for “music with meaning.”
Countryside Band: Guitar, drums, bass, banjo, keyboards, percussion, mandolin, singing, pretty much any instrument that likes to play rock, folk, etc. Again, it just needs to fit the services and UU values. The band is intergenerational, and all are welcome. The band plays about every 4-6 weeks depending upon everyone’s availability.
Strings: If you play a stringed instrument and would like to join with our string players, please let us know. Our strings play about every 4-6 weeks depending upon everyone’s availability.
Spark: This is our monthly alternative service and features percussion, singing bowls, guitars, banjo, and singing. This group is open to other musical instruments joining.
Children’s Choir: From time to time, we organize a children’s choir for grades 1-8 depending on what young people are available. They tend to rehearse for 30 minutes right after RE classes, during coffee hour, and sing in our church services about every 4-6 weeks depending upon availability.
For any questions or if you need more information, just email: Music.Director@ccuu.org
