Music Ministries
The Ministry of Music is a vital part of our church life, offering all styles of church music for all ages. We seek to honor, worship, and glorify God with our musical offerings.
Sanctuary Choir
The Sanctuary Choir is a 35-member mixed chorus which sings every Sunday for the 11:00 A. M. worship service. Rehearsals are held every Wednesday evening from 7:00-8:30 P. M. They sing a variety of styles and enjoy the challenge of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Vaughan-Williams, and Brahms. Director of Music Ministries/Organist, Monica Harper, leads the choir. Click here to watch a video of the Sanctuary Choir singing Vivaldi's "Gloria" in worship (Very large download 50 MB).
Carillon Choir
The Carillon Choir at Centenary, led by Jan Gronosky, is a coppers level performance choir utilizing 5 octaves of Schulmerich handbells. It is a mixed group of 12 high school students and adults. Within this group, there are smaller performing groups that ring as ensembles or solo ring. The group usually performs at the 11:00 a.m. church service. In addition, Carillon participates in the Capital Area Handbell Festival annually. The handbells practice on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Children's Choir
The Children's Choir consists of children ages four-years-old through fifth grade who sing occasionally for the worship services. Rehearsals are held every Wednesday afternoon from 5:00 - 5:45 P. M. in the Choir Room. Centenary has a full Orff instrumentarium which the children sometimes play as they sing. This choir presents a Christmas pageant and also a full-scale musical in the Spring. New members are always welcome.
Xperience Praise Team
The praise team is an exuberant group of musicians that leads
musical worship at the Xperience Worship Service (8:50 A.M.). The
praise team practices on Thursday evenings from 7:00 - 8:00 P. M. in
the Sanctuary. Monica Harper, Director of Music Ministries, leads
the ensemble. For information about joining, please contact
Monica.
Centenary UMC Brass
The Centenary UMC Brass enjoy playing in worship on special occasions. They enjoy the ease of accompanying congregational song as well the challenge of performing solo pieces. They also enjoy playing pieces written for brass and organ.
Centenary Carillon
The carillon is an extraordinary musical instrument. Its history is as rich as it is long. The carillon produces the beautiful chime and bell music that one hears coming from bell towers around the world. Centenary added its carillon in 2004. Carillons are traditionally a set of bells composed of at least 23 bells, arranged in chromatic sequence, and tuned for concordant harmony and hung in a tower that connects to a keyboard. Centenary's carillon is electronic and comes with preinstalled carillons, bells and chimes but can also be programmed for custom songs on special occasions. Centenary plays its carillon for weddings, funerals, church services and can be programmed to hear the Westminster chimes and bell strikes to announce the hour.
