Our Music Ministry offers participants and listeners alike the opportunity to explore our faith through the beauty of music. Whether it is singing in a choir, ringing in a bell choir, playing instruments during worship, or simply attending one of our Candlelight Concerts or Lenten Concerts, beauty, peace, and joy are found in the Music Ministry.
To get involved, contact Jordan Klotz, Director of Music Ministries. From age 4 to 104, there is something for everyone in our music program. All are welcome!
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Choirs & Bell Choirs
VOCAL CHOIRS
Meeting times and groups are shown below. All choirs rehearse in the Choir Room, located above the Narthex.
Jubilee Choir
Age 4–Grade 2 · Tuesdays 4:00-4:30 PM
Jubilee Choir helps young singers to find their "singing voice" and differentiate it from their "speaking voice." This group learns primarily by rote. In addition to early music skills, Jubilee Choir builds confidence, social skills, speech ability, and creativity!
Junior Choir
Grades 3–6 · Thursdays 4:15-5:00 PM
Junior Choir begins to combine the skills learned in Jubilee Choir with notes, rhythms, and words on the page, and begins to expand into singing in multiple parts. At this age level, children also begin to ring handbells in Joy Ringers.
Westminster Choir
Grades 7–12 · Wednesdays 6:15–6:45 PM
Westminster Choir is the most advanced of the youth choirs, singing regularly in multiple parts.
Senior Choir
Adults · Thursdays 8:00– 9:30 PM
HANDBELL CHOIRS
Joy Ringers
Grades 3-6 · Thursdays 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Joy Ringers helps Junior Choir members not only to play an instrument, but also to enhance the music-reading skills taught during choir by reinforcing concepts.
Trinity Ringers
Grade 7 and up · Wednesdays 6:15-6:45 PM
This intergenerational bell choir is open to ringers in grades 7-12 as well as beginner adult ringers.
Concord Ringers
Adults · Thursdays 9:30-10:15 AM
Concord Ringers is designed as an intermediate 5-octave bell choir for beginning adult ringers. Its morning meeting time makes it optimal for ringers who prefer not to drive at night.
Covenant Ringers
Adults · Thursdays 7:00-8:00 PM
Covenant Ringers is an advanced, 5-octave adult bell choir.
Click here to listen to the Covenant Ringers play "Prayer for the Innocents" arranged by Michael Helman
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Candlelight Concert Series
Find beauty, peace, and joy in the Candlelight Concert Series. These Sunday evening performances by candlelight take place in the serenity of our historic sanctuary.
This season features a presentation of eerie organ music for the Halloween season, traditional Advent and Christmas handbell selections, baroque repertoire with choir and a period orchestra, and an exploration of Christ’s passion told by a diverse array of composers.
Tickets are available at the door for a suggested donation of:
Adults: $22
Seniors: $18
Children (Ages 17 and under): FREE
Hauntings at the Organ*
Brenda Day & Jordan Klotz
Sunday, October 27, 2024 · 6:00 PM
*this event is co-sponsored by Rise Up Arts
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High*
FPC Handbell Choirs
Sunday, December 1, 2024 · 7:00 PM
*follows the Metuchen Winter Festival Parade & Tree Lighting on the Plaza
Candlelight Canticles: Vivaldi, Bach, and Telemann
FPC Senior Choir, La Fiocco Baroque Ensemble, & Soloists
Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 6:00 PM
Music of the Passion
FPC Choral Scholars
Sunday, April 13, 2025 · 7:00 PM
Lenten Concert Series
The Lenten Concert Series occurs on Wednesdays at noon during the season of Lent. Artists from Metuchen and beyond are featured in these free performances.
March 12: Megan Coiley, harpsichord and Marisa Curcio, soprano
March 19: Edison High School Choirs
March 26: Convoco
April 2: Midnight on the Water, violin and cello
April 9: Jordan Klotz, organ
Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 22 · 9:30 AM
Our annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service features choir, harp, organ, and handbells. Familiar carols and favorite anthems of the season tell the story of Christ's birth. The roots of this liturgy lie with King's College, Cambridge. King's College hosted its first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in 1918, as the world recovered from the First World War in an attempt to connect with the many who felt alienated by the church. Rather than a complicated mass, the young Dean of the college chapel devised something more meaningful, accessible, and beautiful during a time when the world needed beauty very deeply.
Fundraising Events
The Music Ministry's vibrant offerings depend on the generous support of congregants and community members. It hosts a variety of special fundraisers that provide opportunities for fellowship and fun! See below for the current year's details.
Fall Trivia Night
Saturday, October 5 · 7:00 PM
$15 · BYOB · Hot Cider Provided
Lessons & Carols Special Offering
Taken on Sunday, December 22
Soup Sale
After Worship
Date TBA
Music Ministry Gala
Saturday, June 14 · 6:00 PM
Details TBA