Music

Music Program

Dr. Cynthia Huggins, director
Bonnie Atkinson, accompanist

Rehearsal Schedule:
Chancel Choir on Sundays 9:00–9:45 and 11:15–12:30
Handbell Choir on Mondays 5:15–6:00
Women's Ensemble on Thursdays 5:15–6:15

Soprano: Bonnie Beiswenger, Kate Atkinson, Laura Pierce, Lynne Gibson, Maria Smith, and Lois McMahon
Alto: Ellen Farnsworth, Joy Richardson, Laurel Robinson, Lori Dawkins, Nancy Lewis, and Sarina Brooks
Tenor: Gene Nichols, Ken Warner, and Ed Mosel
Bass: Bill Wadsworth and Ernie Atkinson

Handbells: Becky Davis-Warren, Bonnie Beiswenger, Christina LaBrosse, Ellen Farnsworth, Laurel Robinson, and Lynne Gibson

Recent Highlights

"Improv on Six"
Eugene Nichols, April 2024

At a recent worship service, Gene Nichols, a member of the Chancel Choir and conductor of the Quoddy Voices community chorale, performed an improvised piece using six instruments: a Japanese koto, a Welsh pibgorn, a West African djembe hand drum, a double bell euphonium, a tenor recorder, and his feet.

To watch video, click HERE.

"Abide with Me"
Chancel Choir, April 2024

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Chancel Choir

Centre Street's Chancel Choir has been around since long before any of us were born. With a wide range of expertise and interests, they've sung music ranging from Handel's "Messiah" to Rod Stewart's "Forever Young."

With full strength at seventeen voices, the Choir sings for worship services three time each month, occasionally in collaboration with the Handbell Choir.

The Chancel Choir is always open to new members who have a love of music, a curiosity to learn new things, and the courage to follow wherever the Spirit leads.

Handbell Choir

Centre Street's Handbell Choir has been been joyfully ringing since the early 1980s. Now a six-member ensemble, they're smaller than they used to be. But they make up for their small size through dedication, hard work, and a heartfelt love of ringing those beautiful bells.

The Handbell Choir rings for worship every month or two, occasionally teaming up with the Chancel Choir.

Women's Ensemble

The most recent addition to Centre Street's music program, the eight-member Women's Ensemble sings a lot of a cappella music and enjoys anything from Gregorian chant to Leonard Cohen. They provide music for worship services every few weeks.

Members of this tightly knit ensemble are sometimes heard to comment that 5:15 to 6:15 on Thursday evenings is their favorite hour of the week.